STETSON UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
POSITION:
Stetson University seeks a leader to develop its growing Environmental Science and Studies Department and to participate actively in the creation of a broadly interdisciplinary institute on the environment. We are looking for an individual with vision and energy to realize this ambitious project. Stetson University is currently expanding University-wide expertise regarding the environment and sustainability. This position is full-time and tenure-track at the associate or full professor level, depending on qualifications and experience. The Department Chair will work with faculty members, administrators, and other stakeholders to build an interdisciplinary program focusing on water issues, including the use, management, ecology, and restoration of water resources. The discipline of the candidate is open, but specialization in environmental aspects of water systems is strongly preferred.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Ph.D. in an appropriate field, with an active scholarly agenda and demonstrated excellence in teaching undergraduates in both general and specialized areas of environmental studies. We seek a teacher-scholar who is engaged in both the theory and practice of environmental studies and sustainability. Experience in academic leadership is desirable. Candidates should have interest and experience in community engagement, undergraduate research, and other high-impact educational practices.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Stetson tenure-track faculty typically teach three unit courses each semester. This position carries teaching reassignment for department chair duties. Teaching responsibilities will depend on the candidate’s disciplinary expertise and may include offerings for the University’s requirements in General Education. For more information on our expectations in teaching and scholarship, our tenure policies, and our support for faculty development, please see the Academic Affairs website: http://www.stetson.edu/other/faculty/professional-development/index.php
THE DEPARTMENT:
The Department of Environmental Science and Studies is currently being reconfigured and renamed. Closely affiliated with a nascent institute on the environment, the Department will house the Environmental Science and Studies curricular programs. Faculty members have a full or partial appointment in the Department, as they participate actively in the interdisciplinary program.
THE UNIVERSITY:
Founded in 1883, Stetson University (http://www.stetson.edu) is a private, selective university comprised of a rich array of liberal arts and professional academic programs. Collectively, Stetson’s teacher-scholar faculty works with 3,800 students in undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. The University’s historic main campus, located in DeLand, enrolls more than 2,500 students in undergraduate programs in the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Business Administration, and the School of Music. Stetson University College of Law, Florida’s first law school, moved from the main campus to Gulfport in 1945, and, with the addition of the Tampa Law Center, serves over 1,000 students working full-time or part-time toward J.D. or LL.M. degrees. Graduate programs offered at the main campus and at Stetson University Center in Celebration include Business, Educational Leadership, Reading, Education, Counseling, and English. Stetson has regularly been ranked among the best regional universities in the Southeast and was the first private college in Florida to be granted a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
Stetson University provides an inspiring education that engages students with rigorous academic and creative study grounded in liberal learning. Working closely with faculty, staff, and with one another, students cultivate abilities to explore issues deeply, think critically, reason empirically, speak persuasively, and connect ideas creatively. Stetson’s academic program prepares and inspires students to dare to be significant™, realizing 21st century learning goals that will foster their ability and commitment to make a difference in the world. We seek faculty who themselves dare to be significant; think across disciplinary, methodological, and social boundaries; exercise pedagogical creativity and adaptability (including the use of technology to enrich and extend learning); and are passionate lifelong learners.
Stetson values the development of the whole person committed to engaging and building lifelong connections with the larger world through Personal Growth, Intellectual Development, and Global Citizenship. To that end, the University fosters policies, practices, and modes of inquiry to support and explore these values areas, integrated in a University-wide commitment to personal and social responsibility. Firmly committed to inclusive excellence, our vibrant community of teacher-scholars nurtures the potential of individual students to lead lives of significance and prepares each to meet the challenges of shaping the future—locally, nationally, and globally.
THE COMMUNITY:
DeLand is a picturesque residential community of 25,000 located 20 miles west of Daytona Beach and 35 miles northeast of Orlando. The area offers extensive cultural as well as recreational activities.
SALARY:
Salary is competitive.
STARTING DATE:
August 20, 2014
APPLICATION:
Applicants must send the following materials for consideration: (1) a letter of application addressing qualifications and describing teaching, research, and professional interests and experiences related to Environmental Studies with special attention to water-related studies; (2) a curriculum vitae; (3) examples of scholarly or professional writing; and (4) three letters of reference that address the candidate’s teaching, research, and leadership qualifications. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Application materials may be submitted electronically to Karen Ryan, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (Arts&SciencesDean@stetson.edu) or mailed to the following address:
Karen Ryan, Dean
College of Arts and Sciences
Stetson University
421 N. Woodland Blvd. Unit 8396
DeLand, FL 32723
Stetson University is an Equal Opportunity Employer that affirms cultural diversity and inclusion as a core value of academic excellence at Stetson University. We are committed to achieving equal access in education, employment, and participation through the recruitment and retention of outstanding faculty, staff, and students from diverse backgrounds, and to meaningful academic and intellectual transformation in curriculum, research and service. We are dedicated to actions and policies that foster a community in which individuals with various identities, cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints work together to create opportunities for engagement through rewarding and fulfilling careers and personal experiences in a culturally and racially diverse society and a globalized world. We strongly encourage members of historically under-represented and economically-disadvantaged groups and women to apply for employment. Stetson University is an EEO, ADA, ADEA, and GINA employer.
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