Position Title: Visiting Assistant Professor

Employee Classification: Visiting Faculty

College/Division: Arts and Sciences College

Department: 330750-GEOGRAPHY & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Internal or External Search: External - Open to all applicants

Location: Las Cruces

Offsite Location (if applicable):

Target Hourly/Salary Rate:  65,000.00

Appointment Full-time Equivalency:  1.0

Exempt or Non-Exempt:  Exempt

Summary:  NMSU Global Campus offers flexible, career-focused online education in New Mexico, across the nation, and around the globe. Since 1888, we’ve been proudly serving students who want to earn their degree and further their career. Now, we provide innovative online education, including degree and certificate programs, skill-building microlearning courses, as well as career and talent development. We are happy to announce we are now accepting applications for an online visiting assistant professor position in Geography & Environmental Studies starting in Fall 2025. We are seeking a candidate to support the launch and growth of our new inline Master of Science (M.S.) in GIS&T program.

Classification Summary:
NMSU Global Campus offers flexible, career-focused online education in New Mexico, across the nation, and around the globe. Since 1888, we’ve been proudly serving students who want to earn their degree and further their career. Now, we provide innovative online education, including degree and certificate programs, skill-building microlearning courses, as well as career and talent development. We are happy to announce we are now accepting applications for an online visiting assistant professor position in Geography & Environmental Studies starting in Fall 2025. We are seeking a candidate to support the launch and growth of our new inline Master of Science (M.S.) in GIS&T program.

Classification Standard Duties:
The ideal candidate will: 1) teach five online asynchronous courses per academic year (most are 4-credit hour classes); 2) advise and mentor graduate students in the program; and 3) play a key role in developing and implementing the program.

Required Education, Experience, Certification/License, Equivalency
Ph.D. in Geography or a related field by the time of appointment.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Expertise in GIS&T disciplines, including cartography, geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, programming, and spatial analysis and modeling.
Ability to actively promote collaboration, foster student engagement, and embrace a broad range of perspectives in both teaching and research.
Experience working with students across a range of academic backgrounds, disciplines, and levels of preparation and motivation.
Experience and/or formal training in online teaching, with proficiency in learning management systems and digital instructional tools to deliver 100% asynchronous classes.
Ability to contribute to the growth and success of the online M.S. in GIS&T program through curriculum development, graduate student mentoring, and outreach at NMSU and beyond.

Job Duties and Responsibilities
Teach five online asynchronous GIS&T courses per academic year.
Assist with the mentoring of master’s students in the online M.S. in GIS&T program.
Support the development and implementation of the online M.S. in GIS&T program.

Preferred Qualifications

Special Requirements of the Position

Department Contact:  Michaela Buenemann 575-646-6493 elabuen@nmsu.edu

Contingent Upon Funding: Not Applicable

Bargaining Unit Eligibility: This is NOT a bargaining unit position with American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME).

Standard Work Schedule: Standard (M-F, 8-5)

If Not a Standard Work Schedule: 

Working Conditions and Physical Effort

Environment: Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.

Physical Effort: No or very limited physical effort required.

Lifting Requirements: Requires handling of average-weight objects up to 10 pounds or some standing or walking.

Risk: No or very limited exposure to physical risk.