Honors - Teaching Assistant Professor – Renewable Contract - 530659

The University of Alabama•Tuscaloosa, AL

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About The Position

The University of Alabama Honors College is hiring a full-time, non-tenure-track Teaching Assistant Professor of Honors in a STEM-related field on a renewable contract. The role focuses on teaching honors courses and developing seminars related to the candidate’s area of expertise. The successful candidate will contribute to the College’s Honors Forward strategic plan, which emphasizes small classes, individualized faculty interaction, first-year experiences, experiential and community-engaged learning, and research or creative projects. The initial contract is three years, with a review in the third year; rank promotion is possible. The normal teaching load is 12 credits per semester. The position also includes expectations for scholarship, committee service, and contributions to the academic and co-curricular life of the College. Scholarship may address engagement, teaching and learning, or the candidate’s discipline, and may include public scholarship, innovative methodological or pedagogical approaches, peer-reviewed articles, books, book chapters, creative work, and conference presentations. Lab space and start-up packages are unavailable, but other support for research, teaching, and professional development will be provided.

Requirements

An earned doctorate or other terminal degree in Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Technology, Engineering, Bio/Tech-ethics, or another STEM-related field; the degree must be completed by the start of the appointment.
Teaching experience at the college or university level.
Dedication to innovative teaching and ability to offer courses in a transdisciplinary honors curriculum.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing highly collaborative, student-centered learning and facilitating rigorous dialogue across differing perspectives.
Ability to build creative, transdisciplinary syllabi and foster dialogue among students.
Background in first-year experience, experiential education, research or creative development, leadership studies, or transdisciplinary methods.
Experience mentoring students through extracurricular or co-curricular programming.

Responsibilities

Teach a variety of honors classes and develop and teach seminars based on the candidate’s area of expertise.
Contribute to the Honors Forward strategic plan and its emphasis on interdisciplinary learning, individualized faculty interaction, first-year experiences, experiential and community-engaged learning, and research or creative projects.
Maintain a normal teaching load of 12 credits per semester.
Engage in scholarship in areas such as engagement, teaching and learning, or the candidate’s disciplinary field.
Provide committee service and contribute to the academic and co-curricular life of the College.
Facilitate collaborative, student-centered learning and rigorous dialogue across differing perspectives.
Develop creative, transdisciplinary syllabi and help students strengthen critical and creative thinking, citizenship, and leadership skills.