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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 Bachelor\'s 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 department\'s 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 university\'s 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