{"id":41241,"date":"2021-06-21T20:41:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T03:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=41241"},"modified":"2021-06-21T20:41:55","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T03:41:55","slug":"job-environmental-science-faculty-loyola-university-chicagos-school-of-environmental-sustainability-chicago-il","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/job-environmental-science-faculty-loyola-university-chicagos-school-of-environmental-sustainability-chicago-il\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Environmental Science Faculty, Loyola University Chicago\u2019s School of Environmental Sustainability (Chicago, IL)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Loyola University Chicago\u2019s (LUC) School of Environmental Sustainability (SES) invites applications for a full-time teaching faculty position in Environmental Science, beginning in August 2021. The\u00a0SES\u00a0seeks to diversify its faculty and is particularly encouraging underrepresented minorities, women, and people with disabilities to apply. The successful candidate will start at the rank of Lecturer beginning in August 2021, and the position will be reviewed every three years for renewal and promotion.<\/div>\n
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We are seeking candidates who can teach introductory environmental science, and intermediate-level courses focusing on environmental chemistry. Expertise in basic chemistry, pollution chemistry, biogeochemistry and ecology of soils, aquatic systems, ground water, and\/or air are all desirable.<\/b>\u00a0Preferred applicants will be motivated to advance the\u00a0SES\u00a0mission.<\/div>\n
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We are seeking candidates who can teach Candidates for the position must clearly demonstrate their potential for excellence in teaching and devotion to student success. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to teaching introductory environmental science for both\u00a0SES\u00a0majors and non-majors, and teach intermediate-level courses focusing on environmental chemistry which include courses in soil ecology, water, and\/or air with emphases on basic chemistry, biogeochemical cycling and pollution. These courses have and can have laboratories that emphasize skill building in both the field and laboratory. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to develop courses in their specialty that enhance the\u00a0SES\u00a0curriculum.<\/div>\n
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Candidates should have a Ph.D., but\u00a0ABD\u00a0will be considered. Candidates of color and those with at least a year of experience teaching undergraduate courses as the instructor of record will be given strongest consideration.<\/div>\n
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Loyola University Chicago is committed to environmental sustainability, having transformed its campuses to meet energy, water, and waste efficiencies that have consistently ranked the University in the top 5% of green campuses nationally. The new School of Environmental Sustainability is growing quickly and currently serves 380 undergraduate and 70 graduate students. It is housed within a state-of-the-art geo-thermally heated\/cooled building complex containing a 3,100 sq ft greenhouse, aquaponics facilities, a biodiesel production facility, teaching & research labs, environmental analytical lab, ecotoxicology lab, a\u00a0GIS\u00a0Lab, and a \u2018green\u2019 dormitory. The university prioritizes sustainability with 13 energy efficient\u00a0LEED\u00a0certified buildings, permeable pavement, green roof installations, and student-run urban gardens supplying the\u00a0LUC\u00a0Farmer\u2019s Market. The Loyola University Retreat & Ecology Campus (LUREC) has a wetland restoration project in a 20-acre wetland, a 5-acre organic farm, and is a venue for three-week summer field courses and for faculty and student research in sustainable agriculture, ecology, and wetland restoration. For more information about\u00a0SES, please see our website (https:\/\/www.careers.luc.edu\/postings\/16239<\/a>\u00a0)<\/div>\n
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We are completing an accelerated search and will be collecting applications for the rest of the month.\u00a0 If you know any colleagues who you believe would be good candidates for this position, please share the posting with them.\u00a0 We appreciate\u00a0your support of this search!<\/div>\n
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