The Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, within the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, is inviting applications for a 9-month, associate professor appointment. The position is a full time, tenure-track, teaching faculty position. Advancement in this series requires excellence in teaching and service, as well as making recognized contributions to the development of one’s specific discipline and/or pedagogy. The successful candidate will significantly participate in the undergraduate teaching mission of the department, as well as play a leadership role in microbiology education research, working with other faculty to develop, implement and assess innovative, equitable, and inclusive pedagogical initiatives. We are seeking a candidate who is a strong team player and dedicated to providing evidence-based teaching in our undergraduate program, with demonstrated awareness of best-practices in teaching including expertise in student-centered instructional methods to teach large (>150 students) undergraduate courses. The position will include teaching such as microbiology, bioinformatics, medical bacteriology, virology, microbial physiology, and other higher-level courses that use high-impact, active learning strategies and where instructors work as a team to ensure consistency across sections.

Required Job Qualifications

• Qualified candidates will have a Doctor of Philosophy degree (or equivalent) in microbiology or a related field
• Four or more years of experience teaching lecture courses such as microbiology, bioinformatics, medical bacteriology, virology, microbial physiology, or related field
• Evidence of conducting and publishing research, including discipline-based education studies, and/or authorship of scholarly works such as manuscripts, reviews, or book chapters
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

Preferred Job Qualifications

• Evidence of applying for and/or securing internal funding, and/or contributing to collaborative proposals for external funding, with a focus on education research
• Experience in teaching undergraduate courses
• Demonstrated use of innovative, evidence-based teaching strategies
• Evidence of collecting metrics of teaching methodologies
• Evidence of engaging students in high-impact learning activities, such as service-learning, community outreach, learning assistant training, mentoring, curriculum-based undergraduate experiences (CUREs), bench science research, education research, etc.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment

To apply, visit: https://jobs.colostate.edu/postings/98325