Assistant Professor (Teaching), Career Track Earth Sciences Program

Title:
158-NN - Teaching Assistant Professor - Career

Business Title:
Assistant Professor (Teaching), Career Track Earth Sciences Program

Additional Titles:

Location:
WSU PULLMAN CAMPUS

Employee Type:
Faculty (+) (Fixed Term)

Job Family:
Faculty - Academic - Not OT Eligible

Position Details:

COVID-19 Vaccine Information:

In accordance with Washington State Governor's Proclamation 21.14.2, as a condition of employment, you must be fully vaccinated or have an approved medical/religious accommodation by time of hire. People are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving their last shot in a vaccine series. Vaccine or an approved accommodation will be verified prior to your first day of work. Should you not be fully vaccinated or have an approved medical/religious accommodation you will not be able to start employment with WSU. Information regarding vaccine verification and/or requesting a medical/religious accommodation is available at https://hrs.wsu.edu/covid-19/vax-verification/. Please contact HRS at hrs@wsu.edu or 509-335-4521 if you have questions.

Position Summary

The Earth Science program in the School of the Environment at Washington State University (WSU) invites applications for an Assistant Professor (Teaching), Career Track faculty position with a focus on Earth Science Instruction. This is a nine month, initial three year fixed-term appointment with possibility of renewal. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience, and benefits are competitive. It is expected that the successful candidate will begin the appointment on August 16, 2022. This position is located on the Pullman, WA campus.

Job duties

The successful applicant is expected to teach introductory-level and upper-division courses within the Earth Science core curriculum. These classes include: SOE 101 (Welcome to the Earth: An Introduction to Geology); SOE 102 (Geology for Science Majors); SOE 210 (Earth's History and Evolution); and SOE 303 (Environmental Geology). The applicant would be responsible for designing and delivering lectures in some of these courses, as well as the coordination of graduate student teaching assistants who teach the associated laboratory sections for these courses. There is also potential for the candidate to teach courses within their particular disciplinary strength and interests. For more information about the courses offered within the Earth Science program at WSU please see: https://catalog.wsu.edu/Pullman/Courses/BySubject/SOE

In addition, the hired individual will be expected to: (i) recruit and mentor undergraduate majors; (ii) work collaboratively, respectfully, and productively with other faculty, staff, and students from a wide range of disciplines, cultures, and academic backgrounds; (iii) maintain investment in pedagogical development; and (iv) serve university, professional, and/or public organizations from an ethical and evidence-based position.

Program Description

The Earth Science program within the School of the Environment at WSU offers an undergraduate major in Earth Sciences, and Masters and Doctoral degrees in Geology. Specialties within the Earth Science Program include Structural Geology and Tectonics, Geochronology and Isotope Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology, Geophysics, Volcanology, and Earth Surface Processes. An essential aspect of the mission of the Earth Science program at WSU is providing undergraduate students with foundational scientific understanding about the planet on which they live. Each year we provide fundamental science training to approximately 1500 WSU students in our introductory courses. This hire is intended to help sustain and strengthen this important mission.

The School of the Environment supports the current and future mission of Washington State University as a major land-grant research institution. Our teaching, research, and outreach advance understanding of the Earth's complex and dynamic physical, structural, biogeochemical, ecological and biological systems, as well as the impacts of land use and climate change. Our ~38 faculty, ~100 graduate students, and ~500 undergraduates work together from multiple campuses across Washington state on a broad range of issues, ranging from Earth formation and evolution to present-day processes among Earth's diverse environments. The SoE brings together undergraduate science majors in Earth Science, Environmental and Ecosystem Science, Forest Ecology and Management, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Sciences, and offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Geology and Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences.

WSU is a Tier I research institution with campuses unified across Washington state. Located in the homelands of the Nimiipuu (Nez Perce) Tribe and Palus people, and on traditional Cowlitz, Umatilla, and Yakama Nation lands, among others, WSU acknowledges the complications of regional and national history and their intersection with higher education. We work to increase the inclusion and success of historically underrepresented or marginalized students, staff, and faculty. We are committed to excellence through diversity and faculty-friendly policy action, and to cultivating a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive departmental culture. Persons who meet the required qualifications and are of intersectional identities spanning complexes of race, gender, orientation, mental and physical ability, previous employment, and life experience are encouraged to apply.

Required Qualifications

• Earned doctorate in Earth Sciences or related discipline at the time of appointment.
  
• Evidence of successful classroom and/or individual instruction or mentorship.
  
• Demonstrated ability and/or potential to support, mentor, and educate individuals identifying with historically underserved groups and contribute to WSU's diversity, equity, and inclusion goals (www.wsu.edu/drive-to-25/diversity-recruitment-plans), e.g., based on past experience or training.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Preference will be given to candidates with a scholarship focus on Earth Science Education.
  
• Experience and interest in leading students on field trips.
  
• Experience with, or willingness to, teach online.
  

Additional Information:

Area/College: College of Arts and Science
Department Name: School of the Environment
City, State, Zip: Pullman, WA 99164-2812
Department Link: environment.wsu.edu/
Monthly Salary: Salary Commensurate with Qualifications and Experience
FTE: 100%
Tenure Track: No
Permanent/Temporary: This is an initial three year fixed-term appointment with possibility of renewal.
Screening Begin Date: This position will begin screening applicants on March 16, 2022 and will remain ongoing until a successful applicant has been identified.
Background Check: This position has been designated by the department to require a background check.
Required Documents:

• A cover letter explaining your interest in the position (1 page maximum).
  
• A teaching statement (2 pages maximum) addressing your experience, philosophy, and pedagogical approaches. Please detail teaching experience, innovations and, if available, past assessments or evidence of teaching and mentoring effectiveness. Address how you could teach undergraduate courses in Earth Science, as well as on topics that would appeal to interdisciplinary Environmental Science or general undergraduate education. Please also include, if applicable, a discussion of your past, current, or future Earth Science Education scholarship.
  
• A statement on your contributions to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (2 pages maximum). Discuss experience or training relevant to teaching among and about diverse perspectives and backgrounds Provide specific examples of your ability to support the success of individuals identifying with minoritized groups in higher education. Please also discuss your intended future growth in and contributions to equity, diversity, and inclusion in SoE and at WSU or beyond.
  
• A current Curriculum Vitae.
  
• The Names and contact information of three (3) professional references able to provide a letter addressing qualifications relative to this position. References will not be contacted without first informing the candidate.
  

Time Type:
Full time

Position Term:
9 Month

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EDUCATOR AND EMPLOYER. Members of ethnic minorities, women, special disabled veterans, veterans of the Vietnam-era, recently separated veterans, and other protected veteran, persons of disability and/or persons age 40 and over are encouraged to apply.

WSU employs only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized non-U.S. citizens. All new employees must show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

WSU is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact Human Resource Services: 509-335-4521 (v), Washington State TDD Relay Service: Voice Callers: 1-800-833-6384; TDD Callers: 1-800-833-6388, 509-335-1259(f), or hrs@wsu.edu.

To apply, visit https://wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jobs/job/Pullman-WA/Assistant-Professor--Teaching---Career-Track-Earth-Sciences-Program_R-4620

Washington State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Educator and Employer.





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