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Assistant or Associate Professor

Available Title(s):
270-NN_FACULTY - Assistant Professor, 280-NN_FACULTY - Associate Professor

Business Title:
Assistant or Associate Professor

Employee Type:
Faculty

Time Type:
Full time

Position Term:
9 Month - Summer

Position Details:

Recruitment Update:

Summary of Duties:

The School of Biological Sciences (SBS), within the College of Arts and Sciences at Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, invites applications from emerging scholars to join our community for potentially two (2) permanent, full-time, nine-month (academic year), tenure-track faculty positions in integrative biology at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. SBS is committed to supporting faculty as they begin and grow their careers at WSU. The successful candidate's research should address fundamental questions in organism-environment interactions by combining investigation at multiple levels of organization and/or using multiple approaches from more than one sub-discipline, possibly including (but not limited to) biochemistry and molecular biology, cell biology, comparative or functional genomics, biophysics, ecophysiology or systems/organismal physiology, ecology, behavior, or evolution (experimental or observational/comparative evolution). We are also interested in candidates who combine such approaches with sophisticated quantitative/computational methods, such as bioinformatics, machine learning, network theory, structured equation modeling, or dynamic systems modeling. The successful candidate is expected to perform hypothesis-driven research that complements current research in SBS, which spans biological scales from biomolecules to organisms to biomes. The successful candidate's research program will have the potential to stimulate new collaborations with scientists within SBS or one of many colleges within WSU. The anticipated start date is August 16, 2024.

Job Duties and Responsibilities for all ranks:

• Develop and maintain an active research program in integrative biology, pursuing research questions that examine organism-environment interactions in any study system.
  
• Develop and maintain hypothesis-driven research program using integrative experimental, theoretical, and/or analytical tools, with support from extramural funding sources.
  
• Recruit and mentor graduate and undergraduate students.
  
• Teach graduate and undergraduate courses in biology.
  
• Participate in service at the department, college, and/or university level.
  
• Advance SBS and WSU efforts to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion among the faculty, staff and students in research, teaching, and community outreach.
  
• The workload for this position is 40% teaching, 40% research, and 20% service.
  

Required Qualifications for All Candidates:

• Earned PhD in biology or related discipline and 6 months of postdoctoral research experience prior to the anticipated start date.
  
• Record of research accomplishment in integrative biology.
  
• Effective communication skills with both students and colleagues.
  
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with other scientists.
  
• Demonstrated record of or potential for commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity, and access efforts.
  

Additional Required qualifications for candidates for Assistant Professor rank:

• Record indicating past teaching effectiveness or the potential to effectively teach undergraduate and graduate courses in biology.
  
• Established record of peer-reviewed publications.
  

Additional Required Qualifications for candidates for Associate Professor rank:

• Record of accomplishments in teaching, research and service commensurate with school, college, and university standards for tenure at the level of associate professor.
  
  • WSU Faculty Manual: https://facsen.wsu.edu/documents/2022/08/faculty-manual-2022-2023-pdf.pdf/
    
  • CAS Tenure & Promotion Guidelines: https://cas.wsu.edu/faculty-staff/documents/2020/12/cas-tenure-and-promotion-policy.pdf/
    
  • SBS Tenure & Promotion Guidelines: https://provost.wsu.edu/documents/2023/03/biological-sciences-promotion-and-tenure-guidelines.pdf
    
• Evidence of teaching excellence in undergraduate courses and the potential for, or evidence of, teaching excellence in graduate courses in biology.
  
• Established record of peer-reviewed publications and a record of receiving grant funding as a PI and/or co-PI.
  

Additional Information:

Area/College: College of Arts and Sciences
Department Name: School of Biological Sciences
City, State, Zip: Pullman, WA 99164
Department Link: School of Biological Sciences
Annual Salary:

Assistant Professor Rank: $85,000-90,000 per nine-month academic year;

Associate Professor Rank: $90,000-95,000 per nine-month academic year

In accordance with RCW 49.58.110, the above salary reflects the full salary range for this position. Individual placement within the range is based on the candidate's current experience, education, skills, and abilities related to the position or as mandated by a U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage determination. WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation and optional supplemental retirement accounts. For additional information, please review the detailed Summary of Benefits offered by WSU for Faculty and Total Compensation.
Overtime Eligibility: Not eligible
FTE: 100%
This is a permanent tenure track position.
Background Check: This position has been designated by the department to require a background check because it requires access to children or vulnerable adults as defined by RCW 74.34, engages in law enforcement, requires security clearance, interacts with WSU students in a counseling or advising capacity, has access to personal identifying and/or financial information, unsupervised access to university buildings/property, or other business-related need. A background check will not be completed until an initial determination of qualification for employment has been made.

Application Instructions:

SBS has been approved for the potential to hire a second position from this search. Our first screening will begin on Thursday, September 21, 2023, and continue until filled. Candidates who applied by September 21, 2023, will be considered for both positions. If applicants would like to be considered for the potential second position, please submit application materials by Sunday, October 15, 2023, at 11:59 p.m.

Position #1 Posting Close Date: Applicants must submit their completed application by Wednesday, September 20, 2023, at 11:59 p.m.

Position #2 Posting Close Date: Applicants must submit their completed application by Sunday, October 15, 2023, at 11:59 p.m.

Applicants must upload the following required documents to their online application.

External candidates, please upload all documents in the 'Resume/CV' section of your application.

Internal candidates, please upload all documents in the 'Resume/Cover Letter' section of your application. Documents may be submitted in one file or separate files. Applicants are encouraged to upload as a PDF if possible. Applicants will be requested to provide contact information for professional references within the online application. Application materials should clearly communicate how the applicant meets all required qualifications and additional requirements.

Required Documents:

• Cover letter addressing qualifications for this position.
  
• Curriculum vitae
  
• Teaching statement that describes your teaching experience and philosophy, which may incorporate experience from formal or informal teaching and mentoring opportunities (2 page maximum)
  
• Research statement (2 page maximum) that explicitly outlines how the candidate's past and future research integrates across biological scales and/or subdisciplines of biology.
  
• Contributions to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion statement (2 page maximum) that includes your demonstrated record of, and/or potential for, contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts through scholarship/research, and/or teaching/mentoring, and/or service/engagement. There may be some overlap with your research and teaching statements.
  
• Up to five representative reprints of published or in-press papers.
  
• Names, addresses, and contact information for at least three references that can address history of and potential for research, teaching, and service (letters will be requested at a later time).
  

Inquiries should be directed to Dr. Wes Dowd, 1-509-335-8122, sbs.search@wsu.edu.

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EDUCATOR AND EMPLOYER. Members of ethnic minorities, women, special disabled veterans, veterans of the Vietnam-era, recently separated veterans, and other protected veteran, persons of disability and/or persons age 40 and over are encouraged to apply.

WSU employs only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized non-U.S. citizens. All new employees must show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

WSU is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact Human Resource Services: 509-335-4521 (v), Washington State TDD Relay Service: Voice Callers: 1-800-833-6384; TDD Callers: 1-800-833-6388, 509-335-1259(f), or hrs@wsu.edu.

To apply, visit https://wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jobs/job/Pullman-WA/Assistant-or-Associate-Professor_R-9969

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