Visiting Lecturer in Earth and Climate Sciences at Bates College

The Department of Earth and Climate Sciences at Bates College invites applications for a part time (70%) visiting lecturer position in Solid Earth Geodynamics, to begin July 1, 2025. Bates seeks an outstanding scholar with strong commitments to excellent undergraduate teaching and mentorship in a liberal arts context. A terminal degree is required.

About the Position

The position is replacing a pre tenure leave and carries a part time teaching load of 3.5 course units. (A full time teaching load is 5 course units.) The successful candidate will teach a 200-level course with a laboratory in Structural Geology, a 300-level course in their area of expertise, and an introductory/intermediate level course to be determined. Advising a senior thesis student is possible and optional.

Qualifications and Responsibilities

The duties of the position include the three main areas of faculty work: teaching, professional achievement, and governance and engagement. The standards of excellence for faculty at Bates are articulated in Article II of the faculty handbook, and include a commitment to inclusive and evidence-based pedagogy, impactful professional work, and contributions to the broader Bates community.

Bates students come from a diversity of educational and socioeconomic backgrounds, and they are committed to each student's success. Thus, candidates may choose to share evidence of their skills and experience supporting a diverse student body either in a separate, additional document or integrated into the teaching and research statements. Bates encourages applications from individuals from historically marginalized groups and from those who may have followed non-traditional pathways to higher education due to societal, economic, or academic circumstances.

More Information

Bates College is a residential liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine—a diverse and growing community roughly 45 minutes from the state's largest city, 2 ½ hours north of Boston, and 4 ½ hours south of Montreal. Faculty scholarship and creative work at Bates are robustly supported by start-up packages, internal grants, and a well-staffed external grants office. Community-engaged learning and study abroad are both broadly encouraged and supported; pedagogical development and innovation is further buttressed by their highly engaged Center for Inclusive Teaching and Learning. Educational access and racial justice are central to Bates' history and mission and their faculty-led initiatives reflect this commitment.

Application Requirements

Review of applications will begin on June 10, 2025. Applications should include a cover letter and a curriculum vitae. A teaching statement that describes how the applicant meets Bates' standards of excellence in terms of inclusive and evidence-based pedagogy and a research statement that speaks to the strength of the candidate's professional work are required. The search committee will request letters of recommendation from three referees for short-listed candidates.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check and verification of degree.

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