"Visiting Assistant Professor of Geosciences"

Job Details

The Geosciences Department at Oberlin College invites applications for a full-time non-continuing faculty position in the College of Arts and Sciences in Geomorphology or Earth Surface Processes. Appointment to this position will be for a term of 1 year, beginning fall semester of 2026, and will carry the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor.

Founded in 1833, Oberlin is a private four-year, selective liberal arts college near Cleveland, Ohio and is also home to an outstanding Conservatory of Music. Together, the two divisions enroll approximately 2900 students. Oberlin College was the first college in the US to make interracial education and co-education central to its mission. The College continues to view a diverse, equitable and inclusive educational environment as essential to the excellence of its academic program. Among liberal arts colleges, Oberlin is a national leader in successfully placing graduates into PhD programs.

The Geosciences Department consists of five permanent faculty, a lab manager/GIS instructor, a staff member who provides technical support for teaching and research, and on average 14 majors graduating per year. Students actively participate in research with faculty and routinely present at national meetings and co-author papers. Facilities and equipment include rock crushing and mineral separation equipment, rock and thin-section preparation facilities, petrographic microscopes for teaching and research, a variable pressure scanning electron microscope with SE, BSE, CL, EDS, EBSD detectors, a new LA-ICP-MS laboratory for trace element and isotopic analysis, three germanium detectors (two broad energy), and a UV-Vis Spectrophotometer. Instrumentation for additional spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction are available elsewhere on campus. In addition, Oberlin College has competitions for small research grants each semester. For more information on the department, candidates can visit our web page at: http://www.oberlin.edu/geosciences.

We seek a colleague with a passion for teaching Earth Sciences to undergraduates and increasing the diversity, equity, and inclusion of both the department and our field. The successful candidate will teach five courses including “Earth Surface Process” a 200-level course with 1 laboratory section. Other classes will include introductory courses with and without labs proposed by the successful candidate.

Among the qualifications required for appointment is the Ph.D. degree (in hand or ABD). Candidates must demonstrate interest and potential excellence in undergraduate teaching. Successful teaching experience at the college level is desirable. Oberlin College is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. The incumbent will bring understanding of or experience working with underrepresented and diverse academic populations. Oberlin is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the excellence and diversity of the academic community through their research, teaching, and service. Oberlin recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran’s status, and/or other protected status as required by applicable law.

To Apply: https://jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/17050