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normal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Assistant
Professor or Associate Professor and Program Director of Environmental Science</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sweet Briar prides itself on creating a
learning environment that encourages young women to fulfill their highest
potential. Leadership in all walks of life is fostered by the special
connections our faculty make with their students, and Sweet Briar women
translate their academic experiences to lead interesting and important lives.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sweet Briar College seeks a
collaborative, creative environmental scientist, for a tenure track position at
the advanced assistant or associate level, committed to the education of
undergraduates, to join the Department of Environmental Science and create synergies
with other departments.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The field of
expertise is open, but we especially welcome applicants who will use our 3250-acre
campus as a research station and classroom (e.g. sustainable agriculture, soil
science, biogeochemistry, ecohydrology).<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
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<p style="margin:0.1pt 0in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Our
environmental alumnae are successful in graduate programs, and employed as
environmental consultants, engineers, geospatial analysts and field
scientists.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The environmental program
has unrealized potential, because Sweet Briar has distinct assets that offer
opportunities for the program to expand in new directions.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Among these assets are:</span></p>
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</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">a 3250 acre campus with exceptional hardwood
forests, permanent forest plots, a deer exclosure, lakes, a community garden,
and warm season grass fields planted as biofuels (</span><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/sbc.edu/sbc-natural-areas/home)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">https://sites.google.com/a/sbc.edu/sbc-natural-areas/home)</span></a><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0.1pt 0in 0.1pt 0.5in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">a state of the art research tower for studying
biosphere-atmosphere interactions (</span></span><a href="http://sbc-lars.blog.sbc.edu/"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">http://sbc-lars.blog.sbc.edu/</span></a><span class=""><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">)</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">an
administration that is supportive of academic and research use of the land</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">one
of two women’s colleges in the United States offering an ABET-accredited engineering
degree program</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">faculty
in the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Engineering and Physics, Environmental
Science, Mathematics and Psychology who are highly collaborative in teaching
and research</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">support
for faculty research including an internal faculty grants program and a summer
Honors research program</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in;text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
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Professor:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in;text-align:justify"><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Requirements</span></u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">: </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">A Ph.D. in an environmental science or
related field; experience teaching undergraduates; a research program with the
potential to involve undergraduates; interest in working across disciplines and
engaging in collaborative scholarship or teaching.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Primary Responsibilities</span></u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>teach introductory through capstone level environmental science courses;
mentor students in research; participate in revising the environmental
curriculum; participate in outreach to middle school and high school girls
interested in the environment.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in;text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Associate
Professor and Program Director (with a fast track to tenure):<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in;text-align:justify"><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Requirements</span></u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">: </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">A Ph.D. in an environmental science or
related field; evidence of excellence in teaching undergraduates and mentoring
undergraduates in research; evidence of work across disciplines, for example by
engaging in collaborative scholarship, teaching or curriculum development; and
success in obtaining external funding for research, teaching or outreach.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in;text-align:justify"><u><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Primary Responsibilities</span></u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> teach introductory through capstone
level environmental science courses; mentor students in research; lead a
collaborative group in evaluating and revising the environmental curriculum; strengthen
collaborations with other programs at the college; provide leadership in
outreach to and recruiting of middle school and high school girls interested in
the environment; work with Development to increase external and donor funding
for the environmental program.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Application
Requirements</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">For full consideration, please submit to
<a href="mailto:envirosearch@sbc.edu">envirosearch@sbc.edu</a> a single PDF file containing a cover letter describing
your qualifications for this position, curriculum vitae, statements of teaching
and research interests, and contact information for three references.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>For questions about the position, please
contact Duberg Professor of Ecology Linda Fink (<a href="mailto:lfink@sbc.edu">lfink@sbc.edu</a>).<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></i>Review
of applications will start January 11, 2016.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Applications will be accepted until the
position is filled.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:rgb(26,26,26)">Sweet Briar College (</span></i><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://www.sbc.edu">www.sbc.edu</a><span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">), located on 3,250 scenic acres in the foothills of the
Blue Ridge Mountains near Lynchburg, VA, is a nationally-ranked, independent,
residential, liberal arts and sciences college for women. As an Equal
Opportunity Employer, Sweet Briar College is committed to enhancing our
community and encourages applications from qualified individuals with varied
backgrounds, experiences and ideas who would increase the diversity of the
College.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></span></i></p>
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