<div dir="ltr"><h2>Geology Department, Augustana College </h2><p><a href="https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/7825">https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/7825</a><br></p>
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<tbody><tr><td><b>Position ID:</b></td><td><a href="https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/Augustana%20College">Augustana College</a>-<a href="https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/Augustana%20College/Geology%20Department">Geology Department</a>-<a href="https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/7825">AP</a> [#7825]</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Position Title:</b> </td><td>Assistant Professor: Paleontology and Stratigraphy</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Position Type:</b></td><td>Tenured/Tenure-track faculty</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Position Location:</b></td><td>Rock Island, Illinois 61201, United States [<a href="https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo?joblist---2485-7825----m">map</a>]</td></tr>
<tr valign="top"><td><b>Subject Areas:</b> </td><td><a href="https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/Geology">Geology</a> / <a href="https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/Geology/sedimentology">sedimentology</a>, <a href="https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/Geology/stratigraphy">stratigraphy</a>, <a href="https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/Geology/paleontology">paleontology</a></td></tr><tr><td><b>Starting Date:</b></td><td>2017/08/01</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Appl Deadline:</b></td><td>2016/12/16<span class="gmail-red" title="deadline enforced.">*</span><span class="gmail-red" title="No application updates allowed after 2016/12/16.">*</span> (posted 2016/09/06, listed until 2016/12/16)</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Position Description:</b></td><td><span class="gmail-sml"> <a href="https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/7825/apply">Apply</a> </span></td></tr>
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<tbody><tr><td><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"garamond","serif"">Geology - Augustana College, Rock
Island, Illinois, </span></b><span style="font-family:"garamond","serif";color:rgb(34,34,34)">invites applications for a full-time,
</span><b><span style="font-family:"garamond","serif";color:rgb(34,34,34)">tenure-track assistant professor</span></b><span style="font-family:"garamond","serif";color:rgb(34,34,34)"> in
geology beginning August 2017. </span><span style="font-family:"garamond","serif"">Augustana
College is a selective liberal arts college of approximately 2,500 students,
most of whom live on a wooded 115-acre campus.
Rock Island, Illinois, is part of the Illinois-Iowa Quad Cities along
the Mississippi River, a diverse metropolitan area with 400,000 residents, located
about three hours west of Chicago. <br>
</span><span style="font-family:"garamond","serif"">We seek a colleague, committed to
excellence in teaching, advising, mentoring, and research involving our diverse
undergraduates, who is a broadly trained <b>geoscientist
with expertise in</b> <b>paleontology,
stratigraphy and/or sedimentology</b>, and who should be able to capitalize on
and help oversee the extensive rock, mineral, and fossil collections of
Augustana’s Fryxell Geology Museum. The successful candidate will teach a range
of introductory- to upper-level undergraduate courses, and will advise students
on directed research projects. In addition, the successful candidate must
contribute to existing and new field opportunities for students through courses
and department-sponsored academically engaging field trips. Service to the College
is also part of faculty expectations. Ancillary interest and expertise in
sustainability, economic geology, global climate change, low-temperature
geochemistry, or geographical information systems (GIS) – which can integrate
with our environmental studies program or our Upper Mississippi Studies Center
– would be highly beneficial. <br>
We are strongly committed to the undergraduate liberal arts traditions,
realizing that a well-rounded student is one who understands and appreciates
the scientific method, the natural world, and humans’ place in it. As our
society faces complex problems, particularly with respect to resource
depletion, energy use, and global climate change, it is vital that all students
develop an understanding of and appreciation for the Earth sciences and
interrelated Earth systems. Geology, by its nature, is an interdisciplinary
science, so we expect the new hire to have that mind-set and to be able to
develop courses attractive to a wide range of students, from geologists to
non-scientists, to participate in interdisciplinary and interdepartmental
programs, and potentially to design community-based learning and service
learning projects. Ideally, we seek an individual who has a deep, up-to-date, demonstrable
understanding of student learning and thriving pedagogy. Teaching load is
typically five classes plus labs each year. A Ph.D. is preferred, but ABD
candidates will be considered.<br>
Augustana’s Department of Geology, established in 1929, has a long history of
excellence as a small undergraduate program. Each student completing the
geology major must complete a senior research project (Senior Inquiry),
culminating in a written thesis, PowerPoint presentations on campus and a
poster presentation at the regional Geological Society of America meeting. In
addition to our Fryxell Geology Museum and its extensive collections, the
department houses a Paleontology Laboratory equipped with air abrasive unit, air
scribes and dust collectors; a Sedimentology Lab; a Geochemistry Lab with a Rigaku SuperMini
XRF spectrometer, a Katanax fusion fluxer, a hydraulic pellet press, fume hoods,
kiln and muffle furnaces; an Experimental Petrology Lab with eight cold-seal
pressure vessels and petrographic and binocular zoom microscopes; and a
Rock-Cutting Laboratory with rock saws, crusher, and thin-section and polishing
equipment. An X-Ray Diffractometer, Scanning Electron Microscope and GIS
computer lab are available in other departments on campus.</span><u><span style="font-family:"garamond","serif";color:blue"><br>
</span></u><span style="font-family:"garamond","serif"">Questions may be directed to the chair of
the department, Dr. Jeffrey Strasser, at </span><a href="mailto:JeffreyStrasser@augustana.edu"><span style="font-family:"garamond","serif";color:blue">JeffreyStrasser@augustana.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"garamond","serif"">. The application deadline is December 16,
2016. All application materials including a cover letter, CV,
unofficial graduate transcripts, research and teaching statements and
contact information for three reference letters must be submitted
through </span><font face="Garamond, serif"><a href="https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/7825">https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/7825</a></font><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <br></span><span style="font-family:garamond,serif">More information about Augustana College, the geology department and the
selection process can be found on the faculty search website </span><a href="http://www.augustanafaculty.org/"><span style="font-family:"garamond","serif"">www.augustanafaculty.org</span></a><span style="font-family:garamond,serif">, on the campus website </span><a href="http://www.augustana.edu/"><span style="font-family:"garamond","serif"">www.augustana.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> and on the departmental website </span><a href="http://www.augustana.edu/geology"><span style="font-family:"garamond","serif"">www.augustana.edu/geology</span></a><span style="font-family:garamond,serif">. </span><span style="font-family:garamond,serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Augustana College is an equal
opportunity employer and actively encourages applications from women and
persons of diverse ethnic backgrounds.
We do not discriminate based on age, race, color, ethnic origin, gender,
sexual orientation, disability or creed.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"garamond","serif";color:rgb(34,34,34)">
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<br><b>Application Materials Required:</b><dl><dd><b><a href="https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo?apply-2485-7825-1">Submit</a> the following items online at this website:</b><ul><li>
Cover Letter</li><li> Curriculum Vitae</li><li> Research Statement</li><li> Teaching Statement</li><li> Sample of Scholarly Writing</li><li> Copy of Unofficial Graduate Transcripts</li><li>Three Reference Letters <span class="gmail-gray">(to be submitted by the reference writers at this site <img src="https://academicjobsonline.org/icons/help.gif" alt="help popup" align="bottom">)</span></li></ul>
</dd><dd><b>And anything else requested in the position description.</b></dd></dl>
<br><b>Further Info:</b>
<dl><dd><a href="http://www.augustana.edu/geology">www.augustana.edu/geology</a></dd><dd><img src="https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo?emailpng-12721" alt="email" align="top"></dd><dd> </dd><dd>Department of Geology<br>Augustana College<br>639 38th St.<br>Rock Island, IL 61201</dd></dl></div>