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One-Year Visiting Assistant Professor in Earth Science
Department: Earth Science & Geography Department
Posting Removal Date:
Posting Number: F104P
For full consideration applicants should apply by:
About Vassar College
Vassar is a highly selective, coeducational liberal arts college of about 2400 undergraduate students, located in the Hudson Valley, seventy-five miles north of New York City. Vassar stands upon the homelands of the Munsee Lenape. The College is located in Poughkeepsie, home to a culturally diverse community, and benefits from convenient commuter rail access to New York City. Vassar faculty are committed teachers/scholars who bring research and creative discovery to life for students in classrooms, labs, and studios and in individually-mentored projects. They teach broadly in the curricula of their departments, advise students, and serve on college-wide and departmental committees. The College maintains a generous leave policy, provides strong support for research, and encourages multidisciplinary approaches to teaching.
Position Introduction
The Department of Earth Science at Vassar College invites applications for a visiting assistant professor in surface processes and deposits for the 2024-25 academic year.
AA Statement
Vassar College is deeply committed to increasing the diversity of the campus community and the curriculum, and to promoting an environment of equality, inclusion, and respect for difference. Candidates who can contribute to this goal through their teaching, research, advising, and other activities are encouraged to identify their strengths and experiences in this area. The College is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, and especially welcomes applications from veterans, women, individuals with disabilities, and members of racial, ethnic, and other groups whose underrepresentation in the American professoriate has been severe and longstanding.
Position Description
The successful candidate will teach intermediate level courses in Geomorphology and Sedimentology and an advanced seminar course of their choosing. The position carries a teaching load of 3 units in one semester and 2 units in the other. Candidates should hold a Ph.D. in Geology or Earth Science at the time of appointment or be very near completion of that degree.
Instrumentation in the department includes rock crushing and thin sectioning equipment; Bruker Phaser X-ray diffractometer; a Beckman-Coulter counter; a tabletop SEM/EDS; a microbalance; lake and soil coring equipment; hydrology, paleoclimatology, rock analysis, and biogeochemistry laboratories; and GIS computer lab. In addition, the department shares an ICP-MS, a Dionex ion chromatograph, and a Bruker Tracer portable XRF spectrometer with the Department of Chemistry in the College's Bridge Building for Integrated Science. The College also owns a 500-acre ecological preserve with a laboratory field station, groundwater teaching wells, and a meteorological station adjacent to the main campus.
Salary Wage Range
Pay Transparency Disclosure: The annual base starting salary range for this full-time visiting position is $84,000 to $88,000 (USD). When extending an offer of employment, Vassar College considers factors such as (but not limited to) candidates education/training, work experience, internal peer equity, as well as market and organizational considerations. This salary range represents the Colleges good faith and reasonable estimate at the time of posting.
How to Apply
Candidates should submit:
- Letter of application-CV-Personal Statement-Three recommendation letters-A brief teaching statement-An unofficial graduate transcript-A candidate diversity statement (additional information can be found at https://offices.vassar.edu/dean-of-the-faculty/positions/candidate-diversity-statement/)
Special Instructions to Applicants
To Apply
All applicants must apply online at: https://employment.vassar.edu/postings/3713.
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