Visiting Assistant Professor in Chemistry Education

Title:

Visiting Assistant Professor in Chemistry Education

Employee Classification:
Visiting Assistant Professor

Campus:
University of North Texas

Division: UNT-Provost

Sub Division-Department: UNT-College of Science

Department: UNT-Chemistry-121200

Job Location:

Denton

Salary:
Compensation is competitive and commensurate with the candidate's qualifications, experience, and discipline, in accordance with university guidelines and available funding.

FTE: 1.00

Retirement Eligibility: ORP Eligible

About Us - Values Overview

Welcome to the University of North Texas System. The UNT System includes the University of North Texas in Denton and Frisco, the University of North Texas at Dallas and UNT Dallas College of Law, and University of North Texas Health Fort Worth. We are the only university system based exclusively in the robust Dallas-Fort Worth region. We are growing with the North Texas region, employing more than 14,000 employees, educating a record 49,000+ students across our system, and awarding nearly 12,000 degrees each year.

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Department Summary

The University of North Texas (UNT) is a Carnegie R1 research university and a federally designated Hispanic-Serving Institution and Minority-Serving Institution with a population of over 45,000 students. The Denton, Texas community combines close proximity to one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the country (Dallas-Fort Worth) with an intimate and culturally vibrant college town atmosphere. The UNT Chemistry Department consists of 31 faculty members, including 22 research-active faculty;

over 100 graduate students; and approximately 200 undergraduate chemistry majors. The department is in a growth phase, having hired an endowed Welch Chair in Chemistry, two new Associate Professors, and six new Assistant Professors in the past six years, and with plans to attain a core of 25 research-active faculty over the next few years. Our department has a strong culture of interdisciplinary collaboration, with specific strengths in materials chemistry, computational chemistry, and chemistry education research, as well as a growing interdisciplinary focus in chemical biology.

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UNT has a highly diverse campus with a wide range of languages spoken in addition to English. We welcome candidates who have experience with HSI/MSIs and/or who speak Spanish, Vietnamese, American Sign Language, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin and other variations), Arabic, Tagalog, Farsi, French, or/and Yoruba.

Position Overview

The Department of Chemistry at the University of North Texas invites applicants for a post-doctoral teaching and research position at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor (VAP). This non-tenure track faculty appointment will be for one year with the possibility of renewal for an additional year, with a planned start date of September 1, 2026. The primary responsibilities of the position include both research and teaching.

Research responsibilities include conducting chemistry education research to characterize epistemological messages in chemistry. The VAP will collaborate with faculty in the Chemistry Education Division of the UNT Chemistry Department. Teaching responsibilities include teaching one section of a chemistry course at UNT each Fall and Spring semester…