Ball State University seeks a tenure-line Professor or Associate Professor to serve as the next leader of our Clinical Exercise Physiology Program. Housed within Ball State’s historic Human Performance Laboratory in the School of Kinesiology, this program was one of the first clinically based academic programs in the country and continues to operate the nation’s longest running community-based physical fitness program. This program is also responsible for numerous important scholarly contributions that have advanced understanding of exercise, health, and disease, including serving as the foundational laboratory for the FRIEND Registry, and the database for the BALLST cohort. Ball State’s College of Health provides unique opportunities for inter-professional education and collaborative research partnerships are available in our School of Nursing, Departments of Biology, Chemistry, and Nutrition & Health Science, among others.
We provide top tier experiential learning opportunities for future clinical exercise professionals, and deliver exercise testing and programming services to the surrounding communities. The program holds long-standing relationships with local hospital and other health care providers, offering applied educational and research opportunities for students and faculty.

The successful applicant will be an experienced scholar, educator, and administrator, who possesses the vision and skills needed to build on this program’s momentum, and lead it into the next phase of its history. This individual will lead all aspects of the Clinical Exercise Physiology master’s degree program, the Clinical Exercise Physiology Exercise Testing Laboratory, and Adult Physical Fitness Program. The candidate will engage in scholarly activities in their area(s) of expertise, and actively participate in University and professional service activities. Generous support will be provided in the form of graduate assistants, research space, and a start-up funding package.

The position will begin August 15, 2025, includes generous salary commensurate with experience, a full benefits package, and opportunities for summer employment.

Now, more than ever, is a time of transformation in health care education. The COVID pandemic, escalating health disparities and concomitant racial injustice, and the Great Resignation have challenged health care systems and universities. At the Ball State University College of Health, we are embracing the opportunity to build innovative models of twinned education and community health services. We graduate health professionals who are clinically knowledgeable, committed to advancing inclusive excellence, and ready to collaborate on interprofessional teams. Our research embraces interdisciplinarity and community engagement. We invite applications for a tenure-line position as Associate Professor/Professor of Clinical Exercise Physiology and Coordinator, Clinical Exercise Physiology Program in the School of Kinesiology to join us in responding to health’s evolving priorities to prepare a new generation of health care and social service professionals.

Ball State University seeks a tenure-line Professor or Associate Professor to serve as the next leader of our Clinical Exercise Physiology Program. Housed within Ball State’s historic Human Performance Laboratory in the School of Kinesiology, this program was one of the first clinically based academic programs in the country and continues to operate the nation’s longest running community-based physical fitness program. This program is also responsible for numerous important scholarly contributions that have advanced understanding of exercise, health, and disease, including serving as the foundational laboratory for the FRIEND Registry, and the database for the BALLST cohort. Ball State’s College of Health provides unique opportunities for inter-professional education and collaborative research partnerships are available in our School of Nursing, Departments of Biology, Chemistry, and Nutrition & Health Science, among others.
We provide top tier experiential learning opportunities for future clinical exercise professionals, and deliver exercise testing and programming services to the surrounding communities. The program holds long-standing relationships with local hospital and other health care providers, offering applied educational and research opportunities for students and faculty.

The successful applicant will be an experienced scholar, educator, and administrator, who possesses the vision and skills needed to build on this program’s momentum, and lead it into the next phase of its history. This individual will lead all aspects of the Clinical Exercise Physiology master’s degree program, the Clinical Exercise Physiology Exercise Testing Laboratory, and Adult Physical Fitness Program. The candidate will engage in scholarly activities in their area(s) of expertise, and actively participate in University and professional service activities. Generous support will be provided in the form of graduate assistants, research space, and a start-up funding package.

The position will begin August 15, 2025, includes generous salary commensurate with experience, a full benefits package, and opportunities for summer employment.

Experience in teaching courses in Clinical Exercise Physiology; experience in directing and/or supervising graduate-level academic programs; experience with exercise testing and/or administration of clinical exercise programs; experience in professional societies; experience in advising graduate student research activities.