Teaching Professor & Director

Company: Northeastern University
Location: Charlotte
Posted on: September 17, 2020

Job Description:

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Position Type Faculty Full-time (Non-Tenure Track) 1

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Teaching Professor & Director Apply now Job no: 503035

Position Type: Faculty Full-time (Non-Tenure Track)

Location: Boston Main Campus

Categories: College of Science

About Northeastern:

Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experiential approach empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of discipline, degree, and campus.

Our locations—in Boston; Charlotte, North Carolina; London; Portland, Maine; San Francisco; Seattle; Silicon Valley; Toronto; Vancouver; and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant—are nodes in our growing global university system. Through this network, we expand opportunities for flexible, student-centered learning and collaborative, solutions-focused research.

Northeastern’s comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs— in a variety of on-campus and online formats—lead to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools. Among these, we offer more than 195 multi-discipline majors and degrees designed to prepare students for purposeful lives and careers.

About the Opportunity:

The College of Science at Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure-track faculty position at the level of associate or full teaching professor to serve as the Director of the college’s undergraduate Behavioral Neuroscience Program (https://cos.northeastern.edu/behavioral-neuroscience). This interdisciplinary program combines the disciplines of biology and psychology and the successful candidate will have a joint appointment in the Department of Biology and the Department of Psychology. The Behavioral Neuroscience Program is a cutting-edge undergraduate degree program consisting of over 500 talented students, many of whom go on to pursue prestigious graduate and medical training programs.

Responsibilities:

Primary responsibilities of the Program Director include providing leadership and day-to-day management of the program, working closely with the Chairs of the Biology and Psychology Departments. Specific responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, leading the program’s Steering Committee, overseeing academic advising and curriculum development, overseeing the program’s admissions events, representing the program on college and university committees, and developing new initiatives that enhance the program’s educational mission. Additional key responsibilities include teaching undergraduate courses on neuroscience-related topics within the Biology and Psychology Departments. The specific courses, which may include both lecture courses and seminars, will be based on the candidate’s interests and expertise.

Qualifications:

Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Biology, Psychology, Neuroscience, or a related field. The successful candidate must have excellent communication skills, both written and oral, leadership and management experience, and the ability to work effectively with faculty, students, and staff. The candidate must have college-level teaching experience in relevant topic areas and be capable of teaching courses that involve active learning strategies. The candidate should have experience in, or be able to demonstrate a commitment to, working with diverse student populations and/or in a culturally diverse work and educational environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

Salary Grade:

FAC

Additional Information:

Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff. Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Advertised: 20 Mar 2020 Eastern Daylight Time

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