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Assistant Professor - Media Studies and Data Analytics UMBC Campus Open Until Filled
The Department of Media and Communication Studies (MCS) at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professorship beginning in August 2025. We seek an interdisciplinary scholar with demonstrated excellence in teaching core media and communication studies courses at the undergraduate level. The successful candidate should have an active research agenda in media and cultural studies, broadly considered to include digital media platforms and industry studies, gaming, or film/tv. We are interested in a scholar who can teach undergraduates about data literacy, data visualization, or critical discourse analysis from comparative perspectives that may include transnational, diaspora, or transcultural media texts, broadly considered. We especially invite candidates who have a strong commitment to and experience in supporting a diverse student body. The teaching load is 2/3. Other responsibilities include student advising and service to the Department, College, and University community.
Lecturer UMBC Campus
UMBC Global Studies invites applications for a lecturer. We are looking for a colleague who is competent and passionate about teaching and mentoring diverse undergraduate students for global competence.
Associate Professor/Department Chair UMBC Campus
The University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) seeks a Department Chair who will provide innovative, socially engaged, and collaborative leadership for its Department of Dance. The ideal candidate will have a strong teaching record and be a visionary and inspiring leader committed to work that is collaborative and fearless in its approach/mission to the department’s inclusive and interdisciplinary future.
Assistant Professor Public Health UMBC Campus Open Until Filled
The Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health (SAPH) at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) invites applications for a fully-funded, full-time (9-month), tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Public Health
Postdoctoral Research Associate UMBC Campus Open Until Filled
The University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Social Sciences to support an innovative project aimed at transforming the hiring practices and career success of tenure track historically underrepresented minority faculty in biomedical sciences. Specifically, the research investigates how tools and resources can assess and improve academic department “readiness” to recruit, retain and advance scholars from minoritized backgrounds. This position offers an exciting opportunity to conduct quantitative and qualitative research across institutions while making a meaningful impact on diversity and inclusion in academia.
Assistant Professor in Piano Performance UMBC Campus Open Until Filled
The Department of Music at UMBC seeks an Assistant Professor (full-time, tenure track) in Piano Performance, to begin August 23, 2025. As an active performer, this individual will be responsible for teaching and successfully recruiting piano performance majors, with additional teaching, advising, and service responsibilities assigned based on candidate expertise and departmental needs.
Assistant Professor in Middle East Politics UMBC Campus Open Until Filled
The Department of Political Science at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Middle East politics and either or both comparative politics and international relations, beginning in August 2025.  UMBC is a Carnegie Research-1, community-engaged, minority-serving institution focused on inclusive excellence. The annual teaching load is five undergraduate courses, which includes two sections of one course preparation.
Visiting Lecturer UMBC Campus Open Until Filled
The Department of English at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County seeks a full-time Visiting Lecturer for a one-year appointment, beginning August 19, 2024. The candidate will teach a 4:4 load in first-year composition, as scheduled by the Writing and Rhetoric Division, a unit within the English department.
Lecturer in Statistics UMBC Campus Open Until Filled
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is hiring at the level of (full-time) Lecturer in Statistics starting in Spring 2025. This Lectureship role (non-tenure track) provides the opportunity to advance in rank from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer to Principal Lecturer. Candidates should have a Doctoral or Master’s degree (Ph.D. preferred) in Statistics or a related field, and experience in college-level teaching.
Open Rank Tenure Track Positions in Computer and Electrical Engineering UMBC Campus Open Until Filled
The Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering (CSEE) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) invites applications for multiple open rank, tenured/tenure-track positions across all areas of Computer and Electrical Engineering including but not limited to VLSI/ASIC/FPGA, hardware security and trust, neural computation device and circuits, intelligent autonomous systems, semiconductor, photonic-integrated-circuits, nanotechnology, signal processing and sensing systems, 5G/6G wireless systems and biomedical engineering to begin in the Fall of 2024. Applicants should have or be completing a Ph.D. in a relevant discipline, have a strong research record with the potential to develop a funded research program, have a strong commitment to undergraduate and graduate teaching, and have a strong commitment to diversity and inclusive excellence. Candidates will be expected to build and lead a team of student researchers, obtain external research support, and teach both graduate and undergraduate courses.
Faculty Research Assistant Baltimore City Open Until Filled
The Department of Marine Biotechnology (Tracy Lab) at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) (UMBC/ UMB) in downtown Baltimore is hiring a Faculty Research Assistant (FRA), to help manage field and laboratory research related to a project on oyster parasites, biodiversity, and aquaculture
Faculty Research Assistant Baltimore City Open Until Filled
The candidate will conduct research and development of a novel technology for in situ bioremediation of PCBs that employs PCB degrading microbes. Research techniques will include anaerobic and aerobic bacterial culturing, cryopreservation, scale-up in pilot-scale bioreactors, gas chromatographic analysis of organohalides and quantitative PCR. Training will be provided but laboratory research experience in microbiology is preferred. Candidate will also assist with lab management.