What are the responsibilities and job description for the Instructor or Assistant Teaching Professor of Biological Sciences position at usm?
Special Instructions to Applicants
Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, statement of 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. Jake Schaefer, Professor and Search Committee Chair at jake.schaefer@usm.edu. The cover letter should describe your interest in the position and how your qualifications (professional skills and career experiences) would make you a good fit for the position. The curriculum vitae should include relevant teaching and service experiences. It also should include relevant skills and training. Teaching goals and interest should be included in your philosophy along with evidence of your teaching effectiveness if available.
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 Instructor or Assistant Teaching Professor at the Hattiesburg campus to begin August 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 graduate teaching assistants teaching laboratory sections.
- Collect and report assessment data.
- Participate in appropriate committees and recruitment activities.
- Participate in student advisement.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
