Description
The Berea College Health and Human Performance Department (HHP) seeks applicants with strengths in kinesiology and health promotion to fill a full-time, tenure-track appointment at the rank of assistant or associate professor to begin August 2026. The successful candidate will hold a doctorate degree in kinesiology, health promotion, or a closely related field. Commitment to the mission of Berea College, liberal education, and to excellent teaching at the undergraduate level are essential.
The successful candidate will join a program that offers B.A. degrees in Health and Human Performance, P-12 Teaching Certification, and Health Studies. Teaching responsibilities could include senior research, statistics in kinesiology, foundations of health studies, wellness, physical activity courses, and courses within their specialty. The appointment offers opportunities for team teaching, interdisciplinary collaboration, high impact learning experiences, as well as teaching in the General Education Program.
Applicants should submit a cover letter, a current curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy, statement of scholarship, graduate transcripts and contact information for three references to: https://tinyurl.com/2s3dcwm8. Review of applications will begin October 10, 2025, and continue until the position is filled.
Founded in 1855, Berea College is nationally recognized as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. Berea has a longstanding commitment to interracial education and is one of the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls more than 1,500 students from 46 states and U.S. territories and more than 70 countries. Berea College admits students who are unable to afford tuition and provides all of them with a no-tuition promise, valued at more than $204,000. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive yet demanding academic environment, and most are the first in their families to attend college. As one of only ten federally recognized Work Colleges, all Berea students are expected to work 10-12 hours weekly in various positions across campus. Berea College is also the only institution in Kentucky to receive the 5-Star Rating from Money Magazine, 2025. Washington Monthly has named Berea College the #1 Best College in the nation in its 2025 College Guide. Berea College appears in their rankings as #1 College (overall): Best College for your Tuition (and Tax) Dollars, #1 Best-in Class College, #1 Liberal Arts College and #1 Best Bang for the Buck Southern College.
Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at www.berea.edu.
Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.
Requirements
Applicants with strengths in kinesiology and health promotion to fill a full-time, tenure-track appointment at the rank of assistant or associate professor to begin August 2026. The successful candidate will hold a doctorate degree in kinesiology, health promotion, or a closely related field. Commitment to the mission of Berea College, liberal education, and to excellent teaching at the undergraduate level are essential.
The successful candidate will join a program that offers B.A. degrees in Health and Human Performance, P-12 Teaching Certification, and Health Studies. Teaching responsibilities could include senior research, statistics in kinesiology, foundations of health studies, wellness, physical activity courses, and courses within their specialty. The appointment offers opportunities for team teaching, interdisciplinary collaboration, high impact learning experiences, as well as teaching in the General Education Program.
