Academic Professional Track (Non-Tenure): Instructional Assistant/Associate Professor

The School of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics at Texas A&M University, invites applications for a full-time, state-supported, non-tenure instructional faculty position with a 11-month academic appointment. Applicants will be considered for the faculty titles of Instructional Assistant Professor or Instructional Associate Professor level depending on qualifications. The start date is flexible, but it is expected to be in/or prior to June 2023. The successful applicant is expected to teach in the following team-taught courses: (1) a whole-body, dissection-based Gross Anatomy course with embryology; (2) a digitized image-based Histology course integrated with Physiology; and (3) a functional Neuroscience course. Training opportunities will be provided in courses where the applicant had no or less prior teaching experiences. Prospective candidates must have a strong commitment to excellence in education and must demonstrate willingness to contribute to interdisciplinary medical instruction in large group, small group, laboratory, in-person, and/or remote (online) learning settings.  The department is particularly interested in candidates who aspire to become a long-term member of a stable medical school teaching faculty group.

Required Qualifications:

• Applicants for the Instructional Assistant or Instructional Associate Professor level must possess a PhD, MD, or equivalent degree and must have demonstrated lecture and laboratory experience at the medical and/or health science level in one or more of the above disciplines.
• Compelling applicants who anticipate completing an appropriate doctoral degree within six months of hire will be appointed at the Instructor level.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced knowledge and skills in using various educational technologies, especially team-based and/or self-directed learning, is preferred.
• Contribution to the teaching of Medical Pharmacology is preferred.

Review of applications will begin as they are received and will continue until the position is filled.  Applicants should electronically submit 1) cover letter; 2) a current curriculum vitae; 3) personal statement to include philosophy and plans for research, teaching, and service, as applicable; 4) three references willing to provide a letter of recommendation. Applicants should submit the required documents at: http://apply.interfolio.com/118184.

Questions related to this position should be directed to: Chair, Anatomical Sciences Faculty Search Committee at wjchen@tamu.edu.