LUCOM Anatomy Faculty

Liberty University; Lynchburg (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia is seeking an Associate Professor to join its faculty. The role requires a commitment to the university’s mission of Training Champions for Christ and involves teaching, engaging with students, and participating in curriculum development.

The ideal candidate will hold an earned doctoral degree, contribute to their field, and create a respectful academic atmosphere. This full-time position offers a contracted term of 10, 11, or 12 months, ensuring alignment with university standards for academic programs.

Qualifications

• An earned doctoral degree in an area relevant to teaching or terminal master's degree.
• Outstanding contributions in the professional or academic field recognized by peers nationally.

Responsibilities

• Teach in areas of expertise and maintain integrity of course programs.
• Create an academic atmosphere of mutual respect.
• Engage in research and curriculum development.

Education

Doctoral degree from an accredited institution or terminal professional master's degree

Job description

Overview

Faculty are essential to Liberty University’s mission of Training Champions for Christ. It is expected that a faculty member models a personal commitment to the goals and values of Liberty University, engages in an active commitment to, and experiences personal spiritual formation within a biblically informed Christian worldview. Faculty should view their teaching, engagement with students, and scholarship as a means to a significant educational end. They should strive to employ a variety of techniques for the development of good learning conditions, view each student as a unique individual, and, insofar as possible, provide for individual differences, abilities, and interests.

Primary Responsibilities

The Associate Professor’s primary role is to teach in their areas of expertise, maintain the integrity of course and instructional programs, and ensure that their delivery is in alignment with the University mission and vision for the student experience. Faculty are responsible for creating an academic atmosphere of mutual respect and consideration for individual dignity. Faculty members may be asked to aid in the development of curriculum in the residential and distance education environments, as well as engage in research, scholarship, or creative activity that varies depending upon the expectations of their respective college or school and any additional activities involving service to students and their professional discipline.

Qualifications

Faculty attain the rank of Associate Professor based upon scholarly and professional achievements subsequent to attaining the rank of assistant professor. An earned doctoral degree from an accredited institution in an area relevant to the faculty member’s area of teaching or a terminal professional master’s degree or evidence of outstanding contributions in the faculty member’s professional or academic field (e.g., as recognized by peers nationally) is required.

Employment Terms

Time Type: Full time

Location: Onsite

Associate Professors are contracted for 10, 11, or 12 months (24, 27, or 30 load hours, respectively). Release from contracted teaching load is determined each semester by the Dean, per the Liberty University Faculty Handbook.

Equal Opportunity Statement

The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees and prospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including all applicable state of employment protected classes. The University is a Christian religious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements. The University’s hiring practices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the “religion” component of the employment discrimination laws for religious organizations (including educational institutions), and permits them to give employment practice preference to members of their own religious beliefs.