Visiting Assistant Professor - Department of Earth Science and Geography at Vassar College

The Department of Earth Science and Geography at Vassar College invites applications for a one-year full-time position in environmental geology at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor beginning July 1, 2012. Vassar College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and is strongly and actively committed to diversity within its community. Applications from members of historically underrepresented groups are especially encouraged.

The successful candidate will teach historical geology at the introductory level and will develop courses at the intermediate and advanced levels based on his or her expertise in the broad field of environmental geology. Areas of interest include biogeochemistry, paleoecology, groundwater contamination, geologic hazards, or medical geology, among others. Candidates should hold a Ph.D. in geology or Earth science at the time of appointment.

Instrumentation in the department includes rock crushing and thin sectioning equipment; XRD; coulometer; ground penetrating radar; cesium vapor magnetometer; lake and soil coring equipment; sedimentology, paleoclimatology, and clay mineralogy laboratories; and GIS computer lab. In addition, the department shares an ICPAES and Dionex ion chromatograph with the department of chemistry. The College also owns a 500-acre ecological preserve with a laboratory field station, groundwater teaching wells, and a meteorological station.

Vassar is a highly selective, coeducational liberal arts college of about 2450
undergraduates (no graduate students) located in the beautiful and historic Hudson Valley seventy-five miles north of New York City. The city of Poughkeepsie benefits from rich cultural diversity and from convenient commuter rail access to New York City.

To apply, please visit http://employment.vassar.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=51269.

Candidates are asked to submit a letter of application, C.V., graduate school transcript (unofficial copies accepted for initial application), at least three letters of recommendation, a statement of teaching experience and philosophy, and descriptions of the proposed intermediate and advanced level courses. Review of applications will begin February 15, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled.