Part Time Academic Instructor - Biology (297)

Job description

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science Part-Time Academic Instructor (BIOL 297: Human Genetics) The Department of Biology at St. Francis Xavier University invites applications for a part-time Academic Instructor to teach one lecture section of Biology 297 (Human Genetics) (3 credits) during the winter term of the 2026-2027 academic year. This course is intended to serve students in Bachelor of Science programs such as Human Nutrition, Human Kinetics and Psychology and students in the Bachelor of Arts and Science in Health program, who are seeking a biology elective course or who are completing biology minors. This position is subject to final budgetary approval. We seek candidates familiar with the range of topics taught in the course. These include natural genetic variation in populations, molecular structure and function of genes and chromosomes, and the origins and evolutionary maintenance of genetic diversity. Other topics include connecting genotype to phenotype—such as gene expression, regulatory interactions, and dominance relationships, classical Mendelian and non‑Mendelian inheritance, as well as genome‑scale biology and the genetic basis of cancer, all in relation to h...