[Grad-postdoc-assn] Fwd: Visiting Asst Professor/Envir Studies+Policy

Maura Hagan hagan at ucar.edu
Tue Mar 11 11:27:18 MDT 2008


>

Fellows-
  Appended please find an opportunity that may be of interest. Note the
imminent application deadline. Best regards.
--Maura

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>> From: Mary Mercier <mercier at wisc.edu>
>> Date: March 10, 2008 1:55:12 PM PDT
>> To: nelson_alumni at lists.wisc.edu
>> Subject: [nelson_alumni] Visiting Asst Professor/Envir Studies+Policy
>>
>> Visiting Assistant Professor - Environmental Studies –  
>> Environmental Policy
>>
>> Macalester College’s Environmental Studies Department invites  
>> applications for a full-time, one-year appointment in environmental  
>> policy at the assistant professor rank beginning fall 2008. Ph.D.  
>> in Environmental Studies or Political Science preferred; teaching  
>> experience desirable. Macalester’s Environmental Studies Department  
>> emphasizes a fully interdisciplinary approach to environmental  
>> issues, drawing on contributions from the natural sciences, the  
>> social sciences, and the humanities. An attractive application will  
>> show strong teaching interests in and commitment to such  
>> interdisciplinary approaches to environmental policy with an  
>> emphasis in the area of political science.
>>
>> The successful candidate will teach five courses including two  
>> sections of Environmental Politics and Policy (one of the  
>> Department’s required introductory courses for majors), Sustainable  
>> Development, and two elective topics courses in Environmental  
>> Studies and/or Political Science related to the candidate’s field  
>> of expertise. Geographical focus and/ field of specialization  
>> within the environmental policy area are open, but research and/or  
>> teaching experience relating to issues of international  
>> environmental policy is desirable.
>>
>> Send letter of application, CV, three letters of recommendation,  
>> course syllabi, a pedagogical statement, and student evaluations if  
>> available to Dr. Daniel J. Hornbach, Chair, Department of  
>> Environmental Studies, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Avenue, St.  
>> Paul, MN 55105. Applications received by March 15, 2008 will  
>> receive first consideration.
>>
>> Macalester College is a selective, private liberal arts college  
>> located in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, whose vital  
>> and diverse urban communities offer multiple opportunities for  
>> engagement as an integral part of the student experience. The  
>> College enrolls over 1800 students from 50 states plus the District  
>> of Columbia and almost 80 countries. As an Equal Opportunity  
>> employer supportive of making affirmative efforts to achieve a  
>> diverse workforce, the College strongly encourages applications  
>> from women and members of underrepresented minority groups. We are  
>> especially interested in applicants who are dedicated to excellence  
>> in both teaching and research in a liberal arts setting and who are  
>> committed to working with students of diverse backgrounds. All  
>> faculty at Macalester are expected to help sustain the Colleges  
>> distinctive mission of educational excellence with a special  
>> emphasis on internationalism, multiculturalism, and service to  
>> society as they pursue their individual research programs and  
>> engage with students in and out of the classroom.
>>
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