Academic Specialist

6 days ago

Lansing, Michigan, United States Michigan State University Full time

Job Summary

This is an academic year (9-month) position, with possible opportunities for summer teaching if desired. The Program seeks candidates whose teaching, service, or other experience has prepared them to contribute to creating inclusive learning spaces for a diverse group of students. The successful candidate will work with colleagues to develop, coordinate, and teach data science courses primarily for students in the MSDS program, joining a vibrant, diverse, and supportive group of faculty members focused on instructional excellence in data science.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop, coordinate, and teach data science courses for students in the MSDS program.
  • Contribute to creating inclusive learning spaces for a diverse group of students.
  • Work with colleagues to develop and implement data science curriculum.
  • Engage in ongoing professional development to stay current with best practices in data science education.

Requirements

  • A master's or doctoral degree in statistics, mathematics, computer science, or a related field.
  • A background in practical probability & statistics, machine learning models, and coding.
  • Knowledge of or experience with student-centered pedagogical methods.
  • Experience with or a commitment to cultivating equitable and inclusive learning environments.
  • Demonstrated experience with or commitment to learning and growing as an instructor.
  • Experience using Python and/or R or other relevant languages either in teaching or to create statistical/machine learning models in data science and/or other applications.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience teaching data science, mathematics, statistics and/or related fields, either with full responsibility for courses or as a teaching assistant.
  • Practical experience working with data science models in an applied setting.
  • Experience in course development, particularly for data science, statistics, computer science, or mathematics.

Application Materials

  • A letter of application which describes how you could contribute to the educational mission in data science at Michigan State University.
  • The names and contact information for three references who can attest to strengths in data science and/or classroom instruction.
  • A description of any data science modeling work done.
  • A statement of work of at most three pages which describes prior teaching experience, prior work with data science models, and how prior teaching experience and/or data science work informs your view of how data science courses should be taught at the masters level.

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