Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Science

FAIRHAVEN COLLEGE OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

Position Available:

Tenure-track Assistant Professor of science to teach science in a critical liberal arts context

Duties:

Teach interdisciplinary core courses and topical seminars, sponsor independent student projects and advise students.  Scholarship and participation in college and university functions also are integral components of this appointment.  Date of Appointment: September 16, 2007

Required Qualifications:

•        PhD or equivalent is required in any natural or physical science discipline.

•        Successful teaching experience including experience with teaching methods that foster interdisciplinary perspectives and promote interactive, participatory learning.

•        Ability to teach scientific concepts and practices in field or non-laboratory settings.

Preferred Qualifications:  

•        Science-related interdisciplinary fields such as environmental science, human ecology, ethno botany, health and wellness sciences, sustainable systems design, and appropriate technology, and science as a tool for a just society.

•           Evidence of the abilities to teach scientific concepts and methods to non-majors, to provide upper-division opportunities for students developing interdisciplinary degree programs in various areas of science and to use science to examine issues of gender, class, and ethnicity in local and global contexts, and to examine the interrelationships between the world’s cultures, institutions, and the environment.

•        Evidence of potential for scholarship and/or creative activities that could lead to tenure.

College: Fairhaven College is an interdisciplinary college of Western Washington University and students are encouraged to take an unusual degree of responsibility for the structure and content of their own education. To foster a cooperative learning atmosphere, classes are generally small and narrative evaluations are used in lieu of letter grades. A 5-acre on-campus Outdoor Experiential Learning Site, a 165-acre Arboretum adjacent to campus, and the local bioregion offer rich opportunities for teaching and research. Curriculum focuses on issues of social and personal responsibility. We encourage students to look at the world from diverse broad perspectives such as cultural, historical, artistic, and scientific using specific lenses such as power, oppression, cooperative interdependence, human ecology, systems thinking, and the quest for social, economic, and environmental sustainability. 

Application Procedure: Send a cover letter, résumé, short essay on your approach to teaching and learning, one-paragraph descriptions of three courses you would especially like to teach, and three letters of reference. Semi-finalists will be asked to provide additional information, including teaching evaluations and course materials prior to invitation for interviews.

Applications will be considered beginning October 16, 2006, continuing until the position is filled. Only complete applications will be reviewed.

Send all materials to: 

Steve Mach,

Office of the Dean (06FAIR-01)

Western Washington University,

Fairhaven College     

516 High Street – MS 9118

 Bellingham, WA  98225-9118