"Adjunct Faculty - UAA College of Arts and Sciences - Natural Sciences"

 529124

 Anchorage, Alaska, United States

 Adjunct Faculty

 Closing on: Jun 1, 2025

 Adjunct Faculty Grade 10

 UAA College of Arts & Sciences

The College of Arts and Sciences, Natural Science Division at UAA is seeking applicants for its adjunct instructor pool for the following Departments: Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Geological Sciences, and Physics & Astronomy.

Adjunct faculty need a passion for sharing their knowledge and skills with students and a desire to help turn student aspirations into reality.

You must have experience relevant to teaching the specific course content. Successful candidates will possess interpersonal skills to engage effectively and courteously with students, staff, faculty, administration, and the general public. You will be evaluated on the suitability of your academic preparation, past teaching experience, expertise in your discipline, and potential for providing high quality instruction to undergraduate students in a manner consistent with the specific course content guides for the listed departments:

Department of Biological Sciences

Department of Chemistry

Department of Geological Sciences

Department of Physics & Astronomy

Minimum Qualifications:

MA/MS in Biology, Chemistry, Geology or Physics/Astronomy or a related field, unless an exception has been approved by the Dean of CAS. In CAS, faculty teaching upper-division courses or graduate courses should hold a terminal degree in an appropriate discipline. Exceptions may be made in other circumstances when prospective faculty have special professional credentials and experience.

Position Details:

This position is located on the University of Alaska Anchorage campus in Anchorage Alaska. This is a part-time, represented adjunct position. Adjunct instructors are hired on a semester-by-semester appointment. Qualified applicants for this position will be placed into a hiring pool from which instructors will be hired as needed. Acceptance into the hiring pool does not constitute an offer of an appointment, nor does having worked one semester guarantee that a position will be available the following semester; hiring decisions are made on a semester-by-semester basis according to the needs of that semester's schedule.

New hires will be placed on the adjunct salary schedule as outlined in the UNAD CBA, based on education and experience. 

This is a pooled position, which means that the position remains open over the entire academic year.

Applicants should be prepared to attach the following documents as part of their application:

1) Cover letter

2) Comprehensive Curriculum Vita/Resume

3) Contact information for three professional references (name, phone numbers and/or email address) 

*To be eligible for this position, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction. Applicants who now or may in the future require visa sponsorship to work in the United States are not eligible.

This is an at-will, union represented adjunct position, and may be canceled based upon the needs of the university.

This position is represented by United Academic – Adjuncts, AAUP-AFT/AFL-CIO.