Adjunct Professor

Description:
 

Job Description Summary:
 

Samuel Merritt University (SMU) has a long history of educating highly skilled and compassionate health professionals who positively transform the experience of care in underserved communities. We strive to build and maintain a welcoming and supportive campus environment as an educational imperative to achieving excellence. The Basic Sciences Department provides excellent instructors for the foundational science courses required in our programs.
The Adjunct Instructor in Basic Science is expected to excel at teaching specific graduate-level courses in their area of expertise. This position will focus on Cell Biology and Histology, with responsibilities in both lecture and laboratory instruction.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The individual must be able to teach graduate-level Cell Biology and Histology courses, integrating both conceptual knowledge and applied learning.

Key responsibilities include:

• Contribute to student learning, professional growth, and advancement.
• Demonstrate academic competence in cell biology and histology and collaborate with other faculty and departments to align curriculum across programs.
• Maintain a growth mindset toward student learning and teaching practice; remain flexible in adapting course content for different learner cohorts as needed.
• Demonstrate a high degree of self-efficacy, accountability for learner outcomes, and advocacy for student success.
• Collaborate effectively with a variety of stakeholder groups within the University to enhance student performance.

• Invest in learners’ well-being, health, and safety—physically, socially, and emotionally.
• Design and facilitate differentiated and personalized learning goals and activities that follow a coherent sequence, align to instructional goals, and engage students in advanced-level cognitive learning.
• Provide both lecture-based and laboratory-based instruction in histological techniques and cell biology applications.
• Perform service to the department by participating in departmental meetings.

Note: Annual evaluations are not required for this position. Promotion is not available.

Minimum Qualifications
Education and/or Experience

• Applicant must hold an advanced degree (M.S., Ph.D., M.D., D.P.M., or equivalent) in Cell Biology, Histology, or a closely related discipline and have demonstrated expertise in teaching these subjects at a graduate and/or professional level.
• At least two years of experience teaching at a higher academic institution; graduate-level teaching experience strongly preferred.
• Experience teaching cell biology and histology in both lecture and laboratory formats (in-person and online) preferred. This includes experience with laboratory preparation, microscopy, slide preparation/interpretation, and digital resources for histological analysis.

Additional Job Requirements

• Ability to lift and carry up to 20 pounds; ability to carry, push, pull, kneel, and stoop.
• Must be able to move about campus to accomplish instructional and service tasks.
• Must be able to teach in person at our Oakland campus.
• Ability to read, write, compose, and edit complex documents.
• Ability to do deskwork/computer work for prolonged periods of time.
• Must be able to express ideas clearly through verbal and written communication.
• Ability to receive and interpret detailed information through verbal and written
• communication.

Employee Status:

Regular

Exemption Status:

United States of America (Exempt)

Time Type:

Part time

Job Shift:

Pay Range:

Samuel Merritt University currently provides base salary ranges for all positions-on job advertisements-in the United States based on local requirements. Individual compensation will ultimately be determined based on a variety of relevant factors including but-not limited to qualifications, geographic location, and other relevant skills.