Vacancy Announcement
Tenure-Track Faculty Position Starting Fall 2025
Department of Computer Science
Cal Poly Humboldt is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) that strives to foster an equitable and inclusive community that supports our students of diverse backgrounds. Cal Poly Humboldt is committed to achieving the goals of equal opportunity and endeavors to employ faculty and staff of the highest quality committed to working in a multicultural and multiracial community that reflects the diversity of the state.
DESCRIPTION: Cal Poly Humboldt and the Department of Computer Science invites applicants for a full-time, academic year, tenure-track faculty position with an emphasis in Computer Science or Software Engineering. We are seeking candidates with a background in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or closely related field, who have the ability and willingness to teach in one, or both, of our undergraduate programs, Computer Science or Software Engineering. Rank and salary are dependent on the appointee’s qualifications and experience.
DEPARTMENT: Cal Poly Humboldt’s Computer Science program is lively, student-centered, and co-hosts a place-based learning community, Representing Realities (R²), which focuses on connecting representations of the world in local Native American art with ideas about patters and structures in math and computer science. In addition to an undergraduate Computer Science major, the Computer Science Department launched a new Software Engineering major in Fall 2023 as part of the programmatic expansion for California’s third polytechnic university. Both undergraduate programs aim to provide excellent instruction to enable graduates to be effective computer professionals and to promote socially responsible applications of the disciplines. Undergraduate enrollment in our degree programs is approximately 200 students and growing. Along with our established B.S. degree program in Computer Science, our new B.S. degree program in Software Engineering, the Department of Computer Science is expected to modernize and expand its offerings to meet the growing demand for the computational sciences across the university. For more information about the department, please visit: https://computerscience.humboldt.edu
PROFESSIONAL DUTIES: Candidates should be committed to teaching excellence and to building a strong research record. Instructional assignments may include: teaching required courses in Computer Science or Software Engineering, which include but are not limited to Computer Science Foundations, Computer Security, Requirements Engineering, Software Project Management, Web aps Development with Database, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Senior Projects. Instructional assignments will be consistent with the programmatic needs of the department and students.
The primary professional responsibilities of instructional faculty members are: teaching, research, scholarship, creative activity, and service to the University, profession and to the community. These responsibilities include: advising students, participa...
