Biological Sciences

Mount Holyoke College Department of Biological Sciences seeks applicants for three one-year appointments as Visiting Assistant Professors of Biological Sciences.

Qualifications

Ph.D. required and post-doctoral experience preferred.  All three positions include the teaching of introductory biology and an advanced course in the candidate’s specialty.  The three areas of specialty we seek are:  1) nucleic acid biochemistry and molecular biology; 2) animal behavior; and 3) vertebrate biology or human evolution.  Each successful candidate is also expected to maintain an active research program that involves undergraduates.

Application Instructions

Apply at http://jobsearch.mtholyoke.edu/ with c.v., statements of teaching and research interests, copies of any relevant publications, and a list of any relevant courses taught.  Three letters of recommendation should be forwarded to human-resources@mtholyoke.edu. Applications received by February 1, 2008 are assured full consideration.

Mount Holyoke is an undergraduate liberal arts college for women with 2000 students and 200 faculty. The college is located about 80 miles west of Boston in the Connecticut River Valley and is a member of the Five College Consortium with Amherst, Hampshire and Smith Colleges, and the University of Massachusetts. Mount Holyoke is committed to fostering multicultural diversity and awareness in its faculty, staff, and student body and is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and persons of color are especially encouraged to apply.