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Salary– DOE
Summary of Position
The Department of Environmental & Sustainability Studies at Keene State College invites applications for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor beginning January 2023 or August 2023. We seek candidates with a research and teaching focus in Climate Justice and Mitigation. We are especially interested in candidates who can integrate scientific analyses of climate processes with nuanced understandings of environmental justice. This position is part of an interdisciplinary department with a large number of majors and minors who have broad interests in environmental management, planning, and sustainability. We value teaching and research approaches that integrate the natural sciences with critical social science approaches that address the world’s overlapping environmental and social challenges. The classes offered by our department serve programs in Environmental Studies, Sustainability Studies, Inequality Studies, and others. For more information about the Department of Environmental & Sustainability Studies visit: https://sites.keene.edu/esgs/
The successful candidate will be able to teach introductory courses in environmental studies and sustainability as well as develop classes specifically in climate justice and mitigation. Teaching load is twelve credits, typically three 4-credit courses, per academic semester. Additional responsibilities include participating in departmental activities and campus-wide committees, maintaining an active record of scholarship, and professional development. As part of their regular teaching responsibilities at this public liberal arts college, faculty members will teach both disciplinary courses and courses in the Integrative Studies Program. For more information about this program, please see: http://www.keene.edu/isp/.
Our students come from diverse socio-economic and educational backgrounds, with a high percentage of first-generation college students. By the time Keene State College students complete their undergraduate experience they develop critical thinking, creative inquiry, intercultural competence, civic engagement, and commitments to well-being and to sustainability that will serve them as active citizens and lifelong learners. We strongly encourage individuals to apply who will support the College’s ongoing efforts to help students become responsible global citizens.
At Keene State College, we share a commitment to diversity, equity and multiculturalism as key elements of academic excellence. We seek faculty with a desire to provide support, mentorship and direction to prepare students to work within diverse communities. One of our aspirations is to develop social change agents with the knowledge, skills and experience to compassionately engage with their future employers, peers and those they serve from diverse backgrounds. Faculty actively engage in collaborative work and service within the department and across the College to advance future-thinking curricular and co-curricular approaches that strengthen our Liberal Arts focus and achieve the College’s goals for inclusion and excellence as outlined in the College’s Strategic Plan.
Additional Job Information
Applicants should be prepared to upload the following documents when applying online:
- Letter of Application
- Curriculum Vitae
- Three (3) letters of recommendation*
*Note: You will not be able to upload letters of reference to the job portal when you apply. At the time of application, you will be asked to supply the contact information for three references. These references will receive an email asking them to submit a letter of recommendation if your application advances.
Application Deadline: Review of applications begins immediately and continues until the position is filled or otherwise closed at the College’s discretion. For full consideration, please submit materials by Thursday, September 1, 2022.
Posting Number
PF0663FY23
Acceptable Minimum Qualifications
PhD in a discipline related to Environmental Studies and Sustainability, and a minimum of one year of teaching experience at the college level. ABD near completion will also be considered, but the PhD must be completed by the time of appointment.