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Empire State University is seeking a Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences. The successful candidate will develop and teach online courses and serve learners across New York State, nationally, and world-wide. The Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology will collaborate with Natural Science colleagues to expand the department's degree programs and course offerings in Biology to support the Medical Laboratory Science program and related science disciplines, and design curricular pathways that link SUNY Empire's undergraduate and graduate programs such as the Master of Arts in Teaching.

Our faculty is committed to meeting the needs of adult learners and mentoring, motivating, and supporting our students through consistent advisement, engaging instruction, and continuous program improvement. The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging across the faculty role. We are particularly interested in applicants who can deliver high-quality teaching using evidence-based practices to engage students from various backgrounds and experiences effectively.

A highly distributed organization, SUNY Empire makes extensive use of technological applications for communication, teaching and learning, and administrative purposes. Working in cooperation with faculty and staff, the successful candidate will provide high-quality educational services to students, engage in an active scholarly agenda, participate in university governance, and enhance the university's reputation within the community.

Job Requirements:

Required Qualifications:

+ An earned doctorate from a regionally accredited U.S. university or comparable non-U.S. university in Biology, or a closely related field at the time of appointment.

+ College or university level teaching experience.

+ Experience with supporting diverse populations.

+ Ability to work in a distributed faculty environment.

+ Ability to teach and develop courses.

+ An active scholarly agenda.

+ Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Experience with teaching and mentoring in online learning environments.

+ Experience with academic program development.

+ Bilingual and biliterate in Spanish and English.

Special Information:

+ This is a one-year temporary position, with the possibility of extension contingent upon a variety of factors.

+ Occasional travel will be required to fulfill university-wide obligations, including biannual travel to Saratoga Springs, New York.

+ Office hours will vary in accordance with student needs. Periodic evening and weekend engagement will also be required.

+ Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis. VISA sponsorship is not available for this position.

+ SUNY Empire provides employees with robust remote and flexible work options to meet the needs of students, faculty, and staff in a dispersed work environment.

Additional Information:

Rank/Salary: Visiting Assistant Professor, salary range from $72,000 to $75,000, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

We are pleased to offer our employees an excellent benefit package which includes NYS health insurance, free dental and vision, competitive retirement options, and generous vacation, sick and holiday accruals; and a strong emphasis on work-life balance. We also offer faculty-development opportunities that encourage pursuit of disciplinary and community-focused research, scholarship of teaching and learning, and leadership development. Faculty-development opportunities include our annual Fall Academic Conference and the annual Institute on Mentoring, Teaching and Learning.

SUNY Empire is an AA/EEO/ADA employer. The University actively seeks applications from women, veterans, individuals with a disability, members of underrepresented groups or anyone that would enrich the diversity of the University. SUNY Empire is committed to fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff, and students, as well as ensuring equal educational opportunity, employment, and access to services, programs, and activities, without regard to an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, or criminal conviction. Employees, students, applicants, or other members of the university community (including but not limited to vendors, visitors, and guests) may not be subjected to harassment that is prohibited by law or treated adversely or retaliated against based upon a protected characteristic.

SUNY Empire provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities, veterans, or wounded warriors where appropriate. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please contact the Office of Human Resources at (518) 587-2100 ext. 2240.

In accordance with the Title II Crime Awareness and Security Act, a copy of our crime statistics is available upon request by calling (518) 587-2100, ext. 2800. It can also be viewed online at our Safety and Security website (https://sunyempire.edu/about/safety-security/jeanne-clery-act/annual-safety-security-report.html) .

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