Environmental and Marine Science Teaching Associate

experience and at least 1 related peer reviewed publication are preferred. The primary teaching responsibilities will include undergraduate Environmental science lectures and labs for science majors and/or Marine science lectures and labs for science majors. We seek a highly motivated individual who will support experiential learning activities in lecture, laboratory, and field settings.

Coastal Carolina University is a public comprehensive liberal arts institution located in Conway, South Carolina, just nine miles from the Atlantic coastal resort city of Myrtle Beach. Coastal Carolina University enrolls over 12,000 students from 48 states and 53 nations. The University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the baccalaureate and master’s degrees of national and/or regional significance in the arts and sciences, business, humanities, education, and health and human services, a specialist degree in instructional technology, and PhD degrees in marine science: coastal and marine systems science and education sciences

The Gupta College of Science works to provide a premier and experience-driven STEM education to all its students. The college’s approach weaves together a strong liberal arts core, engaged STEM pedagogy, and high-impact practices associated with experiential learning to provide the highest quality STEM education possible. As one of the largest colleges at the University, the Gupta College of Science offers an impressive array of distinctive undergraduate degree programs, focused concentrations, and minors along with master’s and doctoral degree programs. The college is committed to providing our students and faculty with cutting-edge scientific equipment, instrumentation, and marine vessels for both teaching and research purposes.

The Department of Marine Science, one of the largest departments within the University, is committed to collaborative, interdisciplinary education and research. The department offers distinctive B.S. degrees in Marine Science and Marine Coastal Environmental Science, an M.S. in Coastal Marine and Wetland Studies, and a Ph.D. in Marine Science – Coastal and Marine Systems Science as well as undergraduate minors in Marine Science, Environmental Science, and Coastal Geology.

Interested candidates should complete the online application and submit a letter of application, a current CV, copies of all graduate transcripts, contact information for three references and statement of teaching philosophy electronically at: https://jobs.coastal.edu/postings/122363.  Review of applications will begin 9/4/2026 and continue until the position is filled.

The University provides equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, national origin, or because an employee or applicant for employment is an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, an Armed Forces service medal veteran, a recently separated veteran, or an active-duty wartime or campaign badge veteran, or other “protected veteran,” as defined by law.  

Coastal Carolina University is an EO/AA employer.