The Department of Performing Arts and Health at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University invites applications for the position of Assistant Research Professor. This is a full-time one-year position that can be renewed up to 2 times.
The successful candidate will bring a track record of research, academic, and professional activity at the intersection of music/dance and health and will be prepared to contribute to the department’s interdisciplinary research, teach undergraduate and/or graduate-level courses, mentor students, assist with new program development, and engage in departmental service. While the appointment is at the Peabody Institute, there is the potential for research affiliation and collaboration with other divisions of Johns Hopkins University. The Assistant Research Professor will collaborate with departmental faculty and staff at the Conservatory, teaching artist faculty at the Preparatory, and clinicians in the Johns Hopkins Rehabilitation Network’s Clinic for Performing Artists at the Peabody Institute.
This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career researcher seeking to establish a productive research agenda and contribute to the academic development of students, the department, and an emerging Center for Performing Arts and Health. Candidates with interdisciplinary experience and a background in music or dance are particularly encouraged to apply.
Areas of research priority include:
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Occupational health in music and dance: injury prevention, health promotion, voice science, dance science, occupational health
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Optimizing artistic performance: performance science, performance optimization, sports medicine, performance psychology, kinesiology, physiology, voice science, dance science, music and dance pedagogy
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Optimizing recovery and quality of life through music and dance: Adaptive arts, creative arts therapies, arts in health, music-assisted therapy, physical medicine and rehabilitation, rehabilitation psychology
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Precision healthcare for performing artists: performing arts medicine, clinical research, epidemiology, clinical competencies, physician and clinician training