Assistant Professor and Program Director of Biomedical Engineering

Summary

The STEM Department in the School of Arts and Sciences at Regis College is inviting applications for the role of Program Director in the Biomedical Engineering undergraduate program housed within the Department. The position will be hired at the rank of Assistant Professor. This hire is part of the School of Arts and Sciences cluster hire initiative in "Social Justice and Education".

We seek to build a cohort of teaching scholars who are committed to teaching diverse undergraduate students across a range of majors/the undergraduate core curriculum through their respective fields of specialization. Faculty will be expected to use high impact teaching practices; diverse, equitable, and inclusive pedagogical practices; and engage with questions of social justice in their work. This cluster hire initiative contributes to the goals of President Hays' " Commitment to do Better ," which (among other goals) aims to increase the diversity of its faculty and staff, and the diversity and inclusion of its academic curriculum.

The STEM Department is a multi-disciplinary and highly collaborative department that houses programs in Biomedical Engineering, Biology, Cybersecurity, and Environmental Sustainability. As well, the Department includes faculty in the following disciplines: Chemistry, Mathematics, Lab Operations Management, and Physics. Faculty not only support their own majors, minors, and advisees within the department, they also teach non-majors who must complete undergraduate core requirements in the natural sciences, as well as students majoring in nursing and the allied health professions. It is expected that anyone hired for the position of Program Director of Biomedical Engineering would collaborate within the department and across academic departments and programs.

We seek diverse candidates with accomplishments and experience in teaching Biomedical Engineering to diverse populations of undergraduate students using high impact practices and innovative pedagogy. We are particularly looking for candidates who can operate effectively in a diverse community of students and faculty and who share our vision of helping students reach their full potential through excellence in teaching and in developing innovative curriculum, labs, and research experiences for undergraduate students. Anyone hired for this position should be able to place the history and practice of Biomedical Engineering within broader conversations concerning diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice.

As part of the "Social Justice and Education" initiative, it is expected that someone hired for this position will actively engage in work related to curriculum, teaching, scholarship, and service in explicit support of the diversity, equity, and inclusion goals of Regis College. Ideal candidates will perform multidisciplinary research that bridges the life sciences and biomedical engineering and help to engage undergraduate students in that work within the broader context of social justice conversations.

Essential Functions:

• Provide academic leadership for the Biomedical Engineering Program.
• Ensure the curriculum of the Biomedical Engineering Program meets the needs of diverse students, industry, and accreditation through an active process of formative and summative academic assessment at the course and programmatic levels using diversity, equity, and inclusion as key components for those assessments.
• Ensure Biomedical Engineering Program through its curriculum and co-curricular activities actively engages with social justice issues.
• Teach undergraduate Biomedical Engineering courses and labs during the academic year in a range of modalities (in-person, online, hybrid) using high impact teaching practices and innovative pedagogy.
• In collaboration with Admissions, actively recruit a diverse body of undergraduate students to the program.
• Advise and retain majors students throughout all four years of the program.
• Assist in placing students in relevant internships.
• Engage with building industry partnerships to help secure undergraduate internships and other opportunities for programmatic growth.
• In collaboration with the STEM Chair, manage course scheduling and faculty staffing for the program.
• Actively collaborate within the department and across academic departments and programs to identify barriers to student success, and then constructively address those barriers to promote student success.
• Collaborate with other faculty hired as part of the "Social Justice and Education" cluster to build capacity within STEM and the School of Arts and Sciences to sustain diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
• Engage in scholarly activity appropriate to the discipline such as publishing; presenting at national, regional, and local conferences; conducting research and/or grant writing and related activities.
• Fulfill all roles and responsibilities associated with a faculty appointment, including teaching, scholarship and service to the Department, Programs, School and Institution.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Minimum requirement: earned PhD in biomedical engineering or similar field; candidates with a background in medical devices and clinical engineering are particularly encouraged to apply.
• Ability to place the history and practice of the field within broader conversations concerning diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice.
• Demonstrated evidence of at least three years prior teaching experience at the undergraduate level with expertise in high impact teaching practices.
• Demonstrated experience with designing and teaching undergraduate labs is highly desired.
• Demonstrated evidence of online teaching and course development experience.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with colleagues.
• Demonstrated familiarity with academic assessment, particularly at the program level.
• Familiarity with the learning management system Moodle is preferred but not required.
• Commitment to creating an inclusive classroom learning environment in keeping with the University's commitment to inclusive excellence in a diverse educational community.

Working Conditions/Physical Demands:

• Normal office and classroom environment, not subject to extremes in noise, odors, etc.

Application Instructions:

• When completing the online application, please provide a letter of interest that includes a sample syllabus of a course that you either taught or developed. The letter of interest (no more than 3 pages, excluding the syllabus) should: address the full scope of the position, inclusive of both teaching and program administration; include a statement of your teaching philosophy; provide evidence of high-impact teaching practices; and discuss how you see yourself both in the role of program director, and through your teaching, research, and service, as contributing to Regis's stated goal of diversity, equity, and inclusion on its campus.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to do this job. The above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required.

Protecting the Regis Community

At Regis the safety of our campus community is our highest priority. We invite all applicants to review our health and safety protocols at our COVID-19 Updates page. The most powerful measure we can take is vaccination, and all campus community members must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with the exception of certain medical and religious exemptions. New employees without an approved medical or religious exemption are required to have their first booster by their date of hire. And all new employees will join the campus community in using the CoVerified app to upload vaccine information, and report symptoms if they arise.

External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled as defined under the Americans With Disabilities Act, must be able to perform the essential job functions (as listed) either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined by management on a case-by-case basis.

In employment, as in education, Regis College is committed to equal opportunity and affirmative action. Regis does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, religion, creed, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnic or national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran's status, membership in uniformed services or any other protected status.