• Job Description

  Req#: 44464
  The Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is inviting applications for a full-time faculty in the developing Doctoral Physical Therapy Program. This is an open rank, tenure / tenure-track solicitation. Faculty rank and salary will be commensurate with the applicant’s experience and qualifications and based on established university and department standards. The start date for the position is 1 June 2025. The position may fall under either a nine-month contract with part time summer employment available or a nine-plus-three contract with full time summer employment.
  
  The successful candidate will: engage in scholarship; teach courses in their area of expertise; advise and mentor physical therapy students; and participate in university, professional and community service. Additionally, the successful candidate will have demonstrated knowledge and expertise in one or more of the following physical therapy areas: adult neurological management, pediatrics, cardiopulmonary management, geriatrics, acute care, pathology, primary care, management of chronic health conditions, orthopedics, sports medicine, or health promotion and wellness.
  
  About UTRGV:
  UTRGV serves the Rio Grande Valley and beyond via an innovative and unique multicultural education dedicated to student access and success. By championing leading research, healthcare, and application of university discoveries, we support sustainable development, community engagement, and well-being. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) is committed to building and sustaining a highly qualified and talented faculty to pursue excellence in everything that we do, including teaching, research, and service.
  Drawing on our unique identity as the leading Hispanic-Serving Institution in a bilingual and bicultural environment, UTRGV will promote student access and success by building from strength in education and creating a vibrant campus experience. By 2027, we will accelerate transformation in the Rio Grande Valley and beyond by driving meaningful advancements in research and creative works, expanding access to high-quality and affordable healthcare, and fostering authentic community engagement and integration.
  UTRGV is a distributed campus, one university spanning four counties and multiple locations. Our purpose is to be a university for the entire Rio Grande Valley and beyond. Over 91% of the students enrolled at UTRGV identify as Hispanic, making UTRGV one of the top 3 universities with the highest percentage of Hispanic students. For additional information, please visit UTRGV website .
  
  Department/College Background
  
  The College of Health Professions (CoHP) at UTRGV includes seven health professions departments with 11 undergraduate, twelve graduate and three doctoral degree programs. The CoHP and programmatic faculty work closely with the UTRGV Medical School and the UT Health System to provide robust interprofessional education opportunities and training experiences for health professions students.
  
  The developing DPT program is a nine-semester (three-year), full-time program and will accept its first cohort in the summer of 2025. The program will serve a unique role in the PT profession in general and the Rio Grande Valley specifically to improve diversity in the field and inequities in health care services provided by and to persons in minority populations. Current data from the Commission on Accreditation of Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) and the American Physical Therapy Association indicate that fewer than 25% of DPT graduates and 16% of clinicians overall identify as an ethnic or racial minority and fewer than 7% of graduates and 4% of clinicians are Hispanic or Latino. Projections for the developing DPT program at UTRGV estimate that 75% of our cohorts will come from racial or ethnic minority populations, with over 50% being Hispanic or Latino.
  
  

• About the company

  The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is a public research university with multiple campuses throughout the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas and is the southernmost member of the University of Texas System.

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