Biology Department

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Instructor

The Department of Biology at the University of Northern Iowa announces two Instructor positions beginning August 2008. Both positions are four-year term appointments.

1. Position responsibilities include teaching Anatomy and Physiology I and II lectures and laboratories including computer-based labs, as well as other general biology courses as required. Experience teaching nursing, athlectic training and pre-professional biology students preferred. Practical employment experience in related areas is desirable.
2. Position reponsibilities include teaching general education lectures and laboratories as well as other general biology courses as needed. Applicants with graduate training in genetics or cell biology are preferred.

Master's degree in areas related to teaching assignment required and at least three years of experience in teaching college-level courses and coordinating and supervising multiple laboratory sections is required. The department encourages applications from minority persons, women, persons with disabilities and veterans. Applications received by July 11th, 2008 will be given full consideration. Applicants should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching excellence and the names and telephone numbers of three references to Dr. Kavita Dhanwada, Department of Biology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0421, kavita.dhanwada@uni.edu or call 319-273-2456 for more information.

 

General Information:  The University of Northern Iowa (uni.edu), with 12,609 students and 600 faculty members, is one of three state-supported universities in Iowa.  The University enjoys a national reputation for commitment to teaching excellence and consistently ranks high in surveys of comparable institutions. The Biology Department has 29 tenure-track faculty members and two instructors representing diverse areas of biology.  The department has 660 undergraduate and 32 graduate students pursuing programs that lead to B.A., B.S., M.A., M.S. and P.S.M. degrees.  Resources available to faculty and students include a new building addition providing modern classrooms with research and teaching facilities, excellent computer facilities, image analysis, a scanning electron microscope, automated DNA sequencer, and other modern instruments for molecular biology teaching and research, an excellent greenhouse complex housing a 1000-species teaching collection and on-site laboratory facilities, and an extensive preserves system. Cedar Falls/Waterloo is a pleasant metropolitan area with a population of 110,000.

The University of Northern Iowa is an equal opportunity educator and employer with a comprehensive plan for affirmative action.

 

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