Description

The University of Washington's Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering invites applications for a full-time Assistant Teaching Professor with a focus on teaching advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in artificial intelligence as well as program leadership in our AI-focused graduate programs. Assistant Teaching Professors are non-tenured faculty members who are hired on multi-year appointments with a 9-month service period (plus summer opportunities). The anticipated start date is September 1, 2026.

All University of Washington faculty engage in teaching, scholarship, and service. Teaching professors are educational professionals who combine instructional excellence with a variety of leadership, community building, outreach, pedagogy advances, and other forms of scholarship. Our school offers a highly collegial and collaborative culture, with a range of teaching and curriculum-development opportunities in lower-division and upper-division courses for majors and non-majors, as well as in graduate courses.

This position is focused on artificial intelligence in general and a leadership role in our new Graduate Certificate in Modern AI Methods in particular. While faculty-member roles evolve over time, we anticipate responsibilities to focus on:

● Teaching upper-division undergraduate and beginning-graduate courses in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and related topics, with an emphasis on curriculum development, students’ success, and mentoring teaching assistants

● Providing faculty leadership for our new Graduate Certificate, including curriculum; working with other instructors; managing student recruitment, admissions, and retention; maintaining educational infrastructure and tooling; and more.

● Providing faculty leadership on ways to grow AI education and complement offerings from campus partners in ways that promote a diverse and inclusive community.

The base salary range for the position will be $11,300 – $14,500 per month for a 9-month service period, commensurate with experience and qualifications, or as mandated by a U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage determination. Other compensation associated with this position may include a one-time relocation incentive.

The successful candidate will be expected to teach advances undergraduate and/or introductory graduate courses in Artificial Intelligence, create and manage new educational programs, and work with faculty members to develop new curriculum and programs.

Candidates will be evaluated on teaching, curriculum development, service, mentoring, broadening participation in the field, and overall academic leadership.

Rubric Link

Our evaluation rubric is publicly available so that candidates and their letter writers have a better sense of what they can include and highlight in their application materials. We welcome applicants from non-traditional backgrounds and with non-traditional experiences. Positive factors for consideration include, but are not limited to, candidates who meet the threshold for a Good rating in at least two rubric items.