Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track), Department of Prosthodontics

position Summary

The Prosthodontics department in the Indiana University School of Dentistry is seeking qualified applicants for our tenure-track faculty position. This will be a 12-month appointment at the rank of assistant professor at 1.0 FTE, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2026.

TEACHING AND LEADERSHIP THAT IMPROVES LIVES

Our new faculty member will come with proven expertise in all aspects of prosthodontics, ready to build upon the school’s and campus’s tradition of excellence, advancing scholarship, education, clinical service, and community engagement. Proven expertise in digital methodologies and workflows in prosthodontics, including how those are implemented in didactic, preclinical, and clinical instruction as well as scholarly activity.

Additionally, our new faculty member will have a record of creating an environment that promotes collegiality, collaboration, and inclusion among members of various education, research, and service communities. Consistent with our school’s core values, this candidate will demonstrate commitment to serve as a role model and advocate for the ideals of professionalism and high ethical standards in a health science educational setting. Engagement in university service at the department, school, and university levels, including participation in departmental and school governance is expected.

You will make a difference weekly by providing preclinical, clinical, and didactic instruction to predoctoral dental students, participating in competency assessments, applying and shaping a comprehensive and robust predoctoral curriculum using state-of-the-art and emerging technologies. Teaching responsibilities may also include course directorship(s). In fulfilling those deliverables, a focus on developing collaboration within and beyond the dental school, and a sustained record of scholarship activities is expected. Our department’s research enterprise naturally includes the fields of education, clinical patient care, dental materials, and implantology. Albeit in a limited capacity, you also might have opportunities to participate in the postdoctoral prosthodontic curriculum in the Advanced Education Program in Prosthodontics. Faculty practice and other revenue-generating opportunities will be considered for eligible candidates.

The department is committed to professional growth for each of its team members through professional development. IUSD offers a dynamic learning environment for faculty, in which teaching, research, clinical care, and community service are core to our mission, through clinical programs in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, Indiana. Our main facility includes a state-of-the-art 45,000–square-foot James J. Fritts DDS Clinical Care Center on the IU Indianapolis campus, adjacent to local hospitals and part of an urban academic health center. We deliver a wide range of services and outreach to more than 20,000 patients per year. IUSD enrolls approximately 800 students annually in degree and/or certificate programs in dentistry, allied dental programs, PhD, and advanced dental specialty programs tailored to current and future needs of the professions and the communities we serve. The IU School of Dentistry is the only dental school in the state and educates 80% of the dentists practicing in Indiana. Over 12,000 alumni of IUSD are pursuing careers throughout the US and around the world.

OUR COMMITMENT

As the state’s premier urban research institution, Indiana University Indianapolis is committed to having a welcoming campus community. As a member of that community, the IU School of Dentistry seeks candidates whose teaching, service, scholarship, research and community engagement efforts contribute to robust learning, working, and patient care environments for all of our students, employees, and patients. This commitment is core to our mission through our school-owned clinics and educational programs in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Basic Qualifications

ARE YOU READY TO JOIN?

Full consideration will be given to candidates who meet the following requirements:

• Has a DDS/DMD or equivalent dental degree.
• Has experience in prosthodontic patient care and digital workflows.
• Has obtained or will obtain an unrestricted Indiana dental license or an Indiana dental faculty license by the time of appointment. (Information on state dental licensure is available at https://www.in.gov/pla/professions/dentistry-home/).
• Has a certificate of advanced education in Prosthodontics from a Commission of Dental Accreditation (CODA) accredited program.
• Has a Master’s degree (or other advanced academic degrees) in the fields of prosthodontics, implant dentistry, digital technology, or dental education.
• A record of scholarly peer-reviewed publications related to prosthodontics, implant dentistry, digital technology, or dental education.

Department Contact for Questions

Questions regarding the position or Application process can be directed to:

Wei-Shao Lin, DDS, FACP, PhD, MBA

Professor

Chair, Department of Prosthodontics

weislin@iu.edu

Additional Qualifications

It will be a bonus if you have:

• Board certification from the American Board of Prosthodontics.
• A certificate in Maxillofacial Prosthetics from a program accredited by the Commission of Dental Accreditation.
• Experience teaching at the predoctoral level or graduate level (Advanced Education Program in Prosthodontics).
• PhD or other terminal degree(s).
• A record of internal or external research funding, and dissemination of research outcomes resulting from those funds.

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