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Tenure Track Faculty Positions 2008-2009Environmental StudiesThe Environmental Studies Department of Macalester College invites applications for a tenure-track climate scientist to begin Fall 2008. Appointment will be at the Assistant, Associate or Full Professor rank. We seek applicants who are committed to participating in a broadly interdisciplinary department. The Department currently has tenure-track faculty in environmental history and environmental policy and we seek a scientist with interests that will complement these areas. The position will include the opportunity to forge curricular links with disciplinary and interdisciplinary programs as appropriate. Specific areas of climate related interest could include, climate dynamics, biosphere-climate interaction (including agricultural systems), biogeochemical cycles, climatology, meteorology, oceanography, geochemistry, and geophysics, among others. The successful candidate is expected to build and maintain an active research program with students. Teaching duties include Environmental Science, courses in the area of specialty, including climate change and rotating responsibility for the Senior Seminar course. The Environmental Studies Department is housed in a renovated/expanded science building with state of the art laboratory facilities and equipment. Competitive start-up funds are available. Send letter of application, CV, statement of teaching philosophy and research plans, and 3 letters of reference to Dr. Dan Hornbach, Chair, Department of Environmental Studies, Macalester College, 1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105. Applications received by October 15, 2007 will receive first consideration. Macalester College is a highly selective, private liberal arts college in the vibrant Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area, with a population of approximately three million people and home to numerous colleges and universities, including the University of Minnesota. Macalester’s diverse student body comprises over 1800 undergraduates from 50 states and the District of Columbia and over 90 countries. The College is proud of its long-standing, mission-driven commitment to outstanding academic excellence with a special emphasis on internationalism, multiculturalism, and service to society. We are especially interested in applicants dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in both teaching and research/creative activity within a liberal arts college community. As an Equal Opportunity employer supportive of affirmative efforts to achieve diversity among its faculty, Macalester College strongly encourages applications from women and members of underrepresented minority groups.
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