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IHP traveling faculty position openingFrom: Megan Thomas 
Subject: Intl Honors Program traveling faculty position opening 

  Dear IHP:

  As you may all know, IHP will be launching a new program in Spring 2006!  IHP on Health and Community will offer participants an opportunity to develop an understanding of the many factors that influence how individuals and groups respond to the health consequences of their genetic, environmental and social circumstances.  The students and future health care leaders who participate in this program will acquire the tools to develop a global framework within which to deal with these problems.  The courses will create a framework for understanding systems that impact health on local, national, historic and international levels.  This perspective will allow future leaders in the field to ask appropriate questions, and to set priorities for providing care -- now and for the next generation, for ourselves and in collaboration with local and international neighbors.  The comparative international program will visit four sites: Boston, South Africa (Cape Town), India (Kerela), and China (Beijing).  

  IHP is currently seeking faculty candidates for this program. It would be of great help to have you share the faculty job announcement (below) with individuals or networks who might have an interest and qualifications for the position.  Please refer any questions to IHP info at ihp.edu. Thank you.
  James Kettler
  Director, IHP


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  International Honors Program 
  Job Announcement
Traveling Faculty in Health and Community
The International Honors Program (IHP) in affiliation with Boston University offers a series of international comparative study abroad programs.  We are currently seeking 2-3 individuals to join an interdisciplinary team of faculty and host country coordinators for "IHP Health and Community," a four month long program that will take up to 30 students from upper tier liberal arts colleges and universities to South Africa, India, and China. The 2006 program begins in Boston in mid-January and ends in Beijing in mid-May.  

The program is designed for students who are interested in considering the complex issues of health care on a global scale.  The courses will create a framework for understanding systems that impact health on local, national, historic and international levels.  This perspective will allow future leaders in the field to ask appropriate questions, and to set priorities for providing care -- now and for the next generation, for ourselves and in collaboration with local and international neighbors.

The program is made up of a series of complementary formal courses, homestays, guest lectures, site visits, and meetings with NGOs, neighborhood organizations and community activists.  Four courses will be offered: The Stuff of Life: Birth, Aging, Mental Health and Disease, Culture and Health Care, Globalization and Health: Political, Historic and Economic Forces, and Anthropology: Basic Field Studies and Community Assessment.

The ideal candidate should: a.) have a Ph.D. in a relevant topic area and experience teaching at the college level; b.) be able to teach one or more courses as listed above; c.) have research/consulting experience with health issues in some part of the developing world (specific experience in South Africa, India, China desired, but not required); d.) possess not only the appropriate technical skills to manage a field course, but the sensibilities (flexibility, adaptability, collegiality, cultural sensitivity, etc.) necessary for such an endeavor.

More information about IHP is available through our Web Site:  www.ihp.edu .  Electronic versions of all application materials are preferred. Please send a letter of interest, along with vita, and names/email contact information of 3 academic references, to: info at ihp.edu(mailto:info at ihp.edu).
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Megan Thomas Pierson
Assistant Director
International Honors Program
in affiliation with Boston University
232 Bay State Road, 5th Floor
Boston, MA  02215
Phone: 617-353-9888
Fax:  617-353-5402
Email: megan at ihp.edu
Website: www.ihp.edu

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