Assistant Teaching Professor in the Honors College

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte seeks a non-tenure track faculty member for the Honors College to teach 9 credit hours per semester and advance an active research program with annual publications. The role includes engaging in service activities and disclosing foreign affiliations as part of the application process.

The position emphasizes subject matter excellence, course design and presentation, and collaborative contributions to teaching and scholarship within the Honors College.

Qualifications

• Teaching responsibilities and essential functions aligned with departmental and college goals.
• Subject matter competence expected for course design and delivery.
• Participation in research activities and dissemination through publications.

Responsibilities

• Teach 9 credit hours per semester in the Honors College.
• Maintain and progress a research agenda yielding about one publication per year over a 3-year period; conference presentations encouraged.
• Engage in service activities averaging about 8 hours per week (attending meetings, events, recruiting).
• Disclose current appointments or affiliations with foreign institutions or organizations as part of the application.

Skills

Subject matter competence

Course design

Course presentation

Grading student work

Teaching

Research agenda development

Conference presentations

Service activities

Job description

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte recognizes the differentiation of mission, goals, and objectives inherent in the diversity of disciplines represented by its colleges and departments. Thus, the Job Responsibilities and Essential Functions for Non-Tenure Track Faculty should be interpreted in the context of the related departmental and collegiate teaching goals.

Teaching – Faculty responsibilities and essential functions with respect to teaching may include but are not limited to: subject matter competence, course design, course presentation, and grading student work.

If conducting or supporting research is an element of the work required in this position, then the following statement is applicable: This position is subject to research-security screening. As part of the application, applicants must disclose, either in their CV or in a separate document submitted with the application, all current appointments or affiliations with foreign institutions or organizations, foreign research support, and ongoing research collaborations with foreign institutions, organizations, or their personnel. Before candidates advance to an on-campus interview, the university will review this information and other publicly available information for relationships involving institutions on the current Section 1286 list and any other applicable U.S. restricted-party lists. A disclosed or identified relationship does not automatically disqualify a candidate. As a condition of employment, a selected candidate must resolve any relationship the university determines would violate applicable law or sponsor requirements or materially impair the candidate’s or the university’s eligibility for federal funding.

Teach 9 credit hours per semester in the Honors College.

Maintain and progress on a research agenda resulting, on average, in one publication per year over a 3-year period. Conference presentations contribute to this effort.

Engage in service activities equivalent to about 8 hours per week, on average, over the course of the semester. This includes attending Honors College staff meetings, honors student activities, and recruiting events.