Biology Guest Faculty 2024-2025

Sarah Lawrence College

Bronxville, NY

ID: 7269868 (Ref.No. ej-5464968)
Posted: 3 months ago

Job Description

Biology Guest Faculty 2024-2025
Rank: Guest Faculty
Tenure Information: Non-Tenure Track
Job Description

Sarah Lawrence College Department of Biology seeks part-time guest faculty members for the 2024-25 academic year. We are seeking instructors for three biology courses: one course in the Fall ’24 semester, and two in the Spring ’25 semester. Candidates should indicate their interest in teaching one, two, or three of these courses.

We are interested in courses covering a subfield of cellular/molecular biology of the applicant’s choosing in agreement with departmental needs. Potential courses include but are not limited to: cell biology, developmental biology, human disease, immunology, neurobiology, animal physiology, and stem-cell biology.

The Fall course will be a lecture capped at 45 students. The topic should be of broad appeal to students across to college and taught at an introductory level (for instance, similar courses routinely taught include Drugs and the Brain, Human Genetics, and Evolutionary Biology). Lecture courses have two components: the full class meets 2x/week for lecture, and 4 smaller sections meet biweekly for what we call group conference. Group conferences are used for activities that complement content covered in lectures.

The Spring courses will be capped at 15 students and include a seminar class (typically meeting 2x/week) and biweekly meetings with individual students to develop a semester-long independent project, called conference work, which typically takes the form of a substantial literature review. An instructor may choose to include a laboratory component with one Spring semester course, depending on the nature of the course.

We seek instructors dedicated to developing the research, writing, and analytical skills of their students in addition to imparting the material of their discipline. As they prepare their applications, candidates are encouraged to consult the SLC course catalogue to view the style and content of course descriptions, especially courses taught in science and mathematics.

Application materials must include: cover letter; CV; statement of teaching philosophy including how consideration of diversity, equity, and inclusion informs your teaching; a catalog-style description of your proposed courses including any textbooks you would use; and three letters of reference.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Compensation for this position is on a per-course basis, contingent on teaching experience.

Required Qualifications

A PhD is required and college-level teaching experience is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications
Posting Number: F00173P
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Close Date:
Open Until Filled: Yes
Salary: $10,500 - $14,000
Special Instructions to Applicants

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.

To apply, visit https://slc.peopleadmin.com/postings/2256
Sarah Lawrence College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and has as one of its goals the recruitment and retention of a racially and culturally diverse administration, staff and faculty. To that end, every job opening is seen as an opportunity to increase diversity and every effort will be made to expand the applicant pool in accordance with these goals.
Sarah Lawrence College is located in southern Westchester County, 25 minutes by train from midtown Manhattan, NYC. For information on Sarah Lawrence College, our curriculum, teaching methods, and philosophy of education, please see our web site at https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/.

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Sarah Lawrence College is committed to sustaining a diverse and inclusive learning, working, and living community. This requires students, faculty, administration, and staff who reflect the diversity of our society; that people from different backgrounds and with different views be prepared to treat one another with mutual respect and honest curiosity so that they can engage and learn from one another; and that diversity infuse all aspects of the life and mission of the College. These conditions enable a genuine liberal arts education, in which the presence of people with different experiences and ideas, engaged in critical dialogue, overcomes ignorance and builds trust and knowledge.

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