STETSON UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT
VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (non-tenure track)
POSITION:
Stetson University seeks a Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry for a full-time, one-year, non-tenure-track appointment beginning in August 2013. Salary is competitive.
QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
A Ph.D. in a chemistry or chemistry related field is required. Applicants with a specialization in water chemistry, environmental chemistry, geochemistry, biochemistry, or biotechnology are especially encouraged to apply. A strong commitment to teaching excellence at the undergraduate level is expected. This hire will have the opportunity to collaborate with Stetson's Biology, Environmental Science, and Integrative Health Science faculty with a goal of creating new synergies across these programs. A candidate is desired who will be an active participant in the University's First Year Seminar or Junior Seminar program and is willing to develop courses suitable for general education designation. While the assigned teaching load associated with this position will depend on the candidate's area of specialization, visiting faculty typically teach a foundational course in chemistry, either an in-depth course in the area of specialization or a seminar/general education course, and at least three laboratory sections each term. All majors in the College of Arts and Sciences complete a Senior Project; applicants who have a scholarly agenda that incorporates student investigation are favored. For more information on Stetson's expectations in teaching, please see the Academic Affairs website: http://www.stetson.edu/administration/academicaffairs/newfac.php.
THE DEPARTMENT:
The Chemistry program at Stetson is accredited by the American Chemical Society (ACS), offering ACS Certified Degrees in Chemistry and Biochemistry. The department currently consists of five faculty members. Our program has a strong tradition of graduating well-trained and qualified students who have continued on to reputable post-graduate institutions, industry, and teaching. In 2009, the Stetson Chemistry-Biochemistry Program occupied a newly-constructed 22,000 square-foot science facility, expanding classroom and laboratory capacity by over 50%. In addition, renovations of faculty/student research spaces in our former facility have recently been completed, supported by a 2011 National Science Foundation -Academic Research Infrastructure (NSF-ARI) grant of $610,000. The new and renovated spaces are equipped with modern instrumentation purchased, in part, with a $2.75 million federal grant. In Spring 2012, the Chemistry Program installed a new, NSF funded, 400 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer.
THE UNIVERSITY:
Founded in 1883, Stetson University (http://www.stetson.edu) is a private, selective university comprised of a rich array of liberal arts and professional academic programs. Collectively, Stetson's teacher-scholar faculty works with 3,800 students in undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs. The University's historic main campus, located in DeLand, enrolls more than 2,500 students in undergraduate programs in the College of Arts & Sciences, the School of Business Administration, and the School of Music. Stetson University College of Law, Florida's first law school, moved from the main campus to Gulfport in 1945, and, with the addition of the Tampa Law Center, serves over 1,000 students working full-time or part-time toward J.D. or LL.M. degrees. Graduate programs offered at the main campus and at Stetson University Center in Celebration include Business, Educational Leadership, Reading, Education, Counseling, and English. Stetson has regularly been ranked among the best regional universities in the Southeast and was the first private college in Florida to be granted a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.
Stetson University provides an inspiring education that engages students with rigorous academic and creative study grounded in liberal learning. Working closely with faculty, staff, and with one another, students cultivate abilities to explore issues deeply, think critically, reason empirically, speak persuasively, and connect ideas creatively. Stetson's academic program prepares and inspires students to dare to be significant™, realizing 21st century learning goals that will foster their ability and commitment to make a difference in the world. We seek faculty who themselves dare to be significant; think across disciplinary, methodological, and social boundaries; exercise pedagogical creativity and adaptability (including the use of technology to enrich and extend learning); and are passionate lifelong learners.
Stetson values the development of the whole person committed to engaging and building lifelong connections with the larger world through Personal Growth, Intellectual Development, and Global Citizenship. To that end, the University fosters policies, practices, and modes of inquiry to support and explore these values areas, integrated in a University-wide commitment to personal and social responsibility. Firmly committed to inclusive excellence, our vibrant community of teacher-scholars nurtures the potential of individual students to lead lives of significance and prepares each to meet the challenges of shaping the future—locally, nationally, and globally.
INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE:
Stetson University is a welcoming community that (pro)actively and intentionally engages inclusive excellence both as a core value of our community and intellectual/creative life and as a means to effect institutional transformation at all levels of the university. We believe that individual and cultural differences enhance all aspects of our educational mission, but we also aspire to foster critical understanding of the interpersonal and institutional dimensions of these differences. We strive to be a community that at the individual, interpersonal, and institutional levels
- welcomes, respects and bridges differences
- recognizes the value of diversity in advancing the University and local and global societies
- creates inclusive learning environments, including a diverse curriculum predicated on ideas of inclusivity, community engagement, and social justice
- aims to build a more socially heterogeneous bodies of students, faculty and students
Stetson's commitment to inclusive excellence extends throughout the University and to each of our core values: global citizenship, intellectual development, and personal growth. We strongly encourage members of under-represented groups and women to apply for employment. Candidates are encouraged to highlight skills and experiences that demonstrate a commitment to social justice, diversity and inclusion.
THE COMMUNITY:
DeLand is a picturesque residential community of 25,000 located 20 miles west of Daytona Beach and 35 miles northeast of Orlando. The area offers extensive cultural as well as recreational activities.
SALARY:
Salary is competitive.
STARTING DATE:
August 15, 2013
APPLICATIONS:
For initial consideration, applicants should submit a cover letter, detailed curriculum vitae, brief statements of educational philosophy and research plans, copies of graduate transcripts, and three letters of recommendation. In the cover letter, candidates are encouraged to highlight skills and experiences that demonstrate a commitment to social justice, diversity, and inclusion. These materials may be submitted electronically to Dr. Tandy Grubbs at wgrubbs@stetson.edu or mailed to:
Dr. Tandy Grubbs, Visiting Assistant Professor Search Committee Chair
Department of Chemistry
Stetson University
421 N. Woodland Blvd., Unit 8271
DeLand, FL 32723
Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
Stetson University is an Equal Opportunity Employer that affirms cultural diversity and inclusion as a core value of academic excellence at Stetson University. We are committed to achieving equal access in education, employment, and participation through the recruitment and retention of outstanding faculty, staff, and students from diverse backgrounds, and to meaningful academic and intellectual transformation in curriculum, research, and service. We are dedicated to actions and policies that foster a community in which individuals with various identities, cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints work together to create opportunities for engagement through rewarding and fulfilling careers and personal experiences in a culturally and racially diverse society and a globalized world. We strongly encourage members of historically under-represented and economically-disadvantaged groups and women to apply for employment. Stetson University is an EEO, ADA, ADEA, and GINA employer. Candidates are encouraged to highlight skills and experiences that demonstrate a commitment to social justice, diversity and inclusion.