Open Rank Visiting Teaching Professor and Lab Manager
The Earth Commons, Georgetown’s Institute for Environment and Sustainability - Georgetown University
The Earth Commons, Georgetown’s Institute for Environment and Sustainability invites applications for a full-time non-tenure track one-year appointment Visiting Teaching Professor and Lab Manager in Environmental Science. This teaching professor role will teach and oversee integrated classroom and lab courses for Environmental Science undergraduate programming. In addition to teaching responsibilities for the Fall semester, this position will coordinate Student Academic Assistants (SAAs) for the labs and will have some organizational responsibility for equipment and supplies essential to the operations of the lab components.
Our areas of interest include, but are not limited to, earth systems and natural processes, their interactions related to biodiversity, conservation, evolution and ecology; human population; global systems; environmental health; atmospheric and climate sciences; ecosystem services, resilience, structure and function; global and/or regional environmental change and its differential human impacts; urban and built environments; food resources, production, and agriculture; energy sources, production, and pollution; water resources, quality, and pollution; solid and hazardous waste; and earth systems and natural processes including biogeochemical cycling. We seek creative candidates with an interdisciplinary background in a range of environmental specialties that have successfully employed active-learning strategies.
The successful applicant will bring an interdisciplinary perspective to teaching; will demonstrate teaching experience both in the classroom and experientially in the lab and/or field; will be able to analyze and clearly communicate complex scientific data and concepts to broad specialist and non-specialist audiences; will demonstrate a commitment to exceptional instruction.
Application Instructions:
Applicants should provide a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching statement (not to exceed two pages), a Personal Statement explaining how you have in the past and will in the future at Georgetown enrich a community that seeks a diversity of perspectives and experiences, names and contact information of three referees, and teaching evaluations. All candidates must hold a PhD. The start date for this position is July 1, 2026. Applications for this position must be made via Interfolio. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
About the Earth Commons
The Earth Commons is a University-wide effort to advance the multidisciplinary study of the environment and sustainability in relation to society, scientific understanding, sound policy, and the complex challenges we face as stewards of the Earth. The core values of the Earth Commons reflect a commitment to academic excellence, student engagement, Jesuit ideals of service to others, and stewardship for our environment. For more information about the Institute, please visit our websitehttps://earthcommons.georgetown.edu
Salary range - $70,000-84,000
GU is an Equal Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship, color, disability, family responsibilities, gender identity and expression, genetic information, marital status, matriculation, national origin, race, religion, personal appearance, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law
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