What are the responsibilities and job description for the Visiting Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry position at Austin College?
The Department of Chemistry invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry beginning Fall 2025. Ph.D. required and previous teaching experience desirable. Applicants should have a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching; responsibilities will typically include two lecture sections and two lab sections per semester from the following: Physical Chemistry I & II, General Chemistry I & II, and their co-requisite labs.
Austin College is a national selective undergraduate institution with an ACS certified Chemistry Department of 7 faculty, as well as a lab manager/safety officer, a lab coordinator/instructor, and an instrumentation technician shared with the rest of the science division. The Chemistry Department at Austin College confers the highest percentage of degrees in chemistry of all ACS-certified programs in Texas. The Chemistry Department also supports research with undergraduate students.
In 2013 the department moved into the IDEA Center: a new three-story science facility including 16 classrooms, 32 advanced laboratory-classrooms, a 108-seat auditorium, and an observatory. The IDEA Center houses the departments of biology, chemistry, computer science and mathematics, and physics. Interdisciplinary programs in Environmental Studies and Public Health are also housed in the IDEA Center.
Austin College is a leading national independent liberal arts college located north of Dallas in Sherman, Texas. Founded in 1849, making it the oldest institution of higher education in Texas operating under original charter and name, the college is related by covenant to the Presbyterian Church (USA). Recognized nationally for academic excellence in the areas of international education, pre-professional training, and leadership studies, Austin College is one of 40 schools profiled in Loren Pope’s influential book Colleges That Change Lives.
Candidates should send the following:
• cover letter
• CV
• copies of graduate transcripts, (unofficial are sufficient for the application)
• three letters of reference
• a 2-page teaching statement that conveys the candidate's interest in undergraduate teaching and describes the candidate's ideas or philosophy for equitable and inclusive teaching
Please combine materials into one PDF document and email it to ChemistrySearch@austincollege.edu
The three references should send recommendation letters directly to the aforementioned email address with the candidate’s name in the subject line.
Review of applications begins Feb 01 and continues until position is filled.
Austin College is an Equal Opportunity Employer that serves a diverse student body and is committed to the same in the hiring process. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer.
