[ES_JOBS_NET] Hampshire College Environmental / Biological Chemistry Faculty: Cluster Search in Sustainability and Environment

[Sarah Zhou Rosengard]

Hi
On behalf of a colleague at Hampshire College, I would like to share the
following announcement and text below to the ES jobs list. Thank you!
Sarah

Environmental / Biological Chemistry Faculty: Cluster Search in
Sustainability and Environment
https://jobs.hampshire.edu/index.cgi?&JA_m=JASDET&JA_s=1247

Job Title: Environmental / Biological Chemistry Faculty: Cluster Search in
Sustainability and Environment

Position Type: Full Time

Pay Range/ Status: $65,000-$81,000

Anticipated Start Date: July 1, 2024



Environmental / Biological Chemistry Faculty: Cluster Search in
Sustainability and Environment

Hampshire College is an experimenting institution with a mission to advance
social justice and transform higher education. We seek creative and
collaborative colleagues to join our faculty as part of a major cluster
hiring initiative across the curriculum. Hampshire College is seeking up to
three (3) transdisciplinary faculty whose teaching and research engage
sustainability and environment, to begin July 2024. These positions are
open rank with a preference for early career scholars and practitioners to
be hired at the Assistant Professor level. Candidates who hold tenure or a
strong track record of multidisciplinary experience may be considered for
hiring at the Associate or Full level.

In support of students working broadly across the liberal arts, especially
in the areas of sustainability, environment, and health, we seek candidates
who hold academic expertise in one or more of the following areas:

Plant/Agroecology (such as sustainable agriculture, plant-microbe
interactions, botany, mycology)
Environmental/Biological Chemistry (such as soil chemistry, computational
chemistry, archeological chemistry, metabolomics, biochemistry, enzymology)
Data / Computer Science (such as computational methods, machine learning,
artificial intelligence, data activism, bioinformatics, statistical
analytics, computational social science)
We seek student-centered teacher-scholars who employ an integrated approach
to teaching theory, methods, and practical applications with inclusive
pedagogies. We welcome candidates who engage in environmental justice; use
the Hampshire campus (including the Hampshire farm and woods) as a site for
research and experimentation; and/or present and teach data analysis as a
tool for students pursuing any area of liberal study.

The successful candidate will:

Connect at least half their normal teaching course load each year with one
or two of the Learning Collaboratives and Urgent Challenges described here;
Work in individual and group settings to advise and mentor an increasingly
diverse body of Hampshire students;
Collaborate with faculty colleagues across disciplines and actively
participate in governance and service committees;
Demonstrate engagement with antiracism in their teaching,
scholarship/creative activity, and/or service;
Participate in events and forums organized by Hampshire's four
transdisciplinary Learning Collaboratives;
Be eager to participate in continuous pedagogical experimentation.
Hampshire Faculty

Our faculty are nimble: able to teach broadly from introductory to advanced
levels and eager to contribute both core courses and inventive,
transdisciplinary classes that cross boundaries and stimulate and support
project-based student work. At Hampshire, we have neither departments nor
majors, so you will join and collaborate within affinities (e.g. STEM
backgrounds) and across the College to teach and mentor students studying
in every area of the liberal arts and sciences. New faculty hold great
potential for contributing to and determining the direction of Hampshire.

About Hampshire

Hampshire’s academic program is unique within higher education in the
United States. Students draw from multiple disciplines and methodologies to
develop their own concentrations, and every student completes an
independent year-long project synthesizing their course of study as a
condition of graduation. Students are provided narrative evaluations of
their work instead of grades. Our student community is distinctively
diverse: this year 39% are BIPOC or international, 37.5% receive Pell
Grants, approximately a third are neurodivergent, and a substantial
majority identify as LGBTQIA+. Hampshire is a member of the Five College
consortium (Amherst College, Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, and the
University of Massachusetts), and located in Amherst, MA.

Building on its student-driven approach, Hampshire is implementing a
radical new academic program that emphasizes urgent challenges,
transdisciplinarity, antiracism, community engagement, and project-based
skills. We convene transdisciplinary Learning Collaboratives that assemble
faculty, students, and staff to address urgent questions developed by and
voted on by the community. Additionally, Hampshire has implemented a “Race
and Power” requirement that ensures students, staff, and faculty alike will
engage in critical reflection on racial justice and equity throughout their
Hampshire careers. In the letter of application, candidates are encouraged
to explain how their teaching and scholarly/artistic work does or could
contribute to this curricular and pedagogical vision.

Qualifications

The PhD, equivalent terminal degree is preferred, or Master’s and
equivalent in professional work experience is required by the time of
appointment. Qualified candidates must have demonstrated teaching
experience at the undergraduate level and an active research agenda. An
ability to communicate and work effectively within a culturally diverse and
multi-disciplinary campus community is essential. These positions involve
full-time teaching with a five-course annual teaching load, as well as
substantial student advising and participation in College governance.

Hampshire College is an equal opportunity employer and deeply committed to
a community of excellence, equity, diversity, and inclusion. We're
particularly committed to revealing and combating the social and
institutional structures that support racism and white supremacy in all
phases of employment and college life. We believe that the educational and
employment environment is enhanced when diverse groups of people with
diverse ideas come together to work and grow. We encourage applications
from women, underrepresented minorities, persons with disabilities, sexual
minority groups, veterans, and other candidates who will contribute to the
diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives. Hampshire College
is committed to removing barriers to employment faced by equity-seeking
groups and encourages (but does not require) members of these groups to
self-identify in their application materials. Applicants whose work
incorporates a global perspective and a demonstrated commitment to issues
of diversity in the work environment are particularly encouraged to apply.

Application

Candidates should submit the following to apply:

a cover letter of approximately two pages describing your teaching
(including ways that you draw on and work across disciplines), your
scholarly interests and projects, and how you will contribute to addressing
one or more of Hampshire’s Learning Collaboratives and urgent challenges;
a statement addressing your approach to justice, equity, and antiracism
(JEA) in teaching philosophy and practice;
a curriculum vita;
names, titles, and contact information for three referees; and
up to 20 pages of professional work
Please submit your cover letter, statement, CV, references, and work
samples via our website: https://jobs.hampshire.edu. No hard copies will be
accepted.

If you have general questions about this search, please email
dof at hampshire.edu.

For fullest consideration, all materials should be received by January 12,
2024.

Hampshire College is an equal opportunity institution, committed to
diversity and inclusion in education and employment.


-- 
Sarah Z Rosengard (she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor
Environmental Chemistry
Department of Liberal Arts

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