Assistant Professor, Biology – UT Southern (Pulaski, TN)

Assistant Professor, Biology – UT Southern (Pulaski, TN) – 22000002CJ

Description

 

Assistant Professor, Biology – UT Southern (Pulaski, TN)

This is a full-time faculty position with teaching responsibilities in Biology, housed in the School of Mathematics and Sciences. The position’s principal responsibility is teaching the prescribed course load and for, as appropriate, providing students with academic or career advising. The position is responsible, as well, for service to the School/University and, as appropriate, to the discipline and the community. Further, the position is responsible for demonstrating scholarly competence in the appropriate subject matter area.

The position’s principal responsibility is teaching the prescribed course load (12 hours) and for, as appropriate, providing students with academic or career advising. This responsibility includes such activities as:
• Adherence to procedural guidelines and policies regarding teaching;
• Use of teaching strategies designed to encourage critical thinking and intellectual development;
• Use of teaching strategies designed to engage and motivate students;
• Adaptation of subject matter and instruction to the needs of the students;
• Appropriate, transparent, and unbiased evaluation of students;
• Evaluation of teaching and the use of evaluation data to achieve improvement;
• Incorporation of applicable, up-to-date subject matter into one’s courses;
• Participation in seminars or workshops with evidence of application to teaching;
• Implementation, as appropriate, of innovative teaching strategies;
• Development of courses and curricula, as appropriate, in response to new opportunities or changing needs of students;
• Direction of student research projects or creative works, as appropriate, above and beyond expected course load and duties.

The position is responsible for service to the School/University and, as appropriate, to the discipline and the community. This responsibility includes such activities as:
• Service on governance committees, task forces, and ad hoc committees;
• Performance of any special responsibilities requested by the administration;
• Service to the profession;
• Service to the community done pro bono and specifically related to the position’s academic discipline.

The position is responsible for demonstrating scholarly competence in the appropriate subject matter area. This responsibility includes such activities as:
• Producing original research, scholarship, and/or creative endeavors;
• Completing professional development activities (such as participation in formal coursework, seminars, workshops and other specialized training programs related to updating and extending one’s knowledge within one’s academic field, enhancing one’s teaching effectiveness, or adding new areas of expertise to the existing programs of the University).

 

Qualifications

 

Required Education
Master’s Degree in Biology or related field

Required Experience
Experience teaching college-level biology lecture and laboratory courses.

Required Knowledge
Specialist’s knowledge of Biology.

Required Skills 
Mastery of teaching strategies that will engage and motivate students and encourage critical thinking and intellectual development in classroom, laboratory, and field settings. 

Required Ability
Able to maintain a high level of personal integrity and professional competence, as demonstrated in teaching, research, and service. 
Able to conduct oneself professionally with colleagues, maintaining the mutual respect and confidence of one’s colleagues. 

 

Preferred Education
Doctoral Degree in Biology or related field

Preferred Experience
Three years’ experience preferred.
Experience/expertise teaching virtual/distance/hybrid courses preferred. 

Preferred Knowledge
Knowledge of agriculture-related biology. 

Preferred Skills
Mastery of distance/hybrid learning pedagogy.

 

Job
  Faculty 
Primary Location
  US-Tennessee-Pulaski 
Organization
  Biology 
Schedule
  Full-time 
Campus/Institute  UT Southern 
Job Posting
  Oct 19, 2022, 4:55:29 PM