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Description
~ Earlham is a national liberal arts college with a reputation for excellent teaching and preparing students to make a profound positive difference in the world. ~
Intellectually Challenging:
Earlham students take charge of their own learning and are prepared for professional success and admission to top graduate programs. They choose from more than 40 fields of study and are taught by dedicated professors. Classes are small, with rich opportunities for discussion, investigation and discovery.
Globally Engaged:
Earlham is committed to welcoming students from all over the world. Our students come from all over the U.S. and about 80 other countries. In fact, Earlham ranks 6th among national liberal arts colleges in the largest percentage of international students on campus, according to U.S. News and World Report.
Socially Concerned:
Earlham students have a sense of stewardship about their lives and believe in their power and responsibility to change the world, according to Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges. About 30% of graduates surveyed reported that most or all of their work was oriented to social change.
Future Directed:
Earlham ranks 29th among 1,306 U.S. institutions of higher learning for the percentage of graduates who go on to earn a Ph.D. In the life sciences, we rank 9th among 1,341 institutions. Fifty percent of Earlham alumni begin graduate school within 10 years of graduation.
Position Overview
Earlham College invites applications for an Assistant Professor of Plant Biology, a tenure-track position with teaching and research interests in field-based ecology and evolutionary biology. The position in the Department of Biology begins in July 2018.
The Department seeks an individual who is first and foremost excited about teaching — in lecture, laboratory and research venues — to bright and motivated undergraduates in a nationally ranked department at a small liberal arts college.
Responsibilities
- Teaching responsibilities will include contributing to introductory team-taught and upper-level courses in ecological/evolutionary/organismal biology.
- Applicants who have an expertise in one or more of the following areas are especially attractive: population, community or landscape ecology of plants; quantitative methods; plant systematics; natural history; conservation; land management.
- There are opportunities for student-faculty collaborative research, and the College owns a natural history museum, greenhouse, herbarium, student-run farm, and hundreds of acres of natural properties managed by the Department of Biology.
Qualifications
- A Ph.D. or equivalent is required; post-doctoral research and/or teaching experience is desirable.
- For an expanded description about Earlham College and the Department of Biology please visit our website.
To Apply
Please click "Apply" below to upload, as a single pdf, a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy, a research plan, and an explicit plan detailing how you plan to interact with and teach a diverse community to.
Arrange for three letters of reference to be emailed to Kim Wills.
Email any direct questions about the position to Chris R. Smith, Ph.D.
Review of applications will begin on October 15, 2017, and continue until the position is filled.