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Description
The Bard Center for Environmental Policy at Bard College invites applications for an environmental scientist to teach in its graduate program, to carry out research, and to engage in activities that link scientific knowledge to environmental policy. Preferred areas of specialization are: ecology, environmental toxicology and energy. The Center's unique Master of Science program, with dual degree options, is based on scientific knowledge and the economic, political, legal and cultural processes that influence environmental policy-making. The professional degree program aims to educate students for environmental policy positions in the public, private, and non-profit sector.
The position is at the assistant professor level, full-time and tenure track. A less-than-full-time position, or a multi-year, non-tenure track senior position is also possible.
The primary teaching responsibility is to teach the Scientific Foundations of Environmental Policy course (consult the BCEP website for details).
Qualifications
The successful candidate will have experience in teaching, research, and applied policy work with an agency, business or nonprofit organization. The candidate should have a strong interest in interdisciplinary collaboration across the natural and social sciences as well as a commitment to teaching and working with students. It is expected that applicants are engaged in active research and have the ability to secure outside funding. International experience is highly desirable. The position offers a unique opportunity to be part of a small team in an innovative, highly integrated program for a select group of students. Curriculum development requires close interaction among the faculty.
Compensation
Salary is commensurate with the candidate's level of experience. The College provides a generous benefits package.
Bard's campus is situated in the magnificent Hudson River Valley in view of the Catskill Mountains, 1 1/2 hours by train from New York City. The National Estuarine Research Reserve and Hudsonia, Ltd. are housed within the campus Field Station on the Tivoli Bays estuary of the Hudson River, and the Institute for Ecosystem Studies is nearby.
Closing Date
Applications will be reviewed as they are received.
Deadline is December 1, 2004.
To Apply
Those interested in the position should send a letter describing their qualifications, a curriculum vitae, and names of several references to:
Director of Human Resources
Bard College
PO Box 5000
Annandale on Hudson NY 12504-5000
An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.