Assistant Professor (Teaching) - Data Analytics

 

Available Title(s):

158-NN_FACULTY - Teaching Assistant Professor - Career

 

Business Title:

Assistant Professor (Teaching) - Data Analytics

 

Employee Type:

Faculty (+) (Fixed Term)

 

Time Type:

Full time

 

Position Term:

9 Month

 

Position Details:

 

This position will be primarily remote. The incumbent will be expected to visit the Pullman Campus for in-person meetings when necessary.

 

The Opportunity:

 

The Program in Data Analytics with the College of Arts and Sciences at Washington State University invites applications for an Assistant Professor (Teaching) Career-Track in Data Analytics. The position is full-time, fixed-term, nine-months, three-year appointment with possibility of renewal. The work will be performed on the WSU Global (online) Campus. We seek scholars whose field is in statistics or a closely related field who is strongly committed to developing quality educational experiences while also being deeply interested in mentoring and contributing to campus diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will begin the appointment on August 16, 2024.

 

Job Duties:

 

As a Data Analytics faculty member on the WSU Global Campus, your responsibilities will be to teach asynchronous online classes and make service contributions to your department, college, university, community, and profession. The workload distribution of the position is 80% teaching and 20% programmatic development and service to the program, department, college, university, community, and profession. Expected courses are introductory-level and upper-division courses within the Data Analytics curriculum. Topics will include data structure, data-based learning, computing, and statistical methods.

 

The Program in Data Analytics is headquartered at the WSU Everett Campus in Everett, Washington. As a faculty member of that program, you will be expected to visit the campus for face-to-face meetings when necessary.

 

Required Qualifications:

 

• Ph. D. in Data Science, Data Analytics, Statistics, Computational Mathematics, Computer Science, or closely related field; or an MS in one of the above fields, with industry experience in data science/analytics or at least three (3) years by the appointment date of teaching experience in one of the above mentioned fields.

 

• Evidence of successful teaching ability at the undergraduate level.

 

• Commitment to teaching and mentoring students from diverse backgrounds.

 

• Evidence of ability to develop and teach asynchronous online courses at the undergraduate level.

 

• Demonstrate strong commitment to teaching and service.

 

Preferred Qualifications:

 

• Ability to teach upper-division courses which include data structure, data-based learning, computing, and statistical methods.

 

• Experience with case-based or other interactive teaching methods.

 

• Experience teaching asynchronous online courses.

 

• Demonstrated commitment to excellence in teaching and teaching effectiveness.

 

Additional Information:

 

Area/College: WSU Global Campus

 

Department Name: Global Campus

 

City, State, Zip: Pullman, WA 99164-5220

 

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