Associate Professor of Electron Microscopy

San Joaquin Delta College•Stockton, CA

About The Position

San Joaquin Delta Community College District is seeking a full-time tenure-track faculty member to teach Electron Microscopy. Under the general supervision of the assigned Dean, the Professor teaches classes and supports student achievement in a community college serving a diverse student population. The successful candidate will demonstrate understanding of the racial, socioeconomic, and academic diversity of community college students and how those factors relate to equity-minded, culturally responsive practices. The role includes instructional, student-support, curriculum, administrative, professional-development, and shared-governance duties. The Professor collaborates with the college to promote student equity and success and contributes to the District’s educational mission.

Requirements

Any bachelor’s degree or higher and two years of professional experience, or any associate’s degree and six years of professional experience.
Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of racial, socioeconomic, and academic diversity in community college populations and its relationship to equity-minded, culturally responsive practices.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated sensitivity to race, ethnicity, color, religious creed, sex, gender expression, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, prior contact with the criminal legal system, or other biases prohibited by law.
Ability to adapt teaching strategies and techniques to different student abilities, learning styles, cultures, and groups listed in the posting.
Experience teaching in varied settings, including online, dual enrollment, and large lectures.
Willingness to develop and use instructional materials, including lectures and labs, for multiple modalities.
Ability to use innovative and creative lecture and lab teaching techniques and equipment, including multimedia hardware, current applications, learning management systems, and online instructional strategies.
Experience teaching Electron Microscopy courses covering topics such as theory, operation, and applications of Transmission and Scanning Electron Microscopy, Reflected Light Microscopy, Focused Ion Beam Technology, Energy Dispersive Analysis instrumentation, and current materials specimen-preparation techniques.
Experience or familiarity with one-on-one training using materials sample-preparation equipment such as dimplers, tripod polishers, and ion beam mills.
Experience or familiarity with vacuum systems, including pump operation and maintenance, vacuum logic, and troubleshooting.
Experience or familiarity with maintenance techniques such as EM filament exchange and column component exchange.
Emphasis on laboratory requirements, including safety protocols and laboratory documentation.
Experience with failure analysis of microelectronic semiconductor devices, metallography, or related materials.
Knowledge or experience in fields related to current nanotechnology.

Responsibilities

Conduct and organize classes at the instructional level to meet course descriptions and course information outlines.
Advise and assist students in achieving course objectives and student learning outcomes.
Evaluate student progress and connect students with appropriate campus-support services.
Participate in evaluating course offerings and revising course descriptions and outlines to reflect culturally responsive pedagogy.
Select textbooks, audiovisual materials, and other instructional materials that support learning and the college’s equity-minded mission.
Maintain currency in the field.
Maintain student enrollment, attendance, progress, and grade records; prepare and submit required administrative reports.
Report conditions that might jeopardize the health or safety of students or the public.
Follow the Education Code and San Joaquin Delta Community College District policies and procedures.
Participate in departmental, divisional, advisory, and campus-wide committees as part of shared governance and District service needs.
Maintain office hours and participate in additional service activities that benefit students, the college, or the community.
Plan and complete approved professional-development flex activities each semester or year.
Participate in curriculum review and modification and in the assessment of student learning outcomes.
Collaborate with the college to promote student equity and success.
Provide guidance and direction to Readers as needed.
Perform other duties specified in the faculty contract and Board Policy.