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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT",sans-serif;color:black">ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: AMHERST COLLEGE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT",sans-serif;color:black">Environmental Scientist<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">The Department of Environmental Studies at Amherst College invites applications for a tenure-track<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">environmental scientist at the rank of assistant professor whose research intersects with the challenges of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">climate change. The department is looking for a person with broad intellectual interests who is<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">committed to teaching and working at a liberal arts college. The appointment will begin on July 1, 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">Amherst College is one of the most diverse liberal arts colleges in the country. Within the last decade, the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">college has profoundly transformed its student body in terms of socioeconomic status, ethnicity, race,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">sexuality and gender identity, and nationality. Today, nearly one-quarter of Amherst’s students are Pell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">grant recipients; 45 percent of our students identify as domestic students of color; and 10 percent of our<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">students are international students. Our expectation is that the successful candidate for this position will<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">excel at teaching and mentoring students who are broadly diverse with regard to race, ethnicity,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">socioeconomic status, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, and religion. Amherst College has an<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">Office of Environmental Sustainability and is committed to a Climate Action Plan that will bring the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">college to carbon neutrality by 2030. Amherst also supports the onsite Book and Plow Farm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">The successful candidate is expected to establish a high-quality research program that involves<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">undergraduates. Start-up funding, additional forms of institutional support, state-of-the-art facilities, and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">a generous leave policy are available to support faculty. Successful candidates will have a strong<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">grounding in quantitative methods and are expected to develop an environmental science course and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">additional courses in their specialization, and participate in interdisciplinary team-taught introductory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">and/or senior capstone courses in environmental studies. A Ph.D. is required, and postdoctoral experience<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">is preferred.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">Candidates are asked to submit electronically to
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:blue">https://apply.interfolio.com/64146
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">a cover letter,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">curriculum vitae, and separate research and teaching statements and to arrange for three confidential<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">letters of recommendation. Review of applications will begin on October 7, 2019, and applications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">received by this date will receive full consideration. The search will remain open until the position is<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">filled.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">For more information about this position, and about Amherst’s Department of Environmental Studies,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">visit:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:blue">https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/environmental_studies</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">. For questions about the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">position or the application process, please contact Diane Hutton, academic department coordinator of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">environmental studies (dbhutton@amherst.edu; 413-542-2233). Amherst College is an Equal Opportunity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">Employer and encourages women, persons of color, and persons with disabilities to apply. The college is<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">committed to enriching the educational experience it offers through the diversity of its faculty,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">administration and staff.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">Amherst College is a private undergraduate liberal arts college with 1,800 students and a teaching faculty<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">of more than two hundred. Located in the Connecticut River Valley of western Massachusetts, Amherst<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">participates with Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts in<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT;color:black">the Five College Consortium.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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