"Instructor/Assistant/Associate Professor, Earth, Environment & Physics (One Year Temporary)"

Category:Faculty and LibrarianSubscribe: Department:651-Earth, Environment and PhysicsLocations:Worcester, MAPosted:Apr 3, 2024Closes:Open Until FilledType:Full-timePosition ID:174364   

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About Worcester State University:

WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY is a liberal arts and sciences university with a long tradition of academic excellence dating back to 1874, as well as an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer that seeks to reflect the diversity of its community. Our workforce is dedicated to academic quality, student-centered programming, engaged citizenship, open exchanges of ideas, diversity and inclusiveness, and civility and integrity. We are looking for job applicants who share these values and commitment to our students.

Worcester State is centrally located in Massachusetts, about an hour's drive from Boston, Springfield, and Providence, Rhode Island. Our 58-acre campus is nestled in the residential northwest side of Worcester--the second largest city in New England and home to 37,000 college students at more than a dozen colleges and universities. Over 6,000 of those students attend Worcester State--approximately 5,300 are undergraduates and 1,000 are graduate students. Learn more about us at worcester.edu/about.

Job Description:

Worcester State University, Department of Earth, Environment and Physics, invites applications for a full time temporary position in Geography at the Assistant Professor level beginning in Fall 2024. We seek a broadly trained human geographer with expertise in geospatial information science (GIS). Teaching responsibilities include introductory human geography, introductory GIS, and sophomore geography seminar.

Applicants should demonstrate a potential for excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring, active engagement in research and scholarship and a commitment to public higher education. The successful candidate will contribute to a small, dynamic program with strengths in climate science and global environmental change. The department currently has about 100 majors. We offer BS degrees in Geography and in Environmental Science and minors in Geography, Environmental Science, Geospatial Information Sciences, Physics, and Astronomy.

Requirements:

Required Qualifications:

• Master's degree in geography or related field required
• Ph.D. strongly preferred College/university-level teaching experience strongly preferred

Preferred Qualifications:

• Candidates with experience teaching introductory human geography and GIS are especially encouraged to apply.

Additional Information:

Here at Worcester State University, it is strongly recommended that all employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 before they begin employment.

Worcester State University offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• a choice of 9 different pre-taxed, health insurance plan options
• a choice of pension or 401(a), and supplemental plan retirement options
• life insurance up to 8x the annual salary
• long-term disability coverage
• dental insurance
• 10 accrued sick days accrued per year 
• 2 personal days per year 
• paid holidays 
• tuition remission for self, spouse, and dependent children
• and more...

Application Instructions:

Applicants must apply online and may do so by visiting www.worcester.edu/careers, and submitting the following documents:

• CV
• Letter of Interest
• Contact information for three professional references (letters of recommendation will be requested for selected candidates at a later date)

All supporting documents should be uploaded to your application; information that cannot be uploaded may be faxed to 508-929-8169 or sent to the following address:

Human Resources

Worcester State University

486 Chandler Street

Worcester, MA 01602

We are an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. M/F/D/V. Members of traditionally underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply. 

For assistance with uploading materials, log a ticket via the HelpDesk link, or contact us directly at 508-929-8053.

URL: www.worcester.edu