Job Description
Join a vibrant equity-minded campus community whose excellence is reflected in its community, cultural engagement, and student success. The Department of Earth and Space Sciences invites applicants for a Full-time, Tenure-Track, Assistant Professor of Geology/Geoscience position. The position begins in August 2025.
West Chester University (WCU), a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, is a public, comprehensive institution committed to offering high-quality undergraduate education, selected post-baccalaureate and graduate programs, and a variety of educational and cultural resources for its students, alumni, and citizens of southeastern Pennsylvania. The University offers more than 100 graduate and undergraduate programs in the sciences and mathematics, business and public management, arts and humanities, health sciences, education and social work, music, and interdisciplinary studies.
We are a community of educators dedicated to developing graduates who succeed personally and professionally and contribute to the common good .
The mission of the Department of Earth and Space Sciences, part of the College of the Sciences and Mathematics, is to prepare students for careers in Geoscience and the environmental consulting industry. The curriculum emphasizes depth in the traditional disciplines of Geology and Environmental Geoscience, as well as a broader approach to understanding Earth Systems and human interaction with the environment. The Department?s faculty have experience and expertise in geology, geochemistry, oceanography, meteorology, and astronomy. The faculty members serve as both instructors and researchers.
The faculty position involves teaching graduate, upper-level undergraduate, and general education courses in one of the traditional geological subdisciplines as well as Physical Geology or Historical Geology. The incumbent will have the opportunity to develop new courses or modify existing curriculum to attract students and support the department?s growing programs. The ideal candidate will use innovative teaching skills and demonstrate strong attention to the learning and teaching needs of the department?s students. Their experience, substantive specialization, and pedagogical training will serve to strengthen the department's mission and vision. The faculty will collaborate with other departmental and college faculty & staff to ensure student success.
Responsibilities include :
- Teach upper-level undergraduate, graduate, and general education courses in one of the traditional geological subdisciplines such as Mineralogy, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Structural Geology, Paleontology, or Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, as well as Physical Geology or Historical Geology
- Engage in scholarly activities such as research, presentations, publications, and grants. This is necessary for tenure and promotion.
- Advise current and prospective students. Assist graduating undergraduates and graduate students earn employment, internship, and/or entrance to graduate programs
- Serve the University and the community through participation in various committees
- Performs other duties as assigned
- Ph.D in Geology, Geosciences, or a closely related field/disciple. ABD may be considered ? must be completed on or before August 2025
- Demonstrated ability to effectively teach courses within geological specialization
- Ability to effectively communicate in writing & verbally, and present dynamically to a variety of constituents
- Experience working collaboratively with other departmental and College faculty & staff
- Experience teaching at College/High Education level; and/or
- Experience developing Geoscience course curriculum; and/or
- Demonstrated ability to mentor undergraduate and/or graduate student; and/or
- Experience working with the scientific community to achieve student success; and/or
- Experience working collaboratively with other departmental and College faculty & staff to achieve student success and department goals/objective; and /or
- Demonstrated ability to develop and support a vigorous and sustained research program
About West Chester University of Pennsylvania
West Chester University (WCU) of Pennsylvania is among the top regional comprehensive public universities in the nation, serving more than 17,500 students at the undergraduate and graduate levels with a national reputation for excellence, value, and student success. Founded in 1871 as an institute for teacher preparation, West Chester offers more than 118 undergraduate and 103 graduate programs in more than 50 fields of study. In addition to the main campus in West Chester, the University offers programs through its graduate center, the Philadelphia campus, and online. Five colleges and two schools comprise the University: Colleges of Arts and Humanities, Business and Public Management, Education and Social Work, Health Sciences, and the Sciences and Mathematics, as well as the School of Music, and the School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies. Located in Chester County (25 miles from downtown Philadelphia) the area combines the best of enjoyable daily living with easy access to the full spectrum of country and city attractions. We are a community of educators dedicated to developing graduates who succeed personally and professionally and contribute to the common good.
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