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Assistant Teaching Professor - CSE

Position overview

Position title: Assistant Teaching Professor
Salary range: A reasonable salary range estimate for this position is $103,700-$129,600. ​​
The posted UC Academic salary scales set the minimum pay as determined by rank and/or step at appointment. See the following table(s) for the salary scale(s) for this position https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2024-25/oct-2024-scales/t3.pdf.
The base salary range, from the salary table(s), for this position is $103,700-$129,600. ​
“Off-scale salaries” and other components of pay, i.e., a salary that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions, qualifications, and experience. ​
​Additional UCSD salary information can be found here: https://aps.ucsd.edu/compensation/apo-salary.html

Application Window

Open date: September 4, 2024

Next review date: Sunday, Oct 13, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Thursday, Sep 4, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position description

The University of California San Diego Computer Science and Engineering Department seeks applications for an Assistant Teaching Professor (formal title Lecturer with Potential Security of Employment). Teaching Professors are full members of the academic senate and are eligible for Security of Employment, analogous to tenure.

The responsibilities of Teaching Professors are (1) teaching, (2) professional and/or scholarly achievement and activity, and (3) university and public service. The teaching load is two courses per quarter at the undergraduate and/or graduate level over three quarters of the academic year. The CSE course catalog is available https://catalog.ucsd.edu/courses/CSE.html.

UC San Diego is deeply committed to education and is a leader in undergraduate computer science education at a large scale. More information about the CSE department and its Teaching Faculty can be found at http://www.cse.ucsd.edu/ and https://csed.ucsd.edu/.

We encourage candidates to send applications as soon as possible. Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled.

If you have any questions, please contact Mia Minnes (Recruiting Co-Chair) at minnes@ucsd.edu or Ranjit Jhala (Recruiting Co-Chair) at rjhala@ucsd.edu.

For applicants with interest in spousal/partner employment, please see https://aps.ucsd.edu/recruitment/pop/services.html for the UCSD Partner Opportunities Program.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

Ph.D. in computer science and/or electrical or computer engineering and/or computing education and/or mathematics and/or bioinformatics or computational biology and/or computational social science. Applicants must have at least one course of teaching experience as a TA, lead instructor, or other comparable teaching experience.

Additional qualifications (required at time of start)

Applicants should demonstrate scholarship in computer science, computer science education, or a related field through peer-reviewed publications or contributions to educational program development.

Preferred qualifications

Applicants who have engaged in activities or efforts to educate a broad and diverse group of students and worked to increase the participation and success of students from groups underrepresented in computer science are preferred.

Application Requirements

Document requirements
  • Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

  • Cover Letter

  • Statement of Scholarly Activities - A statement of scholarly activities describing research and/or other scholarly activities. This statement may describe scholarship in the discipline of computing or in computing education, and should also include a description of plans for future scholarship at UC San Diego (again either in the computing or computing education discipline)

  • Statement of Teaching - This statement must describe your teaching experience and include evidence of effective teaching (including student evaluation data is encouraged)

  • Statement of Contributions to Diversity - Applicants should summarize their past or potential contributions to diversity. See our Faculty Equity and C2D Expectations site for more information.

  • Misc / Additional (Optional)

Reference requirements
  • 3-5 letters of reference required
Apply link: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04041

Help contact: nherrera@ucsd.edu

About UC San Diego

The University of California, San Diego is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, covered veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy.

For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/PPSM-20.

For the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California prohibits smoking and tobacco use at all University controlled properties.

The UC San Diego Annual Security & Fire Safety Report is available online at: https://www.police.ucsd.edu/docs/annualclery.pdf. This report provides crime and fire statistics, as well as institutional policy statement & procedures. Contact the UC San Diego Police Department at (858) 534-4361 if you want to obtain paper copies of this report.

Job location

La Jolla, CA