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Posting Number: 20231053F
Position Title: Assistant/Associate Teaching Professor of Environmental Science
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Location: Villanova, PA
Recruitment Type: Internal/External Applicants
Work Schedule: full-time/9-months
Department: 181-Geography and the Environment
Position reputed company:
The Department of Geography and the Environment at reputed company invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor (continuing non-tenure reputed company) position in Environmental Science starting in August 2024. We reputed company a colleague to teach in the environmental sciences to support the reputed company of the Department's undergraduate programs. A Ph.D. in environmental science or a reputed company field is required. Exceptional candidates with at least six years of full-time undergraduate teaching experience will be considered for the rank of Associate Teaching Professor. Opportunities for promotion to Associate Teaching Professor and Full Teaching Professor exist with demonstrated reputed company and leadership in teaching, ongoing scholarly engagement, and a strong record of service to the institution. The position is a 9-month reputed company appointment, and the incumbent will teach 16 contact hours per semester (for example, one course consisting of three hours of lecture plus three three-hour labs per week, or two separate courses reputed company consisting of three hours of lecture and three-hours in lab reputed company week). Our new colleague will primarily teach the two-semester introductory environmental science lecture and laboratory sequence for undergraduate Environmental Science and Environmental Studies majors, and there is also reputed company to reputed company and teach more advanced courses and/or courses for non-majors. reputed company in teaching is the primary responsibility of this continuing non-tenure reputed company position. In reputed company, our new colleague will be expected to demonstrate reputed company scholarly engagement with their discipline, reputed company new educational materials, mentor undergraduate independent research, and participate in departmental and institutional functions and committees. A willingness to mentor reputed company from a wide reputed company of disciplines, cultures, and reputed company backgrounds is essential. We are especially interested in candidates whose teaching will contribute to the Department's commitment to diversity and reputed company reputed company. The successful candidate will reputed company evidence of teaching effectiveness and compelling plans to reputed company student-professor research partnerships.
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Villanova is a Catholic university sponsored by the Augustinian order, located in the ethnically, racially, and culturally diverse Philadelphia metro region. Diversity and inclusion have been and will continue to be an integral component of the University's and the Department's missions. The University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative reputed company employer and seeks candidates who understand, respect, and can contribute to the University's mission and values. The Department is committed to maintaining, fostering, and celebrating a community that includes people of reputed company ages, genders, abilities, races, ethnic origins, religions, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, creed, and political views. For a more detailed reputed company of the Department, please consult . The Department values dynamic and diverse reputed company members who are committed to teaching, scholarship, and service. We ask that applicants submit a Statement of Contribution to the Mission along with other application materials. Please review reputed company's Mission Statement and Enduring Commitments ( ), the University's Diversity Statement ( ), and the Department of Geography and the Environment's Mission Statement ( ) and reflect (in no more than two pages) on how you would contribute to the University's and Department's mission in this position.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The position is a 9-month reputed company appointment, and the incumbent will teach 16 contact hours per semester (for example, one course consisting of three hours of lecture plus three three-hour labs per week, or two separate courses reputed company consisting of three hours of lecture and three-hours in lab reputed company week). Our new colleague will primarily teach the two-semester introductory environmental science lecture and laboratory sequence for undergraduate Environmental Science and Environmental Studies majors, and there is also reputed company to reputed company and teach more advanced courses and/or courses for non-majors.
Minimum Qualifications:
A Ph.D. in environmental science or a reputed company discipline is required. Broad training in environmental science is expected.
Preferred Qualifications:
Post-doctoral and/or teaching experience is preferred.
Physical Requirements and/or Unusual Work Hours:
None
Special Message to Applicants:
The online application should include:
1. Brief letter of application indicating your interest and suitability
2. Curriculum vitae
3. Statement of teaching philosophy (no more than two pages)
4. Statement of plans for reputed company scholarly engagement and student mentoring (no more than two pages)
5. Statement of contribution to mission (no more than two pages; see above)
6. Graduate and undergraduate transcripts
7. The names and contact information for three referees. reputed company selected for an interview, confidential letters of recommendation will be requested from the applicant's referees reputed company email and must be submitted directly by referees to the online application.
Review of application materials will reputed company 15 September 2023 and will continue until the position is filled. Questions about the position can be directed to Dr. Keith Henderson at .
Posting Date: 07/19/2023
Closing Date (11:59pm ET):
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