[Hiring] Part-time Faculty @National University

Role Description

The Department of Engineering, Data, and Computer Sciences, in the College of Business, Engineering, and Technology at National University invites applications for part-time faculty in Data Science. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated record of or potential for excellence in teaching in their field and a commitment to serving the university’s diverse adult student body. This position primarily works closely with the Academic Program Director and other faculty within the program and contributes to ensuring program quality, student engagement, and success.

Please note that in addition to a resume or CV, unofficial transcripts of the highest degree attained are required at the time of application.

Essential Job Duties

• Provide substantive, timely feedback to students on various assessment activities.
• Maintain a positive, safe, inclusive student-centric learning environment.
• Complete required tasks on deadlines (e.g., final grades, assessment, grading rubrics, input for grade appeals, etc.).
• Maintain appropriate professional training and/or scholarly activities, when applicable.
• Provide feedback to the course lead regarding the course content.
• Identify at-risk students and collaborate with student services.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. degree in the field of Data Science, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field from a regionally accredited university.
• At least 5 years of higher education teaching experience or 5 years of research record and current research in Data Science and AI.
• Research interest in Foundational, Generative, or Agentic AI.

Preferred Qualifications

• Research record in one or more of these fields: Natural Language Processing, Transformers, Multimodal AI, Computer Vision, MLOps, Adversarial Neural Networks, Digital Twins, Optimization.

Requirements

• Resume or CV.
• Unofficial transcripts of highest degree attained.

Benefits

Candidate receiving offers will be offered a salary/pay rate commensurate with experience that varies based on a candidate’s qualifications, skills, and competencies. Absent exceptional circumstances, candidates will be offered a salary within this range for this position. Base pay is one component of National University’s total rewards package, as we are dedicated to supporting the needs of the “whole you” with our holistic approach to employee benefits by offering comprehensive well-being benefits for you and your family. For full details about our benefit plan offerings, please visit benefits.nu.edu . For part-time positions, please click here .

Company Description

National University is a veteran-founded, San Diego-based nonprofit. Since 1971, our mission has been to provide accessible higher education to adult learners. Today, we educate a diverse student body from across the U.S. and around the globe, with more than 230,000 alumni worldwide. Our three schools and three colleges offer more than 200 accredited and licensed graduate and undergraduate programs. National University holds accreditation through the Western Senior College and Universities Commission (WSCUC). We are a federally recognized Hispanic Serving Institution.