Job Description

Position Summary: The Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, within the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, is inviting applications for a 9-month, assistant or associate professor appointment. The position is a full time, tenure-track, teaching faculty position. Advancement in this series requires excellence in teaching and service, as well as making recognized contributions to the development of one’s specific discipline and/or pedagogy. The successful candidate will significantly participate in the undergraduate teaching mission of the department, as well as play a leadership role in microbiology, immunology and pathology education research, working with other faculty to develop, implement and assess innovative, equitable, and inclusive pedagogical initiatives. We are seeking a candidate who is a strong team player and dedicated to providing evidence-based teaching in our undergraduate program, with demonstrated awareness of best-practices in teaching including expertise in student-centered instructional methods to teach large (>150 students) undergraduate microbiology courses. The successful candidate may also conduct biomedical research and/or discipline-based education research engaging undergraduate students in research experiences. The position will include teaching such as general microbiology and other higher-level courses reflecting the candidate’s expertise, that use high-impact, active learning strategies and where instructors work as a team to ensure consistency across sections.

Required Job Qualifications:

Assistant Professor:

• PhD (or equivalent degree) in microbiology or related field with research focus on biology education research. Experience as a postdoctoral fellow or assistant professor.

Associate Professor:

• PhD (or equivalent degree) in microbiology or related field with research focus on biology education research. Currently at the rank of associate professor or 3-4 or more years of experience at the assistant level.

For each level, required credentials must include:

• Two or more years of experience teaching undergraduate lecture courses such as virology, microbiology, immunology, pathology, biology education research or related field
• Evidence of conducting and publishing discipline-based education research and/or authorship of scholarly works such as manuscripts, reviews, or book chapters
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

Preferred Job Qualifications

• Evidence of conducting and/or publishing discipline-based education research
• Evidence of applying for and/or securing internal funding, and/or contributing to collaborative proposals for external funding, with a focus on education research
• Demonstrated use of innovative, evidence-based teaching strategies
• Evidence of collecting metrics of teaching methodologies
• Evidence of engaging students in high-impact learning activities, such as service-learning, community outreach, learning assistant training, mentoring, bench science research, education research, etc.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.

How to Apply

1. 1. How do you use evidence to inform continual course improvement?
   2. How do you align your curriculum to meet your course objectives/outcomes, and how do you assess student learning?
   3. Please illustrate with examples of how you incorporate new techniques, activities, curriculum, and technology into your teaching.
   4. How do you integrate inclusive pedagogy?
   5. Please provide evidence of your teaching effectiveness.
   6. How do you plan to grow as an educator inside and outside the department of MIP

• Discuss your knowledge/background education around JEDI issues
• Describe how you have advanced JEDI in your previous roles
• Describe how you hope to advance JEDI initiatives in the role you’re applying for
• Describe your continued learning related to JEDI
• Describe how you have supported and promoted underrepresented community members

Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: Not Disclosed.

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