Assistant Professor of Biology & Neuroscience

Founded by the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1948, Stonehill is a private Catholic college located just 22 miles from downtown Boston on a beautiful 384-acre campus in Easton, Massachusetts. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 13:1, the College engages its 2,500+ students in 80+ rigorous academic programs in the liberal arts, sciences, and pre-professional fields.

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The Neuroscience Program and Biology Department at Stonehill College invite applicants for an assistant professor, tenure-track appointment in Neuroscience and Biology to begin July 2023. This person would join a collegial program of three full-time faculty as well as a department of seventeen full-time faculty with a wide range of disciplinary expertise and a commitment to continual growth as educators and mentors.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

The position involves teaching, advising, and directing a productive research program with undergraduates. Primary teaching duties include research methods in neuroscience, introduction to neuroscience, and an additional course in the candidate’s area of specialty. Additionally, the ability to teach cell biology lectures and labs, and/or genetics labs is preferred. The area of specialty should differ from the expertise of our current Neuroscience faculty. Some preferred fields include neurophysiology, neurodevelopment, and comparative neuroscience. Research programs that are theoretical, wet-lab-based, field-based, or use a combination of approaches are encouraged.

Education & Experience

Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in neuroscience, biology, or a related discipline and have postdoctoral research and undergraduate teaching experience. We seek applicants who are committed to excellence in teaching, advising, and mentoring undergraduates in research, and who have a demonstrated awareness of the importance of diversity in education.

Interested applicants should submit online a letter of application (cover letter), curriculum vitae, and evidence of teaching effectiveness (i.e., teaching philosophy and summaries of student evaluations). The candidate’s DEI values and approaches should be explicitly integrated into the teaching and research statements. DEI values and approaches may derive from many experiences, including coursework or workshops, professional service, focus or practice in scholarship, or classroom practice. Recommendation letters should be submitted online by each reference, using an email link generated when the candidate submits the references’ contact information. Only completed applications will be considered. The review of applications will begin on November 1, 2022. Please email inquiries regarding the position to Dr. Nicole Cyr (ncyr@stonehill.edu).

https://jobs.stonehill.edu/postings/22751

Applicants who will enrich the diversity of the campus community are strongly encouraged to apply. Stonehill College is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity.