Essential Duties:

• Teach undergraduate lectures and laboratories in courses related to the Conservation Biology and Zoology majors, and others as assigned. Specific courses could include comparative vertebrate anatomy, conservation biology, wildlife management, ecology, experimental design and biostatistics.
• Work with Biology Faculty and Staff on the Jackson Campus on projects, as needed.
• Design and deliver class instruction through the development of instructional plans to meet course competencies, the development of activities that support lesson objectives, and the development of critical thinking skills.
• Facilitate/guide the progress of students toward achievement of course and program outcomes. Plan clear course outcomes.
• Maintain regular office hours, in person or through electronic means, for student accessibility.
• Academically advise Conservation Biology and Zoology majors towards successful completion of their major.
• Participate in departmental meetings and university assigned committee work.
• Contribute to student learning outcomes in the capstone research sequence for biology majors by mentoring research students in developing, collecting, analyzing, and presenting original scientific research.

About Union University

Union University is a private, coeducational liberal arts-based university offering bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees. The campus is located in Jackson, Tenn. (80 miles northeast of Memphis) with additional campuses in Germantown, Hendersonville, and Memphis, Tenn. Union University currently enrolls about 3,200 undergraduate and graduate students from 48 states and 15 countries. Union University stands as a national leader among colleges and universities in promoting a Christian worldview and a Christ-centered approach to education. Union is consistently ranked among the nation’s premier Christian universities and has been recognized as a top-tier institution each year since 1997 by U.S. News & World Report, which also recognized Union at a national level for undergraduate teaching excellence.

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