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Assistant/Associate Professor in Environmental Studies (EXPIRED)

Environmental Studies Program, Swarthmore College

Job category Faculty (open rank) / Tenure-track or similar
AOS Environmental Humanities with a focus on Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS)
AOS categories Native American Philosophy
Environmental Philosophy
AOC Open
Workload Full time
Vacancies 1
Organization's reference number 77457
Location Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States
Start date August 2021
Job description

The Swarthmore College program in Environmental Studies invites applications for an open-rank tenure-track position in Environmental Humanities with a focus on Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS). Teaching load is 2/2. This position will start in August 2021. 

The successful candidate will, by August 2021, have completed a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies or an MFA/Ph.D. in a humanities discipline or interdisciplinary field related to Indigenous studies and the environment. We seek applications from scholars who foreground Indigeneity in their environmental research and whose work seeks to advance humanistic understandings of and solutions to environmental challenges such as climate change, water and land access and governance, food sovereignty, and/or public health. 

Swarthmore’s Environmental Studies Program brings together teacher-scholars from the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences and engineering to address the complex social and environmental issues of our time. Faculty have opportunities to participate in and contribute to the program’s engaged scholarship initiatives including the College’s Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility, the President’s Sustainability Research Fellowship, annual delegations as NGO observers to the United Nations Climate Change Conference, and a new program collaborating with University of Hawaii’s Office of Indigenous Innovation and MA'O Organic Farms. Additionally, Environmental Studies faculty and students have ongoing partnerships with communities and organizations in nearby Philadelphia and Chester City. Swarthmore faculty have significant autonomy in the shaping of their courses and scholarship and are encouraged to create engaged collaborations pursuant to their own research and teaching interests. The College has a generous leave policy (faculty are eligible for leave every fourth year) and provides strong support for research and faculty development. The successful candidate will contribute to teaching the program’s two core courses and will offer courses in their own area of expertise. In addition, new faculty have the opportunity to help build the College’s Environmental Studies Program in line with their own interests. 

The ideal candidate will demonstrate a track record of significant relationship and engagement with Indigenous communities. The strongest candidates will be expected to demonstrate a commitment to creative teaching and an active research program that speaks to and motivates undergraduates from diverse backgrounds.

Please upload a cover letter, a diversity statement, a CV, three letters of recommendation and a writing sample by October 16, 2020 to:  apply.interfolio.com/77457

Please address any questions you may have to Cassy Burnett [email protected] or Carr Everbach [email protected].

Swarthmore College actively seeks and welcomes applications from candidates with exceptional qualifications, particularly those with demonstrable commitments to a more inclusive society and world. Swarthmore College is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. For more information on Faculty Diversity and Excellence at Swarthmore, see http://www.swarthmore.edu/faculty-diversity-excellence/information-candidates-new-faculty 

How to apply
Application type Online
Instructions
Please upload a cover letter, a diversity statement, a CV, three letters of recommendation and a writing sample by October 16, 2020 to: apply.interfolio.com/77457
Web address to apply http://apply.interfolio.com/77457
Email to apply
Hard deadline October 16, 2020, 7:59pm EST
Contact
Web address for more information https://www.swarthmore.edu/environmental-studies
Contact name E. Carr Everbach
Contact email
Contact phone 610-328-8079
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Time created September 8, 2020, 10:22am UTC
Scheduled expiry date October 16, 2020, 7:59pm EST
Expired on October 17, 2020, 8:46pm EST
Last updated December 18, 2020, 3:00pm UTC
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