Visiting Assistant Professor of Geosciences

The Department of Geosciences at Oberlin College invites applications for a full-time non-continuing faculty position in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Appointment to this position will be for a term of 1 year, beginning Fall semester of the 2024-2025 school year, and will carry the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor.
About Founded in 1833, Oberlin is a private four-year, selective liberal arts college near Cleveland, Ohio and is also home to an outstanding Conservatory of Music.
Together, the two divisions enroll approximately 2900 students.
Oberlin College was the first college in the US to make interracial education and co-education central to its mission.
The College continues to view a diverse, equitable and inclusive educational environment as essential to the excellence of its academic program.
Among liberal arts colleges, Oberlin is a national leader in successfully placing graduates into PhD programs.
The Geosciences Department consists of five permanent faculty, a lab manager/GIS instructor, a staff member who provides technical support for teaching and research, and about 40 majors.
Students actively participate in research with faculty and routinely present at national meetings and co-author papers.
Facilities and equipment include surveying and GPS equipment, a variable pressure Tescan Vega 3 LMU scanning electron microscope with SE, BSE, and CL detectors with an Oxford EDS/EBSD system, petrographic microscopes for teaching and research, rock and thin-section preparation facilities, and three germanium detectors (two broad energy).
Instrumentation for spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction are available elsewhere on campus.
In addition, Oberlin College has competitions for small research grants each semester.
For more information on the department, candidates can visit our web page at: https://www.
oberlin.
edu/geosciences.
Responsibilities We seek a colleague with a passion for teaching Earth Sciences to undergraduates and increasing the diversity, equity, and inclusion of both the department and our field.
The successful candidate will teach a total of five courses in the general area of paleontology and / or sedimentary geology / stratigraphy.
Applicants’ research should not substantially overlap with existing members of the department.
The successful candidate will teach five courses a year, including a 200-level course on historical geology (Evolution of the Earth).
Other classes will include some combination of 1-2 topical introductory courses proposed by the incumbent, contributing to our physical geology course, and/or an intermediate- or advanced-level course with or without laboratory in an area of the applicant’s expertise.
Qualifications Among the qualifications required for appointment is the Ph.
D.
degree (in hand or ABD).
Candidates must demonstrate interest and potential excellence in undergraduate teaching.
Successful teaching experience at the college level is desirable.
Oberlin College is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion.
The incumbent will bring understanding of or experience working with underrepresented and diverse academic populations.
Oberlin is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the excellence and diversity of the academic community through their research, teaching, and service.
Oberlin recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran’s status, and/or other protected status as required by applicable law.
Compensation Within the range established for this position, salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience and includes an excellent benefits package.
Special Instructions to Applicants A complete application will be comprised of 1) a Cover Letter describing your teaching, scholarship, mentorship, and service, detailing any connections to supporting an inclusive learning environment; 2) a Curriculum Vitae; 3) an unofficial graduate transcript; 4) a statement detailing your commitment to and experience in diversity and equity in the Geosciences including specific plans about actions you can take at Oberlin; 5) a statement detailing your teaching philosophy and experience; 6) a research statement that includes how you will support undergraduate research and, if applicable, how you might incorporate undergraduate students into your research program; and 7) Letters of Reference from three recommenders.
* All application materials must be submitted electronically through Oberlin College and Conservatory’s online application process at: *By providing contact information for three letter writers, you agree that we may contact those individuals.
Review of applications will begin on March 8, 2024 and will continue until the position is filled.
Completed applications, received by the March 8, 2024 deadline will be guaranteed full consideration.
Questions about the position can be addressed to: aschmidt@oberlin.
edu or Amanda Schmidt, Chair of Geology, at 440-775-8342.
Documents Needed to Apply Required Documents Cover Letter Curriculum Vitae Unofficial Transcripts Teaching Philosophy Affirmation of Diversity Statement Optional Documents Research Statement Evidence of Teaching Portfolio/Other Media