Assistant / Associate Professor of Anatomy & Physiology, and Director of the Longaker Animal Lab and Barlow Body Donor Lab

Job Type: Full-time

* GENERAL PURPOSE:*

The Assistant or Associate Professor of Anatomy & Physiology provides instruction and advising to

undergraduate students. This faculty appointment includes a full-time teaching load in addition to office

hours, advising, committee work, research, and opportunities for continued professional development. This is

a tenure-track position. Course release and/or stipends will be provided for duties as Director of (small) Animal

Lab and Body Donor Lab throughout the year.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Reports directly to the Chair of the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

The Assistant or Associate Professor of Anatomy & Physiology will be responsible for supervising teaching

assistants and student researchers in the department, as well as volunteers and workers in the Longaker

Animal Lab.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Assistant or Associate Professor of Anatomy & Physiology will:

? Teach a full-time teaching load to include upper-level lecture and laboratory courses in Anatomy &

Physiology, and laboratory courses in mammalian dissection and anatomy, and cadaver prosection.

? Utilize innovative and collaborative teaching methods in support of the Department's mission and learning

objectives that promote biology knowledge, laboratory techniques, critical thinking, and communication

competency within the discipline.

? Attend department and university faculty meetings.

? Advise students in scheduling classes and making progress toward degree completion and career

progression.

? Advise undergraduate student research projects.

? Contribute to Departmental and interdisciplinary initiatives, including recruitment and retention efforts, and

curriculum development.

? Participate in University activities including but not limited to: committee assignments and activities, extra-

and co-curricular activities supporting student success and achievement in alignment with a liberal arts

tradition, and professional development activities which personally and academically enhance a professional

academic career.

? Perform other essential duties as assigned/as outlined in the Faculty Manual.

Additional duties as Director of Longaker Animal Lab and Barlow Body Donor Lab:

? Arrange for procurement and return of donor bodies, and ensure compliance with contracts.

? Supervise students' prosection of donor bodies and their creation and running of the annual Donor

Appreciation Ceremony

? Act as permanent chair of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) for the

department/institution

? Exercise ultimate responsibility for the welfare of research and lab curriculum animals in

the Animal lab

? Train and supervise Animal Laboratory Coordinator

? Instruct students in all ethical aspects of work in these labs

? Manage funds related to the running of the labs, and enhance financial donor relations

CORE VALUES AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

? Core values -- models leadership values of integrity, honesty, humility, transparency, respectfulness,

diversity, caring, loyalty and accountability in all work.

? Intellectual dynamism -- demonstrates mental sharpness, capability and agility.

? Self-knowledge -- gains insight from successes and mistakes.

? Personal learning -- seeks feedback and counsel to improve managerial behavior.

? Peer relationships -- e