Job Description

Job Details
The Conway Medical Center College of Health and Human Performance at Coastal Carolina University is accepting applications for a full-time Lecturer Position in the Public Health program effective August 15, 2026. The Public Health program offers a four-year baccalaureate program of study that includes experiential learning opportunities for students. The program also offers a minor in Public Health. The successful candidate reports to the Chair of the Department of Public Health and is expected to represent the program with internal and external constituencies.
The program seeks an exceptional educator with professional experience in public health, emergency preparedness, program planning and leadership. Candidates with a master’s degree with instruction experience at the undergraduate level, a record of community and/or public engagement, program management experience and evidence of leadership and collaboration are preferred.
The successful candidate qualifications must be acceptable to our regional accreditors and will be qualified to teach the following content areas: personal and community health, principles and philosophy of public health, leadership in public health, and crisis readiness and management. Other courses may be available based on the needs of the program. The candidate will be able to incorporate and address determinants of health throughout the curriculum.
Responsibilities include course development, teaching students in the major and student engagement beyond the classroom. The position carries a 5/5 teaching load of both lower and upper division required courses but with the potential of a 1/1 course release for other assigned duties. This is a 9-month position. Relocation is required as some course will be taught in person.
Coastal Carolina University is a public comprehensive liberal arts institution located in Conway, South Carolina, just nine miles from the Atlantic coastal resort city of Myrtle Beach. Coastal Carolina University enrolls over 12,000 students from 48 states and 53 nations. The University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the baccalaureate and master’s degrees of national and/or regional significance in the arts and sciences, business, humanities, education, and health and human services, a specialist degree in instructional technology, and PhD degrees in marine science: coastal and marine systems science and education sciences.
To apply, please submit letter of application (outlining interest in the position, qualifications, areas of specialization, and approach to teaching), resume/curriculum vitae, transcripts and the contact information for three (3) professional references electronically at: https://jobs.coastal.edu/postings/121398. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until position is filled.
The University provides equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, national origin, or because an employee or applicant for employment is an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, an Armed Forces service medal veteran, a recently separated veteran, or an active-duty wartime or campaign badge veteran, or other “protected veteran,” as defined by law.
Coastal Carolina University is an EO/AA employer
Required Qualifications
Must hold the appropriate terminal degree or meet the established alternative qualifications, and exhibit strong potential for excellence in teaching.