Assistant Professor of Biology (Cell and Molecular Biology) (Faculty)

Home Department: Biological & Environmental Sciences

Employment Type: Tenure Track Faculty

Appointment: Faculty (10-month)

Primary Function:

There are two undergraduate majors within the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences. We currently have 27 full time faculty members in the department with about 420 undergraduate biology majors, 100 environmental science majors, and an M.S. program in biology with approximately 30 students pursuing thesis and non-thesis degrees.

Primary Purpose:

This tenure track position will support the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences at Georgia College & State University and the programming needs in Cell and Molecular Biology. This highly trained individual will have a commitment to the liberal arts education, who can demonstrate excellence in teaching and research, and possess the ability to work collegially and effectively with a culturally diverse faculty, staff and student population. Teaching responsibilities will include 12 contact hours/semester. Primary teaching responsibilities will be Genetics and Cell & Molecular Physiology, with other teaching opportunities including core curriculum and lower level biology courses for majors as well as upper level and graduate courses in the candidate's area of expertise. This position will have the opportunity to develop an independent research program using the facilities in our brand-new Integrated Science Complex building. The Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences resides in the College of Arts and Sciences, the largest of the university's four colleges.? Approximately 195 full-time faculty in 12 departments teach 3,000 students with majors encompassing arts and humanities, social and behavioral sciences, sciences and mathematics, fine and performing arts, and select professional programs.

Georgia College is known for combining the educational experience of private liberal arts colleges with the affordability of public universities. The university's main campus is a residential learning community focused on undergraduate education and a select number of graduate programs. Faculty and staff are dedicated to engaging students through high impact pedagogies that foster intellectual curiosity, reasoned inquiry, and critical thinking. We strive for excellence in the classroom and beyond. We nurture collaborative leadership and global citizenship. We value diversity and inclusion in all of its forms. Georgia College seeks faculty who understand and embrace our public liberal arts mission and are dedicated to the advancement of knowledge through teaching, scholarship, and service. All Georgia College faculty share the responsibility of teaching our core curriculum and providing foundation courses for majors and non-majors alike. To carry out our public liberal arts mission, we seek faculty with the desire and ability to engage a diverse student body as they launch their intellectual journey.
The university’s beautiful and historic campus is located in Milledgeville, Georgia a small, diverse college town of 19,000 residents who enjoy the environmental and recreational benefits of being on the banks of beautiful Lake Sinclair and Lake Oconee. Milledgeville is located only an hour and a half drive from many cultural and arts activities in the city of Atlanta. For more information about our location, visit https://www.visitmilledgeville.org/. Georgia College also has a partnership with the Baldwin County Board of Education to host a Montessori Academy in the Early Learning Center. Children of Georgia College employees have priority access to the academy, which offers classrooms for a range of children from young infants to the age of 6.

Key Functions: Faculty - Teaching/Instructing, Faculty - Professional Development, Faculty - Service to Institution, Faculty - Scholarship and Creative Activity

Job duties performed for the above function:

Teaching responsibilities will include 12 contact hours/semester. Primary teaching responsibilities will be Genetics and Cell & Molecular Physiology, with other teaching opportunities including core curriculum and lower level biology courses for majors as well as upper level and graduate courses in the candidate's area of expertise.

Publications (editing, citations) Presentations at professional meetings Current work in circulation or in progress Grants received or submitted Membership and participation in professional organizations Other professional service or development activities

All faculty are expected to support the advancement of the department, college and university mission by providing service to the institution. Service may be at the department, college, university, community and disciplinary level. Duties include service on college-level and university-level committees, advising students regarding career options, and support of department-level outreach activities.

The candidate will have the opportunity to develop an independent research program using the facilities in our brand-new Integrated Science Complex building set to open in late Spring 2021

Minimum Requirements:

Ph.D. preferred (ABD with Ph.D. completed by employment start date will be considered) in Biological Sciences or related field. Research experience (demonstrated by publication record).
Undergraduate teaching experience.
Must meet SACSCOC accreditation requirements stated in C.S. 3.7.1 (www.sacscoc.org (faculty credentials))