Job Details

Department: School of Arts and Sciences

Reports To: Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences

Status/Time Commitment: Full-time one-year term appointment, 9-month period

Start Date: 08/10/2026 or as soon as a suitable candidate is identified

Fresno Pacific University invites applications for a Biology faculty position (one-year term appointment) in its programs serving traditional undergraduate students. The Department offers Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Biology, Pre-health Sciences, and Environmental Science/Studies.

• Teach Principles of Biology (a general education course for non-science majors), General Biology: Cells and Physiology (for science majors), and/or Anatomy and Physiology I & II, including associated laboratory courses, based on qualifications and teaching experience.
• Teach other biology and/or science courses as needed and based on qualifications and teaching experience.
• Demonstrate a commitment to serving and inspiring students in an academic context that integrates your Christian faith and learning.
• Embrace the mission, vision, and values of Fresno Pacific University, affirm the FPU Faith Expectations, and support the ideals and practices articulated in “The Fresno Pacific Idea”
• Other job duties as assigned.

Required: M.S. degree in biological sciences or related field. Ability to work with students, staff, and faculty in a collegial environment. Ability to integrate biology and Christian faith. Acknowledge the overwhelming evidence for the evolutionary biology ideas found in contemporary science textbooks. Commitment to the Christian faith and the University’s mission of Christ-centered teaching and learning and involvement in a local church.

Preferred: Ph.D. degree in biological sciences or related field. Teaching skills to support an ethnically and culturally diverse student body.