What are the responsibilities and job description for the Visiting Instructor or Assistant Teaching Professor of Biological Sciences position at usm-pilot?
Special Instructions to Applicants
Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, teaching philosophy, and contact information for three professional references. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. For inquiries about the position, please contact Dr. Jennifer Walker, Associate Dean and Search Committee Chair at, 228-865-4507 or Jennifer.Walker@usm.edu
Job Summary
The School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences at The University of Southern Mississippi is seeking a full-time, nine-month, non-tenure track Visiting Instructor or Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor at the Gulf Park campus to begin January 2025. The successful candidate will be expected to teach 12 credit hours per semester and possible courses include undergraduate introductory biology majors and non-majors courses (lectures and labs), sophomore-level general microbiology, microbiology for health professions, and upper- level environmental microbiology, or other advanced microbiology courses.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Teach 12 semester credit hours of freshman introductory majors and non-majors courses and laboratories as well as sophomore level microbiology courses and junior/senior level courses including, but not limited to, cell biology and physiology.
- Mentor teaching assistants in laboratories
- Collect and report assessment data
- Participate in appropriate committees and recruitment activities
- Teach online classes as needed
- Participate in student advisement
- Performs other duties as assigned.