Lecturer Position in Integrative Engineering

Overview

Lecturer Position in Integrative Engineering. Posting Number req
34841.

Employment Type:

Faculty. Faculty Type:
Lecturer. Hiring Department: SOE Deans Office (052A). Academic

Location:

School of Engineering, Campus Main – Albuquerque, NM. Benefits Eligible. The University of New Mexico provides a comprehensive package of benefits including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. In addition, UNM offers educational benefits through the tuition remission and dependent education programs.

The University of New Mexico’s (UNM) School of Engineering (SoE) has an opening for a Lecturer of Integrative Engineering. This position is a full-time, 9-month, teaching-track faculty position. The desired start date is August 2026.

The appointed faculty member will initially teach within first-year courses in the SoE. Within the SoE “engineering” includes engineering, computer science, and construction management. We developed and piloted an interdisciplinary, project-based, first-year engineering course, which we intend to expand to accommodate all incoming first-year SoE students. This course provides a common, integrative first-year experience that engages, prepares, and retains students within the SoE.

The appointed faculty member will also have future teaching and course design roles in a Bachelor of Science in Integrative Engineering, with an emphasis on courses focused on design and professional skill development. Additional course offerings may include those focused on engineering discipline-specific introductory material; communication and AI; engineering applications of mathematics; and computer programming. Design courses in these programs would address a variety of interdisciplinary problems of our day with an emphasis locally relevant topics for New Mexico, from climate and the energy transition to engineering in world/regional health.

• The primary responsibilities of the faculty hire are teaching within the First-Year Engineering and Integrative Engineering programs.
• The teaching load is set in accordance with the rank of Lecturer III at UNM and within the housed SoE program.
• A reduced teaching load may accommodate additional requested assistance with running the First-Year Engineering and Integrative Engineering course logistics and/or conducting program evaluation and research.
• The appointed faculty member will work closely with and report to the Director of First-Year Engineering and Integrative Engineering, and they will collaborate across all SoE academic departments, with SoE leadership, and with the Engineering Student Success Center.
• Together with this team and through these first-year engineering and integrative engineering initiatives, the appointed faculty will help enact the SoE’s strategic objectives to improve student success pathways (goal
  1) and build a culture of equity and inclusive excellence (goal
  3).

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in engineering, engineering education, or a related field.
• Experience with teaching relevant courses (e.g., undergraduate, first-year, engineering design).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated excellence in teaching and a record of innovation in interdisciplinary engineering and/or first-year engineering.
• Experience in designing, teaching, and assessing SoE courses, with a preference for experience teaching design, project-based courses, and/or interdisciplinary engineering courses.
• A commitment to student success and innovative curriculum pathways.
• An understanding of the assets students from a variety of backgrounds bring to their learning, and the tools to build on those assets in the classroom so that all may succeed.
• Excellent oral and written communication and collaboration skills, including working with staff and faculty across roles and backgrounds.
• Familiarity or experience with engineering education research and/or scholarship of teaching and learning; while not required, ability to contribute to research projects and apply findings in the classroom is preferable.
• A demonstrated commitment to cultivate an understanding of the diverse cultures of New Mexico and the university’s mission to serve local and global…