Biology Teaching Fellow - Half-Time

St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, invites applications for a half-time Teaching Fellow position in Biology at the University’s Davenport, IA, campus, for the 2026-2027 academic year. Start date is August 17, 2026.

The successful candidate will possess some combination of the following with respect to credentials and experience:

• Preferred qualifications include a doctorate (ABD considered) or master’s degree in microbiology, immunology or related field and experience teaching needed courses.
• Applicants with demonstrated university-level teaching experience will receive special consideration.
• Preference will be given to applicants who can teach broadly in Biological disciplines, including microbiology and immunology.

The individual hired for this position will be expected to enthusiastically embrace the following responsibilities and objectives:

• Teach two (2) in-person undergraduate courses per semester in biology at the Davenport campus.
• Participate in biology faculty department activities and service.
• Have a willingness to engage in face-to-face and online teaching modalities as needed.
• Embrace both the challenges and rewards of working to build a vibrant and sustainable learner-centered model for Catholic higher education across the campuses of Mount Mercy and St. Ambrose University.
• Be committed to supported and guided, evidence-based innovation in pursuit of creating impactful learning experiences for students.
• Contribute to the learning and professional outcomes of students across the university generally as well as in the graphic design program.
• Engage in ongoing professional development appropriate to the faculty member’s discipline and academic responsibilities.
• Offer high quality learning experiences for students in a range of modalities (e.g., face-to-face, hybrid, and online), or demonstrate a demonstrable willingness to learn how to do so.

In August 2024, St. Ambrose University and Mount Mercy University signed an agreement to fully combine the two universities. The university received approval from its accrediting body in 2025 and anticipates regulatory approval in the coming year. Mount Mercy employees became St. Ambrose employees in the summer of 2025, and the two campuses anticipate fully merging operations during the fall 2026 semester.

The strategic combination of Mount Mercy and St. Ambrose University represents the proactive and innovative combination of two healthy Catholic universities. The combined university will reduce costs by significantly reducing the duplication of administrative roles across the two universities and combining and streamlining a host of back-office operations. The combined university is also reimagining general education and academic programs with a focus on learner-centeredness, sustainability, strong student outcomes, and engaging and innovative learning experiences.

St. Ambrose University was founded as a diocesan college in Davenport, Iowa in 1882. The Mount Mercy campus of St. Ambrose University was founded in 1928 by the Sisters of Mercy. St. Ambrose has a strong financial profile with an endowment of $247.5 million, of which nearly 80% is unrestricted. Collectively, St. Ambrose and Mount Mercy enroll over 3500 undergraduate and graduate students. The combined university offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and boasts a portfolio of a dozen graduate programs in a variety of fields, including multiple graduate degrees in healthcare, business, social work, counseling, and engineering. You can learn more about the strategic combination between St. Ambrose and Mount Mercy at https://sau.edu/education-together/ .

St. Ambrose University and its affiliate campuses are an inclusive, Catholic and diocesan community of learners empowering all their members to act courageously, to seek wisdom through faith and reason, to work for justice and mercy, and to lead lives of service.