Assistant Professor of Computer Science

About Bellarmine University:

Bellarmine University is a dynamic, growing university with a strong liberal arts focus in the Catholic higher education tradition and a bold vision for the future. Bellarmine has undergraduate and graduate enrollment of approximately 3,200 students and continues to add new academic programs while maintaining small class sizes and personal attention to students. Bellarmine is listed in the Princeton Review's Best 387 Colleges and is recognized as a top U.S. university in rankings published by U.S. News & World Report and Forbes. In a survey by The Princeton Review, students praised Bellarmine as a place that is "welcoming to every single person and makes an effort to include everyone." Bellarmine students, faculty and staff engage in more than 25,000 cumulative hours of service each year, in Louisville and around the nation and world.

SmartAsset ranked Louisville among the top 25 U.S. cities for best work-life balance, while workplace insights platform kununu.com named Louisville one of the top five U.S. cities for happy employees. Glassdoor recently recognized Louisville as one of the top 15 cities for jobs, based on hiring opportunity, cost of living and job satisfaction. ZipRecruiter calls Louisville a top 10 city for job seekers, thanks in part to its central location and low unemployment. Louisville is within a day's drive of two-thirds of the U.S. population.

Deeply embedded in the heart of Louisville, Bellarmine is an engaged partner expanding learning opportunities, enhancing career networks and economic growth, and advancing equity and quality of life for its neighboring communities. By connecting the campus, the community, and the curriculum through engaged scholarship and action, we enhance social and civic engagement, including faculty, staff, and student-led, asset-based initiatives.

Bellarmine is committed to core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Bellarmine will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of its increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential.

Bellarmine is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply.

Job Description:

Bellarmine University invites applications for a tenure-track, Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science (Division of Mathematics and Computer Science) starting August 15, 2024.  This is a 12 month position.  We are a growing department committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive major. We're looking for applicants that will help us further that mission.

Our new faculty member will begin teaching multiple sections of lower-level courses in computer science and data science including CS 130- Programming Fundamentals, CS 131-The Object-Oriented Paradigm,  CS 150- Programming for the Liberal Arts, CS215-Data Structures, and at least one upper-level course per semester for the first year. Our department delivers courses in multiple modalities including face-to-face, online, and hybrid. In addition, our new faculty member will assist developing a new online Master of Arts in Software Engineering program and related online courses over the next three or four years.

Applicants will be expected to establish an active research program, ideally with undergraduates, which supports the University's commitment to student success and inclusive engagement.  We prefer candidates interested in research in cybersecurity or research that focuses on underrepresented minorities and marginalized groups in computer engineering, computer science or software engineering. However, a broad variety of research interests will be considered.

Candidates also will be expected to participate in department, college (A&S), and university service, including assisting the division chair with community outreach to local high schools to recruit students to CS Department's various programs.   Salary and rank will be commensurate with qualifications. 

Bellarmine is a strong teaching institution; applicants should have experience in, or be prepared for, teaching a wide variety of undergraduate, ACM curriculum-based CS courses including, but not limited to basic programming, data structures, operating systems, computer networks, software engineering, algorithms, machine learning, compilers, and databases. A complete undergraduate curriculum description can be found at: https://catalog.bellarmine.edu/2023-2024/dept/cs.   The Division of Mathematics and Computer Science also houses the BS in Data Science at Bellarmine University.  The Data Science program is a collaboration between mathematics, computer science and the business administration departments. Applicants should be prepared to teach basic programming and introductory data science courses. . A complete undergraduate curriculum description can be found at: https://catalog.bellarmine.edu/2023-2024/dept/ds.

Requirements:

Qualified candidates must have a Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems, or related field by August 2024 and must exhibit a strong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion in teaching undergraduate computer science courses.

Additional Information:

Bellarmine University is committed to core values of diversity, equity and inclusion and embraces diversity in our workforce among members of faculty, staff and administration. We remain committed to affirmative actions, policies, procedures and attitudes necessary to continue to build and retain a diverse and equitable workforce. We will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of our increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential. As part of Bellarmine's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, we will seek to ensure that all aspects of employment, including recruitment, selection, job assignment, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotion, layoff and termination processes remain free of discrimination based upon race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class.

Application Instructions:

Applicants should submit a cover letter, a current curriculum vitae, teaching, and scholarship philosophies, and estimate of research expenses, and the names/contact information for three professional references to the attention of Computer Science Search Chair, by clicking on the appropriate link in this posting. 

Application materials should highlight why you are interested in coming to Bellarmine. The search committee is specifically keen to see evidence of your commitment to teaching, service, expanding the diversity of our student population and community outreach.

Review of complete applications will begin December 1st, 2023,  and continue until the position is filled.  Applications will NOT be accepted via e-mail.

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