2024 - 2025 Lecturer for Department of Animal Science

Temporary positions are anticipated for instructors to teach courses in areas such as Companion Animal Care, Reproductive Physiology, Physiology Reproductive Lab, Animal Nutrition, and Dairy Cattle Production.

A list of the courses that may be available during 2024 - 2025 academic year are included. It is possible that courses may be added to or deleted from this list as the year progresses.

Courses in Animal Science expected to be taught in the 2024 - 2025 academic year pending availability of funding:

ANG 107 Genetics & Animal Breeding

NPB 121 Reproductive Physiology

NPB 121L Physiology Reproductive Lab

ANS 146 Dairy Cattle Production

See [https://catalog.ucdavis.edu/] for brief course descriptions.

Appointment Dates

Several appointments are made each year. The number of courses assigned for each appointment may vary depending on type of course and percentage of appointment. Service dates are:

Fall Quarter 2024: September 23 - December 13

Winter Quarter 2025: January 3 - March 21

Spring Quarter 2025: March 27 - June 12

Reappointment is possible upon demonstrated competence and based on established criteria.

Duties and Responsibilities

Teach one or more lecture courses in the Animal Science major. teaching may also involve special observational projects or guest speakers.

General Information

The Davis campus, third oldest in the ten-campus University of California system, offers a full range of undergraduate, graduate, and professional

programs. The city of Davis is a progressive university town of 65,622 located in the Sacramento Valley, 72 miles northeast of San Francisco and 15

miles west of Sacramento, California's capital.

Salary and Appointment Level

Commensurate with experience and course assignment.

Applications

Review of applications will begin June 2024; open until filled. Interested persons should upload a current curriculum vitae, three reference

letters, identify the courses which they are interested in teaching, submit reprints or other examples of their scholarly or professional attainments,

statement of teaching, student evaluations, and statement of contributions to diversity, equity and inclusion to [https://recruit.ucdavis.edu]. Criteria

for appointment will be evidence of teaching excellence (or, for first time, relatively inexperienced candidates, the potential for excellence) in terms

of (a) rigorous and intellectually challenging course content, and (b) the ability to present that material effectively, i.e., stimulating interest in and

critical thought regarding the subject matter.

Department: https://animalscience.ucdavis.edu/

Appropriate professional degree, minimum requirement is Masters at time of appointment in Animal Science or equivalent discipline.

-Evidence of teaching excellence or potential for excellence; and

-A developing record of scholarly or professional achievement in an area of expertise

related to a subject area described in this announcement.

Ph.D. is preferred, e.g., Animal Science or equivalent discipline

• 3-5 letters of reference required

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