Adjunct Professor

Job Requisition:

JR100960 Adjunct Professor (Open)

Job Posting Title:

Adjunct Professor

Department:

CC00120 WM001 | PROV | Center for Geospatial Analysis

Job Family:

Faculty - Adjunct

Job Requisition Primary Location:

William & Mary

Primary Job Posting Location:

William & Mary

Job Description Summary:

The Center for Geospatial Analysis at William & Mary is recruiting a pool of persons for possible part-time adjunct teaching positions. We seek a colleague with a commitment to excellence in teaching with both undergraduate and graduate students in small class settings (1:14) and larger class settings (1:80).

The Center for Geospatial Analysis (CGA) is the comprehensive resource for William & Mary students, faculty, staff, and community partners for mapping and geospatial technologies in education, applications, and research. We are a collaborative teaching team composed of academics and professionals that support education with coursework, and individual and group advising.

Adjuncts within Arts & Sciences at William & Mary must maintain an in-person presence for the duration of their appointment. For this academic year, the CGA is recruiting for positions in instruction of beginning to advanced geographic information systems/geospatial analysis, however, this pool will remain open for additional needs that arise. This pool will be accessed ONLY when an opening arises. Your credentials will remain active as long as the pool position is available but no more than one year. After one year, if you are still interested, you must reapply to the current adjunct.

Job Description:

Required Qualifications:

• A Master’s degree or equivalent experience combination of education, experience, and training.

• Experience in teaching (academic or non-academic).

• Proficiency in the ESRI GIS product suite.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ph.D.

• Teaching experience (> 6 months) as well as applied experience outside of academia.

• Skills in other software and languages (QGIS, EarthEngine, Python, R).

Conditions of Employment:

• This is a restricted position, subject to the continued availability of funding.

• This position may require additional hours beyond the typical work week, including occasional overnight and weekend work as needed to meet the business needs of the operation.

• All hourly employees are subject to the limitations of the Virginia Manpower Control Program and total hours worked may not exceed, on average, 29 hours per week, over the course of a twelve-month period beginning May 1 each year.

• Arts & Sciences total adjunct work hours for part-time employment from May 1 through April 30 may not exceed 1500 which equates up to 14 credit hours for Fall/Spring and up to 6 for Summer, not to exceed 18 credit hours for the year.

Applicants must apply online at https://go.wm.edu/VphZB3. All applications must consist of the following materials for full consideration; (Please note: No more than 5 individual documents may be uploaded into the upload field provided. Each individual file must not exceed a size limit of 5MB. If necessary, candidates can compress multiple files into a single zip file for upload):

• Curriculum vitae

• Cover letter

• A statement of teaching interests that describes your approach to teaching and mentoring and that may also incorporate a discussion of how your past scholarly work informs your approach (may be included in your cover letter)

• Optional: sample syllabus, & a reference page with the contact information (including names, email addresses, and phone numbers) for three references

Applicants are encouraged to reflect on teaching and mentoring practices that advance academic excellence and success of all learners/scholars from a range of majors in geospatial analysis in any of the aforementioned required documents.

Candidates who reach the short-list (Zoom) interview stage will be prompted to submit online the names and email addresses of three references who will be contacted by the system with instructions for how to submit a letter of reference.

For full consideration, submit application materials by the initial review date, October 21, 2025. All required supplemental application materials mentioned above must be clearly identified and included with your application for full consideration. Review of applications is ongoing. Applications received after the initial review date will be considered if needed.

Information on the courses and academic programs in the Center for Geospatial Analysis may be found at https://www.wm.edu/as/cga/

Additional Job Description:

Job Profile:

JP0738 - Adjunct Professor - Exempt - Salary - S99

Qualifications:

Recruiting Start Date:

2025-10-07

Review Date:

2025-10-21

Position Restrictions:

EEO is the Law.  Applicants can learn more about William & Mary’s status as an equal opportunity employer by viewing the "Know Your Rights" poster published by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. https://www.eeoc.gov/know-your-rights-workplace-discrimination-illegal