AssistantAssociateFull Professor of InstructionLecturer professional track in Computer Science
AssistantAssociateFull Professor of InstructionLecturer professional track in Computer Science
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Job Description
The Department of Computer Science of the University of Texas at Austin is recruiting for fulltime professional track faculty (Lecturer Assistant Professor of Instruction Associate Professor of Instruction Professor of Instruction) positions. We encourage applications from candidates who will join our welcoming community and contribute to it through excellence in teaching and other contributions to the academic enterprise.
The department is consistently ranked among the top computer science programs in the nation. It is renowned for its collegial environment that fosters innovation and collaborationan environment that attracts many topnotch faculty and excellent students from across Texas the country and the world. We value undergraduate education and have a committed group of highly effective educators who are committed to helping all students reach the high standards both technical and holistic expected of our graduates. Our instructional faculty typically teach three courses a semester with two of those courses usually being instances of the same course. Our class sizes tend to be on the smaller side of most of our peer departments: in Fall 2023 each faculty member taught an average of 240 students across three courses. The College and Department are responsive to the needs of dual career couples and support worklife balance through an array of familyfriendly policies. For more information about the department please visit https://cs.utexas.
Austin the capital of Texas is a center for hightechnology industries including companies such as Amazon AMD Apple Applied Materials AT&T Dell Google IBM National Instruments and Samsung. Nestled at the edge of the Texas Hill Country much of Austins lifestyle is driven by outdoor activities media and music due to the availability of green space the presence of Lady Bird Lake (a consequence of a dammed river) running through town and the location of events such as SxSW and ACL Music Festival to name a select few. Check out our local public radio station KUTs Field Guide to Austin for a wide variety of Austin topics or the Austin Visitor Centers site for information on things to do.
Position Description
For this position the primary duty is teaching undergraduate courses which includes a wide variety of opportunities though teaching in our inperson and online graduate programs may be possible for some candidates. While these positions are not eligible for tenure they have opportunities for advancement and we hire with the intent that new professional faculty will become a lasting part of our community.
Teaching Opportunities
Teaching opportunities range from introductory computer science courses such as data structures discrete mathematics and computer architecture to advanced courses such asalgorithms web applications cybersecurity and topics related to artificial intelligence computer systems and UI/UX. We have opportunities to teach classes dedicated to CS majors as well as classes targeted to majors from other disciplinesmany of our professional faculty teach both types of classes. For thecycle we are particularly interested in candidates that can teach artificial intelligence and related areas discrete math and cybersecurity.
Our curriculum offers students an opportunity to investigate the social impact of computer science and so we have opportunities to develop and teach classes that are technical with social impact considerations integrated into the content as well as stand alone technical courses and those related to social impact and ethics. Finally we are launching interdisciplinary degrees and so we will have opportunities to teach capstone courses in the integrated disciplines. For Fall 2025 we are launching History CS Linguistics CS and Neuroscience CS.
In our department faculty teaching large courses are supported by Graduate Teaching Assistants (TA) Undergraduate Course Assistants (UGCA) or a combination of the two. We find that our TAs and UGCAs are motivated and enjoy helping students and many of our instructional faculty develop strong collaborations and close mentoring relationships with their TAs and UGCAs. As part of the position faculty who are assigned TAs or UGCAs are responsible for assigning and overseeing their duties.
Applicants able to teach any of the aforementioned topics are encouraged to apply. Our faculty work together to provide the courses the students need so flexibility in topics taught is helpful but we also require and expect depth of knowledge.
Additional Contributions to the Academic Enterprise
Instructional faculty at UT Austin are expected to teach and also contribute to the academic enterprise through active service research mentoring or any combination of the three. Each faculty member creates their own unique set of contributions based on interest skill sets and need but we do expect our instructional faculty to spend some of their time encouraging and mentoring students towards careers in industry government and the academy as well as developing and improving the curriculum within their courses. Instructional faculty have the opportunity to contribute through committee service too as they serve on and chair committees along with other faculty in the department.
- A Masters degree in Computer Science or related discipline including a depth of knowledge in the expected teaching areas is required. A Ph.D. in Computer Science or a related discipline is preferred.
- Strong communication skills are necessary particularly an ability to clearly communicate complicated technical concepts.
- A willingness to collaborate and foster community is required as we are a collegial and collaborative department and we hope you will join us in our mission to maintain that environment.
- Previous teaching experience is not required but it is helpful.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full Time
