Assistant/Associate Professor of Computer Science

Requirements

Teaching
As an institution committed to academic excellence in a student-focused learning environment, Cornerstone places high value upon teaching effectiveness and student learning. Faculty are expected to demonstrate ongoing investment in their own growth and development as educators. They are expected to advance student competency in the relevant academic discipline, while utilizing a diverse set of instructional methods that fit their academic discipline and teaching style.
Other responsibilities include management of lab activities, scholarly engagement in the candidate’s specialization area, academic advising, student recruitment, course and program assessment, and other departmental duties as assigned.
Spiritual Modeling and Mentoring
As an institution committed to developing devoted followers of Christ who will be equipped and empowered to influence their culture for Christ, faculty engagement in spiritual modeling and mentoring is essential. Faculty are expected to contribute purposefully and constructively to the spiritual development, vocational direction, and academic success of students. Among other means, this is achieved by being accessible to and proactively engaged with students, modeling healthy relationships, and skillfully modeling the integration of a Christ-centered worldview with the academic disciplines.
Scholarship
As an institution committed to academic excellence and cultural influence, Cornerstone is interested in cultivating faculty, academic administrators, and graduates engaged in scholarship. The faculty of Cornerstone are deemed to be engaged in scholarship when they participate in the following activities and produce the following outcomes:
The scholarship of discovery: A scholarship that involves original research to advance knowledge in an academic discipline.
The scholarship of integration: A scholarship that involves the synthesis of information across academic disciplines.
The scholarship of engagement: A scholarship that involves the application of disciplinary expertise in a manner that can be shared and/or evaluated by peers.
The scholarship of teaching and learning: A scholarship that involves the systematic study of teaching and learning processes.
Faculty of Cornerstone are expected to engage in forms of scholarship appropriate to their respective academic discipline and in keeping with their professional research interests.
Service
Faculty members are expected to participate constructively in the life of Cornerstone, regularly attend and serve within a church whose beliefs and practices are consistent with the Cornerstone Confession, and contribute as appropriate to the broader community. Within Cornerstone, faculty are expected to attend Chapel at least once/week and contribute to the work of the respective School by mentoring students, attending meetings, and serving on committees. Regarding external service, faculty are encouraged to make their disciplinary expertise available in service to the various academic and professional expressions of their discipline and to the broader community. All faculty will regularly interact with students in a variety of settings. As such, all employees are expected to serve as Christian leaders and mentors by effectively living a gospel-centered lifestyle, ministering and discipling through a biblical worldview.

Qualifications

A personal relationship with Jesus Christ and an active Christian commitment.
A theology that supports the values and mission of Cornerstone University core commitments evidenced by an ability to affirm and sign the university’s doctrinal statement, “The Cornerstone Confession.”
Four other foundational pillars, along with the university’s mission and confession, form Cornerstone’s Core Commitments. These core commitments convey who we are, what we believe, and how we live and work together in community. Employees are expected to faithfully attend an evangelical and biblical church whose core beliefs and practices are consistent with Cornerstone’s confession and core commitments.

Skills

Candidates with a Ph.D. in Computer Science are especially encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Salary commensurate with education and experience.