Adjunct Faculty - Artificial Intelligence

Responsibilities

• Provide instruction in assigned courses, including laboratory or work integral to the courses.
• Engage and communicate with students to encourage participation and learning while maintaining mutual respect and professionalism.
• Maintain accessibility and provide timely responsiveness to students, faculty leadership, and university staff via telephone, e‑mail, and other appropriate means of communication.
• Establish and maintain weekly office hours for student questions and support.
• Assess student performance on course assignments and provide feedback to support continued growth and development.
• Maintain appropriate documentation of student course activities.
• Refer students to appropriate co‑curricular and extra‑curricular resources (e.g., advising, tutoring, library, learning centers, and career services).
• Work closely with Program Chair and/or Lead Faculty (as appropriate).
• Perform other responsibilities and abide by the policies and procedures in UC’s Faculty Handbook.

• Strong organizational and time‑management skills.
• Strong interpersonal and oral presentation/written communication skills.
• Proficiency in working effectively with Blackboard.
• Proficiency with standard office and mobile applications.
• Proficiency in one or more of the following topics:
  Statistics, Python programming, R programming, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, and Deep Learning.

• Doctoral/PhD degree with a minimum of 2 years of online teaching experience at the university level (graduate‑level courses).
• Master’s degree with a minimum of 2 years of online teaching experience at the university level (undergraduate‑level courses).
• Minimum of 18 graduate‑semester credit hours in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and/or Data Science from a regionally accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
• Candidate must be based in the United States.

• Completion of AI courses and certification from Microsoft, Google, IBM, or similar academic institutions.
• Documented work experience in the field of Artificial Intelligence.

University of the Cumberlands, Kentucky.

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