Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry or Analytical Geochemistry
The Chemistry Department at Berea
College invites applicants for a tenure-track position in Analytical Chemistry
or Analytical Geochemistry beginning in the Fall of 2024. The ideal candidate
will have a PhD in analytical chemistry, geochemistry, environmental chemistry,
or a closely related field. Post-doctoral research and teaching experience are
highly desirable. Teaching responsibilities include general chemistry, analytical
chemistry, an upper division advanced laboratory, and two courses in
environmental science and/or geology with lab. The successful candidate will be
expected to develop and maintain a research agenda that will actively involve
undergraduate students. We seek candidates who demonstrate a strong commitment
to undergraduate teaching in a liberal arts context and who can create an
inclusive learning environment using evidence-based, student-centered teaching.
Successful candidates will, through their teaching, research, or service,
demonstrate that they can contribute to the diversity and excellence of our
community.
The Chemistry Department includes
five full-time faculty members and graduates an average of 10-15 majors per
year. The faculty at Berea College are dedicated to excellent undergraduate
teaching and robust research, particularly with students. Facilities include a
500 MHz NMR, FT-IR, luminescence spectrometer, UV/Vis spectrometer,
electrospray mass spec, GCs with mass spec detector and TCD detector, HPLC,
flame atomic absorption spectrometer, a CHNS/O elemental analyzer, and benchtop
SEM with EDS detector.
Interested
applicants should send a curriculum vitae, letter of interest, graduate and
undergraduate academic transcripts, a statement of teaching philosophy, a
description of a research program that could be pursued with undergraduates,
and three letters of recommendation. Review of
applications will begin October 15, 2023 and continue until the position is
filled.
Founded
in 1855, Berea College is nationally
recognized as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South.
Berea has a longstanding commitment to interracial education and is one of the
most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea
enrolls 1,600 students from 43 states and U.S territories and more than 70
countries. Berea College admits students who are unable to afford tuition and
provides all of them with a no-tuition promise, valued at more than $190,000. Berea’s
students excel in the College’s supportive yet demanding academic environment,
and most are the first in their families to attend college. As one of only nine
federally recognized Work Colleges, all Berea students are expected to work
10-12 hours weekly in various positions across campus. Berea College was again
named one of the nation’s “Best Institutions for Undergraduates to Earn their
College Degree” in the 2022 edition of The Princeton Review’s book, The Best
387 Colleges. Berea also appeared on four other lists within the
publication: Best Colleges in the South; Best Value Colleges; Best Green
Colleges; and Tuition Free Schools. The Wall Street Journal/Times
Higher Education (THE) 2022 College Rankings lists Berea as the #3 Best
Value Colleges and 148 among 250 ranked colleges
(highest-ranked Kentucky college). The Washington Monthly ranks
Berea College #5 among Liberal arts Colleges, and #1 Best Bang for the Buck in
the South. U.S. News and World Report Rankings lists Berea as #26 among
National Liberal Arts Colleges, #3 for Most Innovative Schools, #6 in Top
Performers in Social Mobility, and tied for #16 in Best Undergraduate Teaching. Money (2022) ranks Berea #20 Best Overall College and #10 for
Best in the South.
Located
where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea
(pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two
hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea
College is available at www.berea.edu.
Berea
College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social
equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.