Position Title: Lecturer (Biology)

Department: Biology

Campus Location: Washburn University

Application Deadline:  Application review will begin as applications are received and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants can be assured of full consideration if submitted by: May 2, 2025.

Position Summary: Washburn University's Department of Biology invites applications for a 9-month, lecturer position in Biology. The appointment, beginning in Fall 2025, is subject to budgetary approval.

Each selected candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to pursuing teaching excellence at Washburn University, including a dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage all learners.

Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of over 5,500 undergraduate, graduate, and law students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.

Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.

Essential Functions:
• Fulfill teaching expectations associated with a non-tenure track/lecturer appointment. Teach 12-hours per semester (either in-person or online, according to departmental needs) or equivalent full workload as outlined in the faculty handbook.
• Teach and develop undergraduate classes as assigned and as dependent upon department needs, which will include introductory human biology lecture and lab and may include introductory microbiology lecture and lab courses in addition to other courses consistent with the candidate’s training and interests.
• Fulfill service expectations associated with appointment as a lecturer by engaging in service activities in the department, university, and profession.
• Perform additional job-related duties as assigned or as appropriate.

Required Qualifications:
• Master’s degree in Biology.
• Demonstrated dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage all learners.
• Official educational transcripts due at the time of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience teaching introductory human biology lecture and lab courses.
• Experience or training to teach introductory microbiology courses.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

• Please upload the following items as .pdf files to the “additional documents” fields via the electronic application: a letter of interest.
• If you have questions about the position, please contact Andrew Herbig, Chair, Biology Lecturer Search Committee Andrew.herbig@washburn.edu.

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