<div dir="ltr"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;font-family:Avenir-Heavy,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px">One-year Visiting Assistant Professor in paleoclimate/global change</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:AvenirLTStd55Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;font-family:Avenir-Heavy,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px">Colby College, Waterville, Maine</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:AvenirLTStd55Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:AvenirLTStd55Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:AvenirLTStd55Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">The Colby College Department of Geology invites applications for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor specializing in paleoclimate, paleoceanography, global environmental change, or a related field to begin September 1, 2020. The successful candidate will teach a sophomore-level undergraduate course on Earth’s climate and paleoclimate history with a lab, as well as an introductory geology course and an upper-level elective in their area of specialty (a total of four course equivalents).</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:AvenirLTStd55Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:AvenirLTStd55Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:AvenirLTStd55Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Our ideal candidate will be able to offer both field- and lab-based study of past environmental change in Maine to give students hands-on experience with paleoclimate research. The successful candidate will have access to instrumentation and facilities in the Departments of Geology and Chemistry for research and teaching. These include a powderXRD, micro-XRF, SEM-EDS, CHNSO Elemental Analyzer, ICP-OES, petrographic and binocular microscopes, and sediment-sieving equipment. The search committee is especially interested in candidates with a demonstrated ability to teach and mentor a diverse student population. A Ph.D. at the time of appointment is preferred, but ABD candidates will be considered. Complete applications will include: (1) a brief cover letter, (2) a curriculum vitae, (3) a statement of teaching philosophy illustrating commitment to diversity and inclusive teaching, and (4) three confidential letters of recommendation. </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:AvenirLTStd55Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:AvenirLTStd55Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:AvenirLTStd55Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Please submit all materials via Interfolio at: </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.higheredjobs.com/institution/apply.interfolio.com/69710" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,102);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:AvenirLTStd55Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">apply.interfolio.com/69710</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:AvenirLTStd55Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"> . </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:AvenirLTStd55Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:AvenirLTStd55Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:AvenirLTStd55Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Applications received by January 6, 2020 will receive full consideration, but applications will be reviewed until the position is filled. Inquiries may also be directed to </span><a rel="noopener" href="mailto:paleoclimate20@colby.edu" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,102);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:AvenirLTStd55Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">paleoclimate20@colby.edu</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:AvenirLTStd55Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">. </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:AvenirLTStd55Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:AvenirLTStd55Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700;font-family:Avenir-Heavy,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-size:14px">Statement:</span><br style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:AvenirLTStd55Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:AvenirLTStd55Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Questions regarding this opening can be addressed via email to </span><a href="mailto:HR@colby.edu" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,102);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:AvenirLTStd55Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">HR@colby.edu</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:AvenirLTStd55Roman,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">.</span><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Dr. Bess Koffman<br><div><div>Assistant Professor of Geology</div><div>Colby College</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>