Academic Professional Track (Non-Tenure) Open Rank & Title

The Foundational Sciences Department (FSCI) in the College of Marine Sciences & Maritime Studies at Texas A&M University located on the Galveston Campus invites applications for up to 5 full-time Academic Professional Track (Non-Tenure) and/or Temporary/Part-Time (Non-Tenure) positions at the (Visiting) Instructional Assistant Professor (Visiting) Instructional Associate Professor (Visiting) Instructional Professor (Visiting) Lecturer (Visiting) Senior Lecturer or (Visiting) Principal Lecturer level with the titles and ranks depending on background qualifications and experience with a 4.5-month or 9-month academic appointment and the possibility of an additional summer appointment contingent upon need and availability of funds beginning in fall 2026 or spring 2027.

Successful applicants will be responsible for the organization delivery evaluation and assessment of chemistry mathematics physics or statistic courses and/or laboratories and student outcomes associated with them. Successful applicants will also advise and mentor students participate in all aspects of the departments activities and serve the profession.

Academic Professional Track (APT) faculty are full and valued members of the professorial community at the College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Studies. APT faculty work under nine-month contracts with the expectation of renewal dependent upon effective undergraduate and/or graduate teaching and service to the College University and/or professional community. APT contracts offer multi-year appointments after promotion and a promotion ladder is available for those who choose teaching as their career.

The faculty in Foundational Sciences are committed to the success of all the students at Texas A&M University at Galveston. We offer courses in chemistry physics mathematics and statistics many of which are taken by first- and second-year students. These courses often set the bar for a students ability to progress through their chosen degree plan. Our department is based on this belief and the vision that all our students will be challenged and be successful in the high-quality courses offered. Our mission as the faculty of FSCI is to be engaged with our students our colleagues and the university to offer academically excellent and pedagogically innovative classes. To learn more visit

Texas A&M University at Galveston is the dedicated marine and maritime branch campus of Texas A&M University. The campus houses several institutions that are critical contributors to Texas A&Ms land- sea- and space-grant mission and drive the development of the blue economy on the Gulf Coast through education innovation scholarship and research.

Home to the Texas A&M College of Marine Sciences & Maritime Studies ( students can earn undergraduate and graduate degrees in marine sciences business blue humanities marine engineering and maritime transportation. Students may also pursue select Galveston-specific Texas A&M College of Engineering degrees including computer science ocean engineering and interdisciplinary engineering.

Texas A&M-Galveston is also home to the Texas A&M Maritime Academy one of six state maritime academies in the U.S. and the only one embedded within a Tier I research institution. Offering hands-on training to over 400 cadets annually the academy prepares students to earn a U.S. Coast Guard License and serve as maritime professionals afloat and ashore or enter military service upon graduation.

Ideally situated in Galveston Bay the island campus is surrounded by marine life estuarine and ocean ecosystems and one of the largest maritime industrial hubs in the world allowing Galveston Aggies to live learn and work in the heart of the industries they will soon serve. Whether their careers take them shoreside or on the water Aggies are ready for anything above on and below the waves.

Texas A&M University is committed to enriching the learning and working environments for all visitors students faculty and staff which is vital to accomplishing our mission and living our core values.

Applicants must have expertise related to chemistry mathematics physics and/or statistics.

Required Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in chemistry mathematics physics statistics or a closely related engineering or science discipline in the field in which the faculty member will teach or
• Masters degree in chemistry mathematics physics statistics or a closely related engineering or science discipline in the field in which the faculty member will teach and significant teaching experience at the college level in the field or in a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• A doctoral degree.
• Significant teaching experience at the college level in the field or a related field.