Assistant Professor - Structure/Neotectonics - California State University at Bakersfield (CSUB)

Structure/Neotectonics. The Department of Geological Sciences at California State University at Bakersfield (CSUB) announces a tenure track position in Structure/Neotectonics at the Assistant Professor level beginning in fall 2012. The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to sharing in department responsibilities toward the education of our undergraduate and graduate majors as well as toward our service courses.

The small, high-quality geology department at CSUB is very active in peer-reviewed research involving both undergraduates and M.S.-level graduate students. The department is well equipped including an SEM equipped with EDS, WDS, CL and a micro XRF source, a rock crushing and preparation facility, a Frantz magnetic seperator, aqueous chemistry and hydrology labs including field hydrology equipment, an automated XRD, an ICP-MS with laser ablation system, a clean fume hood, a research petrography lab, a laser particle-size analyzer, carbon coulometer, elemental analyzer, a paleomagnetics lab, a wide variety of field geophysics equipment, and a Giddings coring rig. The California Well Sample Repository, located on campus, houses the largest public collection of oil- and water-well cores and cuttings in California. The department was recently granted major new funding from the NSF Centers for Research Excellence in Science and Technology program which will further improve its research capabilities and provide substantial support for student research assistantships and faculty released time.

The San Joaquin Valley is located in an active tectonic environment and is one of the world's great centers of both the agricultural and petroleum industries. Thus, local research opportunities are readily available and connections are easily made with local industry and government agencies.

California State University at Bakersfield is a regional comprehensive university that prides itself in a liberal arts approach to undergraduate education and small, high-quality graduate programs. It has an enrollment of approximately 8,000 students and resides in a rapidly growing metropolitan area of over 800,000 people in the southern San Joaquin Valley of central California. The campus is conveniently located near popular beach, mountain, and desert attractions and is a two-hour drive from Los Angeles.

Review of applications will begin after November 15, 2011. Candidates should submit a letter of application, a current curriculum vitae, and names of at least three references to:

Chair of the Geological Sciences Search Committee
Department of Geological Sciences
California State University, Bakersfield
62SCI
9001 Stockdale Highway
Bakersfield, CA 93311-1099 USA
Web site: http://www.csub.edu/Geology/
Email: geologysearch@csub.edu

CSUB fosters and appreciates ethnic and cultural diversity among its faculty and students, and is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty to reflect the diversity of the campus community. Applications from women, ethnic minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are welcome.