The Grainger College of Engineering: Instructional Faculty (Open Rank) – Computer Science – 1020429-6689

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Faculty (Open Rank)

Computer Science

The Grainger College of Engineering

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

The Computer Science Department in the Grainger College of Engineering
at the University of Illinois invites applications for multiple
full-time teaching positions to support the continued expansion of our
teaching activity in Urbana-Champaign, in Chicago, and online. We
welcome applications from talented and innovative instructors able to
teach across the computer science curriculum and are particularly
interested in candidates who can teach algorithms and theory, and
introductory courses in computer science. The Computer Science
department is committed to building a culturally diverse educational
environment, with a focus on diversifying the faculty. We are seeking
faculty who can teach in these and other areas while contributing to the
diversity and excellence in our programs and courses through their
teaching, scholarly activities, and service.

Applicants for Teaching Professor (all ranks) or Lecturer positions need
to have (or are expected to receive) a PhD or equivalent terminal degree
in computer science or a closely related field. Applicants for
Instructor or Clinical Faculty (i.e. Professor of Practice working
title) positions are required to have (or expected to receive) a
Bachelors degree or equivalent undergraduate degree in Computer
Science or a related field. Initial appointments will be on three- to
five-year contracts renewed annually, at a rank commensurate with prior
experience, and at a highly competitive salary based on qualifications.
Candidates must demonstrate their commitment to diversity, equity, and
inclusion, and the ability to thrive working with a diverse group of
students and colleagues.

Full consideration will be given to applications received by November
15, 2023. Applications will be evaluated as received. Applications
received after that date may be considered until the positions are
filled. A start date is expected in the fall of 2024; however, this is
negotiable.

To apply for this position, please create a candidate profile at
https://jobs.illinois.edu and upload a cover letter, curriculum vitae,
teaching statement, diversity statement, and contact information for
three references. The statement on diversity should address past and/or
potential contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion through a
combination of teaching, service, or other activities. Competitive
applications will include evidence of creative and effective pedagogy,
such as course materials and assignments; peer, student, or statistical
evaluations; or descriptions of novel approaches, tools, or systems that
the applicant has developed to support their classes. Applicants who
desire confidentiality should explicitly mention this in the first
paragraph of their cover letter. For inquiries, please email
facultysearch@cs.illinois.edu .

Successful applicants will join a large and active teaching faculty
community. Illinois Computer Science is one of the top-ranked
departments in the country , and attracts large numbers of motivated
students to our courses from departments across campus. The
departments nearly 30 teaching faculty embrace the challenges and
rewards of teaching at scale, but generally do so by teaching many
students across a small number of courses. In Fall 2023, teaching
faculty taught an average of around 400 students, but only one course.
Many instructors choose to teach the same course for multiple semesters,
allowing them to develop deep mastery of their subject while supporting
long-term investments in innovative pedagogy.

At Illinois CS, our instructional faculty are full partners and play
leading roles in our mission to deliver innov tive and inclusive
computing education. They have primary responsibility for designing and
delivering the undergraduate core, as well as the Illinois Computing
Accelerator for Non-Specialists (iCAN
https://cs.illinois.edu/academics/graduate/ican ), but teach courses at
all levels within the undergraduate and graduate degree programs and
online through our partnership with Coursera . Instructional faculty
also engage in other activities that support the universitys
educational mission. These include leadership and service at the
department, college, campus, or international level; collaborations that
develop new courses or curricula; student mentoring and advising;
creating systems and tools that support novel educational approaches;
data analysis; community outreach; and research in computer science
education or other areas of computer science.

Teaching activities are well-supported by the department, college, and
university. Instructional faculty have access to computational and
laboratory resources, excellent graduate and undergraduate course staff,
and summer funding to support course development. The Academy for
Excellence in Engineering Education (AE3) offers grants to support
educational innovation, and multiple CS teaching faculty are currently
working on projects supported by these awards . Illinois faculty
pioneered the computer-based testing center (CBTF) , a n