Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor: Biological Sciences
- Employer
- Notre Dame
- Location
- Notre Dame, Indiana (US)
- Salary
- Based on experience
- Closing date
- Jan 5, 2025
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- Discipline
- Life Sciences, Biology
- Organization Type
- Academia
The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame seeks a broadly-trained and innovative teaching colleague to contribute to our Introductory Biology sequence. Candidates with a background in evolution, organismal biology, or plant biology will be particularly suited to complement the existing team. The position is a renewable 12-month, non-tenure track appointment starting fall semester 2025, and is expected to be a long-term continuing position with opportunities for promotion.
Our novel Introductory Biology sequence was designed using Vision and Change principles. Consequently, the sequence integrates across levels of biology, and uses student-centered and inclusive pedagogical approaches. Within our Introductory Biology sequence, successful candidates would deliver a semester-long, course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) laboratory. They will also join a team of instructors in either: 1) an integrative biology lecture course, or 2) a lab course that provides training in field/lab techniques needed to support research experimentation. While the position will primarily focus on teaching, we also seek candidates with scholarship in discipline-based education and/or commitments to provide research experiences for undergraduates.
Minimum Qualifications:
The candidate must possess a graduate degree in an area of the life sciences and should be broadly trained in biology. The candidate should have an interest and commitment to teaching first-year biology students, with experience teaching at the collegiate level using student-centered, active learning strategies. Lastly, the candidate should have significant research experience to provide mentorship in a course-based research format.
Preferred Qualifications:
The preferred candidate would have a Ph.D., and have skills and experience in education assessment and/or research-based laboratory courses.
Application Instructions
Applicants will need to apply through interfolio: apply.interfolio.com/159088 and provide the following with their online application:
- Cover Letter
- Current Resume/Curriculum Vitae
- Statement of Teaching Philosophy
- One-page proposal for a 1 credit semester-long Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) class
The Department of Biological Sciences is dynamic, bold, and dedicated to excellence in undergraduate education to develop the next generation of leaders in the life sciences. We seek to advance biological knowledge through excellence in research, including with undergraduates, to solve the grand challenges that will shape the future of human health and the environment. The department is highly interdisciplinary and in an excellent position to fulfill the promise of new integrated approaches to teaching biology at the collegiate level.
Review of applications will begin upon receipt with a closing date of January 5th, 2025.
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