The Department of Environmental Studies at the College of the Holy Cross invites applications for a tenure-track position in environmental justice and humanities at the Assistant Professor level to begin August 2025. Successful candidates will be those whose research and teaching demonstrate cogent intersections between environmental justice and any fields within the environmental humanities (including, but not limited to: architectural studies, critical race and ethnic studies, gender, sexuality, and women's studies, indigenous studies, history, literatures, music, philosophy, religious studies, urban studies, visual arts, etc.) Applicants’ expertise might focus on a particular region or at the national or global level. We welcome applications from candidates who demonstrate commitment to public-facing research and teaching and/or creative practice. We are also interested in scholars who are committed to community-based forms of arts or humanities, the discovery, celebration, and remediation of urban nature, and dedicated to reducing environmental inequalities.
The successful candidate will join our new interdisciplinary department. They will have the opportunity to develop connections with colleagues from the environmental social sciences and environmental sciences, and to help lead our department’s pursuit of theoretical approaches toward rigorous interdisciplinary questions, methods, analysis, and interpretation afforded by the environmental humanities.
This position carries a 3-2 teaching load with a research leave prior to tenure review of either a full year at 80% salary or a semester at full salary, and generous sabbatical and fellowship leaves for tenured faculty. To enable a smooth transition to Holy Cross, new full-time tenure-track Assistant Professors receive start-up funding to support their research and professional development and have a one-course reduction in their first year of teaching (i.e., 2-2). All full-time appointments offer competitive salaries and full benefits. Faculty at the College cultivate a richly diverse academic community, pursue innovative teaching, and create high-impact scholarship. To learn more about faculty life at the College & the Worcester area, candidates are encouraged to visit ourProspective Faculty page.
Candidates must demonstrate excellence in scholarship and a commitment to effective undergraduate teaching in the context of a liberal arts college. Ph.D. from an interdisciplinary program in Environmental Studies or a field within the Humanities at time of appointment is required.
