[ES_JOBS_NET] Environmental Studies Full-time, Tenure-track Assistant Professor, Augustana College

[Christine Wiedinmyer]

https://www.augustana.edu/about-us/offices/hr/employment/faculty/environment
al-103-19

 

Environmental Studies Full-time, Tenure-track Assistant Professor

 

The Environmental Studies Program at Augustana College invites applications
for a full-time (10-month) Tenure-track Assistant Professor beginning in the
2019-2020 academic year.

Augustana College is a selective liberal arts college of 2,500 students,
most of whom live on a wooded 115-acre campus. Rock Island, Illinois is one
of the Illinois-Iowa Quad Cities along the Mississippi River, a diverse
metropolitan area with 400,000 residents approximately three hours west of
Chicago.

Augustana College places a high priority on creating an environment
supportive of the promotion of ethnic minorities, women, and persons with
disabilities. The college is also committed to building a culturally diverse
educational environment. Thus, we are particularly interested in candidates
from underrepresented groups with a demonstrated passion for
social/environmental justice and working with diverse student and community
populations.

We encourage applicants, in their letter of application, to address how they
will further this goal in their teaching, scholarship, and/or service.

Augustana does not discriminate based on age, race, color, ethnic origin,
gender, sexual orientation, disability or creed. Details about Augustana,
our expectation of the faculty, the selection process, and the Quad Cities
all are available at
<https://www.augustana.edu/about-us/offices/hr/employment/teaching> Teaching
at Augustana.

The candidate will play a critical role in teaching courses in the
Environmental Studies curriculum, a rapidly growing interdisciplinary
program with approximately 100 majors. Teaching responsibilities could
include an introductory course on the social dimensions of sustainability,
climate change, sustainable energy, upper level courses in their areas of
expertise, and contribute to the capstone interdisciplinary sequence by
guiding the stakeholder process.

The signature sustainability pedagogy of the core curriculum combines
team-based and project/problem-based learning. Faculty will be expected to
contribute to Upper Mississippi Center for Sustainable Communities
Sustainable Working Landscapes Initiative (matches city identified
sustainability problems with courses to create real-world learning
experiences for students) or other community-based sustainability projects
through their teaching.

We encourage applicants to address their experience and/or passion for
teaching courses using these pedagogies in their letter of application.

Service as an academic advisor to Environmental Studies majors will begin in
the second year of employment.

The teaching and supervisory load for this position will total 24 credit
hours (courses are typically 4 credit hours). In addition to traditional
sabbatical leaves available after earning tenure, a one-semester leave to
pursue a scholarly agenda is typically available during the third year of
pre-tenure employment.

Preference will be given to interdisciplinary candidates and those with
areas of specialization in the social sciences or humanities (see below)
emphasizing the human dimensions of environmental problems.

We encourage applications from those with interdisciplinary backgrounds in
both the natural sciences and social sciences/humanities; however,
applicants should explicitly demonstrate in their letter of application and
teaching and scholarship statements their expertise in the human dimensions
of sustainability problems.

Required qualifications

Earned Ph.D. (ABD considered) in a sustainability-related field including
anthropology, geography, sociology, psychology, environmental or social
justice, history, women and gender studies, political economy, political
ecology, environmental policy and governance, sustainable development,
religion (i.e., eco-theology, creation spirituality, environmental ethics),
or a closely related field emphasizing the human dimensions of
social-ecological systems.

Demonstrated experience or willingness to teach project or problem-based
courses.

Demonstrated passion for teaching, integrating, and mentoring undergraduate
students in their research.

Preferred qualifications

Experience of being the instructor of record for undergraduate level
courses; demonstrating a connection to environmental studies a plus.

Demonstrated expertise and experience in one or more of the following areas:
ethnographic methods, conducting participatory (action-oriented) research,
working in the decision-making processes, participating in sustainability
policy or politics and engaging diverse communities in research and
problem-solving.

Demonstrated interdisciplinary expertise and experience in one or more of
the following areas: qualitative methods, root causal analysis, social
network analysis, participatory decision-making, institutional analysis,
stakeholder engagement, adaptive governance and management, risk analysis,
or back-casting and envisioning methods.

Questions may be directed to the co-chairs of the program,
<mailto:michaelreisner at augustana.edu> Dr. Michael Reisner  and
<mailto:jasonkoontz at augustana.edu> Dr. Jason Koontz. This position is
contingent on final authorization from the Provost's office.

To apply, please email application materials to
<mailto:sherrydocherty at augustana.edu> Sherry Docherty using the subject
line:  Search 103-19 Environmental Studies, and directed to Dr. Wendy
Hilton-Morrow.  

Alternatively, application materials can be mailed to: Search #103-19, C/O
Dr. Wendy Hilton-Morrow, Provost & Dean of the College, Augustana College,
639  38th Street, Rock Island, Ill.,  61201.  

Application materials should include: a letter of application addressing
each qualification, curriculum vitae, copy of graduate transcripts,
statement of teaching interests and philosophy (two-page limit) that
describes your qualifications to teach above-described courses, evidence of
teaching effectiveness, a statement of research Interests and priorities
(two-page limit) that describes undergraduate student involvement, a writing
sample, and names and contact information for three references that can
addresses your potential for teaching success.

Review of applications will begin Sept. 10.


Review of applications will begin September 10, 2018.

 

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