Job Description

Reports to: Program Director, IHP Health and Community

Salary Range: $28,000 - $32,000 (salary commensurate with experience)

Travel insurance provided.

Anticipated Start Date: November 30, 2026

Term of Employment: approximately 5-6 months

Apply by: May 1, 2026

Base of Designation/Remote Eligible: Travel to Washington, DC (USA), India, South Africa, and Argentina required.

Conditional on Enrollment

To apply: Please click on Apply above or visit https://worldlearning.applicantpro.com/jobs/ to submit your application via the online system by uploading the following required items: letter of interest and CV (including the contact information of three academic references). Your letter of interest should address the questions listed further below.

School for International Training (SIT) seeks a Visiting Faculty member to join an interdisciplinary team of faculty and country coordinators leading IHP' s Health and Community: Globalization, Culture, and Care program in Spring 2027. Each semester term enrolls approximately 15-30 students from leading U.S. colleges and universities for interdisciplinary study and a global comparative perspective in four different program locations. The Visiting Faculty travels with students to each location for the full duration of the semester. Please note that the following itinerary reflects past semesters and tentative future semesters, but all itineraries are contingent on conditions in each country and program needs: Spring 2027 (late January to mid-May): Washington, DC (USA), India, South Africa, and Argentina

IHP health and community: globalization, culture, & care

IHP Health and Community is a semester-long, global comparative study abroad program for undergraduate students. The program is founded on a concept of health as a product of myriad interrelated determinants from the molecular to the global levels. Health, disease, illness, and wellbeing are seen not only as the outcomes of specific pathogens, toxins, or behavioral factors, but influenced by and acted upon through social relationships, cultural practices and attitudes, political institutions, ecological and economic forces. Thus, we also focus on the role of community in achieving health. Only when considered within this complex web of interrelated factors can we understand the ways health is distributed and experienced within local communities and across regions of the world. The Health and Community curriculum pays special attention to health disparities across the Global South and Global North, as well as a focus on community-driven health initiatives and the role of community in wellbeing.

More information about IHP and the IHP Health and Community program (including draft syllabi, itineraries, etc.) is available through our website: IHP Health and Community: Globalization, Culture, and Care

Responsibilities

We are seeking a Visiting Faculty member who will:

• Facilitate learning and teach two courses:
  • Health, Culture, and Community (an introductory course based in medical anthropology)
  • Community Health Research Methods and Ethics (an introductory research methods class that highlights methods used in public health fieldwork; this course is taught in collaboration with local country staff)
  • See IHP Health and Community: Globalization, Culture, & Care for details.
• Facilitate student learning through briefings, debriefings, and processing of non-lecture program components.
• Provide timely feedback on assignments.
• Participate in all country program activities including guest speakers, site visits, and other non-lecture components.
• Work with the Provost's Office, Program Director, and Country Coordinators, to ensure that any academic, administrative and student problems associated with the program are resolved.
• Take appropriate measures to protect the health and safety of students in partnership with SIT Student Affairs and local staff.
• Visiting Faculty are responsible for ensuring that all students travelling on the official group flight are checked-in and through immigration.
• Collect all receipts for all expenses incurred and complete expense reports in a timely manner according to World Learning financial policies and guidelines.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Required Experience/Education:

• Terminal degree (PhD or equivalent; All But Dissertation considered) and practice researching and teaching in a related field, such as medical anthropology, cultural anthropology, sociology, and/or public health/policy.
• Expertise in at least one of the topic areas listed above and general knowledge of history and social theory.
• Experience teaching at the college level and a strong commitment to experiential learning, including non-didactic methods that promote critical thinking and field-based research, discussion, and self-reflection.
• Experience living and working abroad, ideally in at least one of the program countries listed above (preferred).

Required Behaviors:

• Must be able to meet the physical, emotional maturity, and mental health demands as well as possess the personal qualities - patience, adaptability, collegiality, cross-cultural competence, and organization - needed to be part of an intensive, team-oriented study abroad program that covers four countries in one semester.
• The ability and desire to support and communicate with students throughout the study abroad experience both in and outside of the classroom.

Letter of Interest:

Traveling with college-aged students for an entire semester, guiding their learning and field research in urban and rural environments, as well as conducting classroom discussions and small-group seminars, presents unique challenges, and demands unique qualities of faculty members. Please consider this point carefully in your letter of interest, paying special attention to how you handle the conceptual, pedagogical, intercultural, and interpersonal demands of this program. What in your academic background and work experience has prepared you to step into this role? What specifically interests you about this Visiting Faculty opportunity as opposed to a more traditional academic position?

Benefits:

Travel insurance provided outside of home base and subject to plan terms.