Academic Department Head

🇺🇸 Las Cruces, NM 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $135K - $150K 💻 Other 🗓️ July 21st, 2026

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New Mexico State University is hiring an Academic Department Head for the Department of Kinesiology. The role requires leading a thriving academic department by providing collaborative leadership to advance excellence in teaching, research, clinical education, outreach, and service, as well as managing departmental operations and fostering partnerships within the university and surrounding communities.

Highlights

Lead the Department of Kinesiology as chief academic and administrative officer, overseeing strategic vision, faculty recruitment, mentorship, and resource management.
Support faculty success across teaching, scholarship, creative activities, and service while promoting interdisciplinary research and external funding.
Manage budgeting, personnel, accreditation, continuous program improvement, and departmental operations.
Collaborate with the college’s Executive Council and foster partnerships across campus and the U.S.-Mexico Borderland community.
Requirements include a doctorate in kinesiology or related fields, qualifications for tenured Associate Professor or Professor at NMSU, and demonstrated academic leadership and administrative experience.
Preferred experience includes leading multidisciplinary academic units, supporting doctoral education, mentoring faculty, securing external funding, and working at Research 1, Hispanic-Serving, or land-grant institutions.
Compensation range is $135,000 to $150,000 annually, with an additional $21,000 department head differential pay.
Oversees approximately 600 undergraduate and graduate students and 17 full-time faculty members.
Maintains a supportive college environment with strong undergraduate, professional master’s, and doctoral programs and recent investments in research and instructional facilities.
Position has a standard work schedule, exempt status, and involves light physical effort with no significant physical risk.