The Environmental Studies Program at Williams College invites applications for a 2-year visiting assistant professor position in the broad field of global environmental studies. Areas of expertise might include global perspectives on sustainable development, political ecology, environmental racism, climate security, or agriculture and food sovereignty. We are particularly interested in candidates whose research centers the Global South. The position is scheduled to begin on 1 July 2024.
The successful candidate will teach two courses per semester. These will include Nature and Society: An Introduction to Environmental Studies; 200-level environmental policy or social sciences courses; and upper-level courses suitable for a liberal arts curriculum, with specific topics based on the successful candidate’s expertise as well as the curricular needs of the program. Our new colleague will have opportunities to work with and mentor undergraduate research students; internal funds are available to support student-faculty research. In addition, Williams offers visiting faculty participation in the college’s professional development programFirst3, access to a number of online NCFDDresources, and support through the newly established Rice Center for Teaching.
The Environmental Studies Program (https://ces.williams.edu/) is committed to providing excellent and inclusive curricular and co-curricular opportunities for all students, including majors, concentrators, and those who take our classes as liberal arts electives. We are a collegial, student-centered program, actively engaged in research and dedicated to broadening participation in environmental studies. We offer courses in environmental justice and policy, environmental history, urban history and theory, cultural geography, and environmental science.
Preferred applicants will have a Ph.D. or dissertation completed by the time of appointment, teaching experience, and a demonstrated commitment to teaching, mentoring and advising a diverse population of students.