What are the responsibilities and job description for the Visiting Assistant Professor - Biology position at Beloit College?
Beloit College invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor to teach full-time during the 2025-26 academic year. The successful candidate will hold a Ph.D. or A.B.D. in zoology, conservation biology, ecology, environmental biology, evolutionary biology, or related field, and will teach two integrated lecture and laboratory courses each semester. The courses will include an introductory zoology course, an intermediate course in ecology, and other intermediate courses in conservation, environmental biology, ecology, and/or another area of environmental biology. The courses will be inquiry-based, have laboratory components, enroll biology majors and other students, and be limited to 24 students. All biology courses at Beloit stress scientific principles and experimental methods and engage students in the design, performance, analysis, and communication of results of research projects.
We especially seek candidates who have demonstrated success in working with diverse populations of students. This position is an excellent opportunity to teach in a department that is nationally known for innovative pedagogy. The visiting faculty member will receive individualized mentoring from members of the biology faculty, as well as ample opportunity to pursue professional development as both a teacher and scholar. Over the last 25 years, multiple visiting faculty members in the biology department have secured tenure-track positions at colleges and universities.
Because equity and inclusion are central to our students' liberal education and vital to the thriving of all members of our residential learning community, Beloit College aspires to be an actively anti-racist institution. We recognize our aspiration as ongoing and institution-wide, involving collective commitment and accountability. We welcome employees who are committed to and will actively contribute to our efforts to celebrate our cultural and intellectual richness and be resolute in advancing inclusion and equity. We encourage all interested individuals meeting the criteria of the described position to apply.
Located in a diverse community close to Madison, Milwaukee, and Chicago, Beloit is a selective undergraduate liberal arts college that attracts students from across the United States and the world. The college emphasizes excellence in teaching, learning beyond the traditional classroom, international perspectives, and collaborative research among students and faculty. It is recognized as one of the Colleges That Change Lives. AA/EEO
Inquiries may be addressed to Amy Briggs, chair of the search committee at briggsa@beloit.edu. Interested individuals may submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, statements of teaching and research interests, unofficial scans of undergraduate and graduate transcripts, and the names and contact information for three references. Review of applications will begin on March 1, 2025 and continue until the position is filled.
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