The Indiana University School of Dentistry is currently recruiting for a full-time (1.0 FTE) faculty position focused on community engagement within the Department of Dental Public Health and Dental Informatics. This is a clinical-track position at the rank of assistant professor. Review of applicants will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. The anticipated start date is negotiable, with a preferred start of September 1, 2026, or as soon thereafter as possible.

Our department has a long-standing commitment to community-based education, public health practice, and service-learning. We are seeking a faculty member who will strengthen partnerships with public health agencies, community organizations, and clinical partners while supporting community-based education and oral health promotion initiatives across the School.

The successful candidate will contribute to the Department’s teaching, service-learning, and community engagement mission through collaboration with external partners and participation in community-based educational activities. The position includes didactic and community-based teaching responsibilities in Dental Public Health and related areas, as well as support for student learning opportunities aligned with achievement of competency in oral health promotion and prevention.

The faculty member will represent the Department and School in selected state and regional community, and professional activities aligned with the School’s mission and community partnerships, and will engage in university service at the department, school, and university levels. Regular travel within the state of Indiana is required.

Key Responsibilities include:

Our Commitment

As the state’s premier urban research institution, Indiana University is committed to being a welcoming campus community. As a member of that community, the IU School of Dentistry seeks candidates whose teaching, service, scholarship, research and community engagement efforts contribute to robust learning, working, and patient care environments. This commitment is core to our mission through our school-owned clinics and educational programs in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, Indiana.

IUSD offers a dynamic learning environment for faculty, in which teaching, research, clinical care, and community service are core to our mission through our School-owned clinics and educational programs in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, Indiana. Our main facility includes a state-of-the-art 45,000–square-foot James J. Fritts DDS Clinical Care Center on the IU-Indianapolis campus, adjacent to local hospitals and part of an urban academic health center.

Basic Qualifications:

Dr. E. Angeles Martinez-Mier

Associate Dean for Global Engagement

Department Chair, Dental Public Health and Dental Informatics IU School of Dentistry esmartin@iu.edu

Preferred Qualifications:

This posting will be open until filled. Interested candidates should review the application requirements and submit the following documents: