Career Center

The School of Professional Studies (SPS) at Clark University invites applications for an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Master of Science in Computer Science (MSCS) program. This is a full time non-tenure line indefinitely renewable position based upon satisfactory performance.

The successful candidate will share a deep commitment to effective instruction at the graduate level; development of innovative courses; teaching students from diverse cultures and academic backgrounds; collaborating with faculty; and engaging in departmental and professional services. The program provides students with the theories, concepts and foundational methods of computer science, artificial intelligence, and human-computer interaction to prepare them to solve real-world problems in the industry.

The teaching load for computer science teaching faculty is 3-3 including credit for laboratories.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Teach three graduate courses in the MSCS program per semester (fall and spring)
• Advise graduate students
• Ensure current curriculum
• Suggest and develop new courses, as needed
• Collaborate with faculty to develop new concentrations, as needed
• Participate in departmental and university services, including committees and professional organizations
• Engage with the broader computer science community through conferences, workshops, and other professional development opportunities with SPS students

• Master's degree in computer science or closely related field, e.g., information technology, data science, informatics
• Three years of teaching at the graduate level
• Ability to develop and teach graduate computer science courses in data science, artificial intelligence (AI), or human computer interaction (HCI)
• Experience in modern technology-stack for the delivery of course content
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• A Ph.D. in computer science or closely related field
• Relevant Industry experience
• Ability to contribute through research, teaching, and/or public engagement to the diversity and excellence of the learning experience.

As of June 1, 2023 Clark University no longer requires employees or students to be vaccinated against COVID-19. However, Clark urges all community members to follow CDC guidelines for COVID-19 vaccination, which recommend that everyone stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines including booster doses. This is important for your own personal health as well as the health of our community.

Clark University embraces equal opportunity as a core value: we believe that cultivating an environment that embraces and promotes diversity is fundamental to the success of our students, our employees and our community. This commitment applies to every aspect of education, services, and employment policies and practices at Clark. Our commitment to diversity informs our efforts in recruitment, hiring and retention. All positions at Clark share in the responsibility for building a community that values diversity and the uniqueness of others by exhibiting integrity and respect in interacting with all members of the Clark community to create an atmosphere of fairness and belonging. We strongly encourage members from historically underrepresented communities, inclusive of all women, to apply.

Clark University offers a generous benefit package for full and, if applicable, part-time employees that include; paid time off, generous retirement plan, group health and dental insurance, life insurance, and tuition, along with use of many campus amenities. For a complete list of benefits for eligible employees visit here.

Apply Online

About Clark University

Founded in 1887, Clark University is a liberal arts-based research university committed toscholarship and inquiry that addresses social and human imperatives on a global basis. It is the place where Robert Goddard invented the modern rocket, where Sigmund Freud delivered his only lectures in the United States, and where current students stake their claim to the Clark motto, “Challenge Convention, Change Our World,” which is the rallying cry that inspires our community every day. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, Clark University educates its undergraduate and graduate students to be imaginative and contributing citizens of the world, and to advance the frontiers of knowledge and understanding through rigorous scholarship and creative effort. The University’s engages students in such areas as biology, chemistry, economics, geography, psychology, urban education, management, environmental science and policy, Holocaust and genocide studies, and international development and social change. Clark University’s pioneering model of higher education, LEEP (Liberation Education and Effective Practice) compels undergraduate students to thrive in authentic world and workplace settings, and prepares them for lives and careers of consequence.

Connections working at Clark University