Position Announcement:

Instructor or Assistant Professor of

Computing & Digital Technology

Join Westminster College’s faculty in a learning environment where teaching and attention to student growth are the primary focus. Students can choose from more than 30 majors or a self-designed major to pursue a bachelor's degree. This liberal arts institution is located in the small town of Fulton, Missouri, recently noted as one of the “15 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2019” by Smithsonian Magazine. Budget Travel Magazine designated Fulton one of the top 10 Coolest Small Towns in America. In recent years the rate of admittance to graduate school or job placement of our students was 97%, with our graduate earnings ranking in the top 15% nationwide.

The Department of Computing & Digital Technology invites applications for a tenure-track position to begin January 8, 2021. The selected candidate will have the following responsibilities:

teach a wide variety of upper- and lower-level courses across the disciplines of software engineering, cybersecurity, digital communications, and web design and development

collaboratively contribute to interdisciplinary curricular and scholarly efforts within the department as well as across the entire College

work with students as an academic advisor

develop new courses in cybersecurity, digital communications, and web design and development

contribute to departmental program development

participate in departmental administrative activities such as assessment, budgeting, scheduling, etc.

participate in faculty governance and committee service

maintain regular office hours

teach courses in the Westminster First Year Experience

maintain an agenda for scholarly, professional, or creative activity

participate in enrollment activities by meeting with prospective students, preparing recruitment materials, and other activities as requested

Required Education:

An earned Doctorate (or ABD), or Master's degree with industry experience in a relevant discipline.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

demonstrated technical competence and teaching experience in software engineering, cybersecurity, and web design and development

a strong commitment to teaching and learning through hands-on and active learning strategies

research interests and pedagogy that connect and integrate computing and digital technology with other academic disciplines

demonstrated passion about teaching computing and technology at every level of the curriculum in a primarily residential, undergraduate, liberal arts institution

Application Documents:

The following materials are required:

Updated Curriculum Vitae (CV);

Three professional references;

Graduate transcripts

To apply:

Please upload your CV, references, and graduate transcripts as one document under the ‘resume/qualifications’ option to the right. Select the ‘add cover letter’ option to upload your cover letter. Closing date for receipt of applications is October 14, 2020. Review of applications will begin immediately.

Westminster is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Diverse candidates are encouraged to apply, Westminster actively pursues the goal of inclusive excellence.