The Assistant or Associate Professor of Anatomy & Physiology provides instruction and advising to undergraduate students. This faculty appointment includes a full-time teaching load in addition to office hours, advising, committee work, research, and opportunities for continued professional development. This is a three-year appointment with the possibility of extension.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Teach a full-time teaching load (24 credit hours/year) which includes lecture and laboratory courses in anatomy and physiology, cadaver prosection, and other relevant courses in the school appropriate to both majors and non-majors.
• Oversee the Barlow Body Donor Lab, including lab operation, supervision of students’ prosection, and the management of funds and financial donor relations related to the lab.
• Utilize innovative and collaborative teaching methods in support of the program’s mission and learning objectives that promote knowledge, laboratory techniques, critical thinking, and communication competency within the discipline.
• Attend school and university faculty meetings.
• Advise students in scheduling classes and making progress toward degree completion and career goals.
• Advise undergraduate student research projects.
• Contribute to school and interdisciplinary initiatives, including recruitment and retention efforts, and curriculum development.
• Participate in University activities including but not limited to: committee assignments and activities, extra- and co-curricular activities supporting student success and achievement in alignment with a liberal arts tradition, and professional development activities which personally and academically enhance a professional academic career.
• Perform other essential duties as assigned/as outlined in the Faculty Manual.

Supervision Received:

Reports directly to the Chair of the School of Natural Sciences and Nursing.

Supervision Exercised:

Supervises teaching assistants and student researchers in the department, as well as volunteers in the Barlow Body Donor Lab.

Core Values and Personal Attributes:

• Core values – models leadership values of integrity, honesty, humility, transparency, respectfulness, diversity, caring, loyalty and accountability in all work.
• Intellectual dynamism – demonstrates mental sharpness, capability and agility.
• Self-knowledge – gains insight from successes and mistakes.
• Personal learning – seeks feedback and counsel to improve managerial behavior.
• Peer relationships – encourages collaboration and cooperation across the organization.
• Teamwork – performs most effectively as a hard-working member of a team.
• Constituency focus – completes work to meet constituencies’ expectations and requirements.
• Community focus – brings a spirit of enthusiasm and energy to the campus and town.

Education and Professional Experience:

• Ph.D. in Physiology, Anatomy, or related field, or equivalent credentials (M.D., D.O., D.A.S., etc). ABD considered with degree completion before the start date. Exceptional candidates with a master’s degree in a relevant field will be considered.
• College-level teaching (lecture and laboratory) experience.
• Sufficient background to teach upper-level lecture and laboratory courses in Anatomy & Physiology.
• Ability to perform/supervise research with undergraduates.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Two years college-level teaching (lecture and laboratory) experience.
• Experience with instruction and research using cadavers and small live animals.
• Familiarity with small liberal arts student-focused institutions.

Necessary Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to relate to a diverse cross-section of individuals.
• Must demonstrate analytical and strategic thinking abilities.
• Demonstrated strong commitment to student-centered active learning and student engagement activities.
• Demonstrated experience, knowledge, and appreciation for a liberal arts tradition.
• Commitment and a demonstrated record of academic excellence with professional and personal integrity.
• Demonstrated excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication and problem-solving skills.
• A demonstrated work ethic that promotes teamwork, enhances creativity and motivation and builds consensus in a high-energy and high-task environment.
• Ability to manage several projects simultaneously.
• Ability or willingness to learn to manage class in an online learning modality
• Ability to travel as needed or required, work evenings and/or weekends as needed.

Tools and Equipment Used: The following laboratory equipment is available for teaching labs and/or research projects: iWorx Human/Animal Physiology system, set of compound microscopes, microscope slide sets for normal and pathological human tissue, dissecting scopes, camera systems for trinocular compound and dissection scope, autoclaves, water baths, micropipettes, surgical lights and platforms, rabbit/cat dissection trays and lids, extensive sets of human Bone Clone skeletal materials, x-ray screens, downward drafting hydraulic body donor tables, washer/dryer, CO 2 tank, chest freezer and refrigerator.

Other departmental equipment available includes: incubators, autoclave, -20 and -80 freezers, sets of compound and dissecting microscopes, digital microscopes, epi-fluorescent research microscopes, thermal cyclers, agarose gel electrophoresis, and SDS PAGE equipment, and microscope slide collections.

Knowledge of operation and use of various office equipment including, but not limited to: personal computer, including spreadsheet and word processing software, integrated database software, copier, telephone, scanner, and printers.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to use arms, hands and fingers to operate and manipulate equipment generally found in an office setting. The employee may be frequently required to be mobile, communicate, and hear. The employee may occasionally be subject to a variety of outdoor environmental conditions including heat, cold, and precipitation.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to fifteen pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than forty (40) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Mental demands include varied degrees of occasional stress while performing job duties.

Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works in an office setting, and educational facilities including laboratories. The noise level in the work environment will range from moderately quiet to occasionally loud.

Application Process:

To apply, please submit the following materials:

1. A cover letter addressing your qualifications and interest in the position.
2. Curriculum vitae.
3. A statement of teaching philosophy and evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g., student evaluations).
4. Contact information for three professional references.