Assistant Professor – Conservation Genetics
Department of Environmental Conservation
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
The Department of Environmental Conservation at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (http://eco.umass.edu/) seeks talented applicants for a 9-month academic year, tenure-track appointment as Assistant Professor in Conservation Genetics. Earliest appointment date is September 1, 2017. Candidates should care deeply about undergraduate and graduate education, and be a teacher, mentor, and scientist. The candidate is expected to develop independent and collaborative research programs that help to meet the research needs of state, federal and nongovernmental organizations; build departmental and interdisciplinary collaborations with Environmental Conservation and Organismic and Evolutionary Biology graduate programs; and develop an innovative teaching program that incorporates new initiatives in teaching and learning, such as Team-Based Learning. Teaching responsibilities include: 1) undergraduate course in evolution and conservation, 2) upper-level undergraduate/graduate course in conservation genetics, and 3) graduate-level course in candidate’s area of expertise. Successful applicants will serve, as do all other faculty, as a mentor to minorities and other underrepresented groups within the Department. The University of Massachusetts Amherst places special emphases on faculty-student interaction...