Assistant Professor of Computer Information Science​/Computer Network Engineering

Position Summary

Open until filled. For priority consideration, apply by January 7th, 2025.

Pierce College District is student-centered and mission-driven to ensure that all our students thrive and reach their fullest potential. As an institution committed to antiracism, we are action-oriented and intentional in dismantling every systemic barrier that prevents Black and Brown student excellence and liberation.

As Pierce College deepens its commitment to racial equity, it is of the highest priority that we focus our tenure-track and permanent status faculty hiring process to seek faculty with the expertise to lead our institution in serving Black and Brown students. This cluster hire is an opportunity for the college community to continue to act upon our values but more importantly for the empowering of our students' self-efficacy, for cultivating sense of belonging, and for the diversity of our entire student body, especially Black and Brown students, being reflected in a position of power in the classroom.

Learn more about Pierce's faculty cluster hire here: .

We are excited to invite you to bring your lived experiences and authentic selves to contribute to discourse and action in supporting Black and Brown students.

The Pierce College Computer Information Science and Computer Network Engineering (CIS/CNE) Department is a collaborative faculty team who serve a diverse student population. The department is committed to providing quality educational opportunities to all students through our courses offered in multiple modalities. We offer courses in data analytics, database design and implementation, programming, computer science and cybersecurity. The department offers degrees and certificates in data management and analytics, health information technology and analytics, computer network engineering & cybersecurity, and computer science.

The CIS/CNE Department is a part of our Natural Science Division. We are an innovative division that seeks to provide scientific and technical education in an authentic way that is applicable to students’ everyday lives, educational goals, and dreams.

• Database and data design, programming and implementation (relational and non-relational)
• Data Analytics programming using SQL, and Python
• Cloud computing, Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and related concepts
• Computer science concepts and foundation
• Programming in Java, JavaScript and related technology environments
• Cybersecurity concepts, techniques and certifications

Pierce College is an innovative community college striving to re-envision our institution through an antiracist framework to advance equity in student engagement and learning. We value student learning experiences that foster inclusion and intercultural engagement in the classroom and that expand into our local and global communities. Faculty, staff, and administrators work collaboratively to lead initiatives that advance equitable student success: from closing areas of inequity to building guided career pathways.

The college serves over 15,000 students in basic skills, transfer, and professional technical programs. Through continuous efforts, we have improved retention rates by 17% and graduation rates by 89%. This year, Pierce was again named a top community college by several national organizations.

Pierce College employees and students live and work in various communities that offer the diverse cultural and environmental benefits of rural, suburban, and urban lifestyles in the Pacific Northwest. As part of the community and technical college system in Washington State, the District includes Pierce College Fort Steilacoom, Pierce College Puyallup, Pierce College at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, as well as other extended learning sites.

• The successful candidate will have knowledge, flexibility and passion to teach rapidly evolving and current technology topics in Information Technology, Data Analytics, Programming, Health
  
  IT, Cybersecurity and Computer Science courses in a variety of modalities. Courses may be taught at all…