<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Hello everyone,</span><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Please circulate widely!</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">The Environmental Studies Program at the University of Southern California is hiring both a full time and part time faculty position.  These are non-tenure track positions, but hiring can happen under a number of possible titles and at different levels (depending on qualifications and experience, see below) and contracts are renewable.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">On a personal note, I have been working in this program for three years and it is a great group of colleagues.  We also have amazing and passionate students, small class sizes, and a full load of classes is 5 classes in a year.  In addition, USC offers advancement for their faculty that are not on the tenure track.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Please don&#39;t hesitate to email me if you have any questions</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Best,</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Jill </div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">-- <br><div class="gmail-m_-3552947333488851514m_4004511835182933421gmail-m_7363999251461146305gmail_signature"><span style="font-size:12.8px">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<wbr>~~~</span><div style="font-size:12.8px">Jill Sohm, PhD</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Assistant Professor, Teaching</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Director of Undergraduate Programs</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Environmental Studies Program</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">University of Southern California</span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">3454 Trousdale Pkwy, CAS 116B</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Los Angeles, CA 90089</div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Tel: <a href="tel:(213)%20821-0534" value="+12138210534" target="_blank">213-821-0534</a></div></div></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15pt;font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(153,0,0)">2017-2018 Environmental Social Sciences Teaching-Track Faculty Positions</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The Environmental Studies Program in the Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, California, seeks to hire outstanding faculty to fill part time or full-time teaching-track faculty positions--</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif">Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Master Lecturer, Assistant Professor (Teaching), Associate Professor (Teaching), Professor (Teaching), Assistant Professor of the Practice, Associate Professor of the Practice, Professor of the Practice, Adjunct Lecturer, Adjunct Assistant Professor (Teaching), Adjunct Associate Professor (Teaching), Adjunct Professor (Teaching), Visiting Assistant Professor, Visiting Associate Professor, and Visiting Professor--</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">beginning in August 2017.  Our program offers academic courses at both the undergraduate (B.A./B.S.) and graduate (M.A.) levels.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;times new roman&quot;,serif;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Minimum Qualifications: Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Environmental Policy, Chemistry, Biology, Earth Sciences, Political Science, Environmental Sustainability, or related fields from an accredited institution.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&quot;times new r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