Assistant Professor – Biology
| Company | Prairie View A&M University |
|---|---|
| Location | Prairie View, TX, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | PhD |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Ph.D. in Biology or related biological fields.
- Minimum of three-years full-time college teaching experience.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively use technology in teaching and learning.
- Demonstrated innovation in teaching large biology classes.
- Demonstrated experience with science teaching pedagogy, curriculum and/or program development.
- Demonstrate experience with assessment requirements for core curriculum biology courses according to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACSCOC) accreditation standards.
- Record of institutional program development and implementation.
- Ability to conduct programmatic assessments and contribute to institutional effectiveness.
- Ability to advise pre-optometry, pre-dental, pre-health and pre-medical students.
- Record of excellent writing and communication skills as demonstrated through conference participation, and workshop instruction.
- Record of establishing Memorandum of Understanding with partnering institutions.
- Record of establishing alliances to ensure internship opportunities.
- Demonstrated effectiveness working in a collaborative, team setting.
Responsibilities
- Teach courses, advise students, participate in curriculum and program development, serve on Committees.
- Actively engage in scholarly activities aimed at grant proposal writing, paper presentations at professional conferences and publishing scholarly work, actively engage in research and publications.
- Engage in student recruitment, assist with student advisement/student registration, take on committee assignments at all levels of the University, and provide services to the community and the profession. Perform other duties as assigned.
Preferred Qualifications
- Post-doctoral research experience.
- Three or more years of undergraduate teaching experience.
- Three or more years of experience in academic or career advising.
- Two or more years of experience in creating budgets and writing/managing grants.
- A proven record or propensity to obtain external funding to support an active research program.
- Record of scholarship and publication in higher tier journals appropriate to the applicants’ field of study.