Faculty Positions

VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION

The Department of Geology at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, invites applications for an entry-level, visiting assistant professor position in Geology. Ph.D. or ABD required. Qualified applicants for this visiting position will have no more than four years of full-time postdoctoral teaching experience at the time of appointment. Successful applicants will demonstrate an interest in and potential for teaching and interacting effectively with students having a range of backgrounds, interests, and perspectives and an ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues from a range of backgrounds, interests, and perspectives. Familiarity with Appalachian geology is desirable.

During the 2009-2010 academic year, the successful candidate will teach two classes and two labs each semester.  We anticipate the position will cover introductory physical geology in the fall and introductory environmental geology in the spring.

The Geology Department offers B.A. and B.S. degrees in Geology and Environmental Geology. Bucknell’s geology program is field intensive and we expect candidates to make use of local Appalachian field opportunities for labs in the course.

Bucknell University is a highly selective, privately endowed comprehensive university offering baccalaureate degree programs to approximately 3400 undergraduates, and master’s degree programs to about 150 students.  The University is located in Lewisburg on a 450-acre campus in central Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River Valley.  New York City, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Philadelphia are each within a 3 ½ hour drive from Lewisburg.

Bucknell’s Vision is to provide students with the premier undergraduate experience in American higher education.  Furthermore, Bucknell will offer an academic program that is challenging and distinctive, with the capacity to prepare its graduates for successful personal, professional, and civic lives in the 21st century.  Bucknell’s residential life and co-curricular activities will fully support its academic program.  This integrated environment for student learning and growth, enhanced by diversity in all its forms, will build connections to a global society.  In doing so, Bucknell will emerge from a place of strength to a position of pre-eminence within American higher education.

Applicants should apply on line using http://jobs.bucknell.edu/.  Review of applications will begin March 25, 2009, and continue until the position is filled. Bucknell University values a diverse college community and is committed to excellence through diversity in its faculty, staff and students.  An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, Bucknell University especially welcomes applications from women and minority candidates.