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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='color:black'>What we are looking for: </span></b><i><span style='color:black'> </span></i><span style='color:black'>Quest University Canada seeks applicants for a full-time continuing faculty position in the area of Physical Sciences. The successful candidate will have exemplary teaching skills, a cross-disciplinary perspective and a willingness to rethink higher education. The applicant will contribute to our current Foundation courses, teach introductory (e.g. Newtonian mechanics, electricity and magnetism) and intermediate physics courses and develop new Concentration courses in his or her area of specialty that complement existing offerings. Please see </span><a href="http://www.questu.ca/course-calendar.html">http://www.questu.ca/course-calendar.html</a><span style='color:black'> for additional information on course offerings. Candidates who demonstrate the ability and willingness to develop experiential opportunities including undergraduate research projects are highly desirable. All Quest faculty are expected to be able to teach four interdisciplinary courses - Cornerstone, Rhetoric, Question, and Keystone; most faculty teach one of these courses per year. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='color:black'>About Quest: </span></b><span style='color:black'>Quest University Canada offers an interdisciplinary liberal arts and science degree to undergraduates in seminar-style classes limited to 20 students. Run on a block schedule, courses are intensive and highly interactive. Our faculty collaborate frequently across disciplines in both curricular development and pedagogical innovation. Further details about Quest and the application procedure can be found at </span><a href="http://www.questu.ca/faculty_employment.html">http://www.questu.ca/faculty_employment.html</a><span style='color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Applicant requirements:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'> A PhD is required at the time of appointment. Candidates are expected to have designed and taught at least one university-level (or equivalent) course. To complement expertise of existing faculty, candidates in the physics of natural systems and/or the physics of the built environment will all be considered for this position. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Disciplines already represented on our faculty include: Environmental Chemistry and Engineering, Nanomaterials Chemistry, Environmental Geophysics and Hard Rock Geology. Please examine the profiles of our current faculty and indicate in your application how your expertise will expand our existing Physical Science offerings. <span style='color:black'>Those with a specialization in, or closely related to, existing areas need not apply. Although research, especially that involving undergraduates, is encouraged, those seeking a research-focused faculty position should not apply. Hiring for this position is subject to budgetary approval.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='color:black'>All applications must include </span></b><span style='color:black'>(1) a cover letter of no more than two pages. Please: (a) address specific aspects of the Quest curriculum that you find particularly exciting and explain how your background prepares you to deliver these pedagogical approach(es); (b) specify how you are qualified to teach one (or more) existing Quest Foundation courses; (c) list specific new courses you can create [or existing courses you could reapproach] for our Concentration program; and (d) describe what your Question would be if you were a Quest student. (2) a curriculum vitae emphasizing your experience with teaching, research, mentoring, collaboration, and innovation. Please include the name and contact information for three references. (3) A description of your PhD in language appropriate to an educated but non-specialist audience (~200 words).<b> </b>(4) A one page statement describing how your research and scholarship can translate into successful mentoring of undergraduates and innovative in-class teaching.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>Please send all materials as a single .pdf file to </span><a href="mailto:psfaculty@questu.ca">psfaculty@questu.ca</a><span style='color:black'> by December 01, 2014. Interviews for finalists will be run December, 2014-January, 2015. The start date for the position will be August 01, 2015.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rich Wildman<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tutor (professor) in the Physical Sciences<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Quest University Canada<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://tantalus.questu.ca/~rwildman">https://tantalus.questu.ca/~rwildman</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>