The Department of Environmental Studies at St. Olaf College invites applications for a full-time, one-year position in Environmental History at the Visiting Instructor or Assistant Professor level to begin August 2024.
A full-time teaching load for a visiting position is 6 courses per year. The successful candidate will teach 2 sections of a 200-level (i.e., intermediate) environmental history course; a 300-level (advanced) course in their area of specialty; an existing environmental humanities course titled "Culture of Nature"; and 2 sections of our academic civic engagement-oriented, intermediate core course, "Integration and Application in Environmental Studies".
Qualifications
PhD in history expected by start of appointment; exceptional ABDs will also be considered. Candidates with relevant expertise and using historical methods with PhD in adjacent field will also receive consideration.
About the Department
The Department of Environmental Studies at St. Olaf College is a thriving, collegial, interdisciplinary unit, offering both a major and a concentration (minor). Our students engage with environmental issues, questions, and solutions through the arts and humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences, in addition to our practice-focused, integrative core.
For more information about the department, visit https://wp.stolaf.edu/environmental-studies/
Diversity
At St. Olaf College, we are committed to equity and inclusion. We strive to be a campus of welcome where students, faculty, and staff thrive by bringing their full humanity—gender identity, sexuality, race, ethnicity, national origin, socioeconomic class, disability, religion, spirituality, and age—to the Hill each day. Our goal is to generate conversations and processes that over time create greater clarity, transparency, trust, cooperation, consensus, respect, and measurable outcomes. Practices that support this goal include listening, cultivating a growth mindset, respecting those with different views, being informed by data, and understanding that the work is ongoing, collaborative, organic, and ever evolving. We encourage applicants to familiarize themselves with our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion webpage to learn more about our commitment and to identify how you might contribute to these efforts.
How to Apply
A complete application includes:
- Cover letter
- Curriculum vitae
- The contact information for three professional references who can speak to your abilities in teaching and scholarship
- Statement of teaching philosophy
- Statement of approach to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion
- Graduate transcript (unofficial is fine)
Review of applications will begin on Monday, March 4 and will continue until the position is filled. Questions about the position, department, or college may be directed to Seth Binder, Department Chair, at binder@stolaf.edu.