Job Details

Visiting Full-Time Faculty Position in Environmental Social Science

Position Number: 6126869
Location: Worcester, MA
Position Type: Liberal Arts - Sociology

Visiting Full-Time Faculty Position in Environmental Social Science

Description
The Department of Environmental Studies at the College of the Holy Cross invites applications for a two-year visiting full-time faculty position for 2025-2027 to begin August 2025. We seek a scholar of environmental justice and social science who works in one or more of these areas: environmental racism, environmental inequality/equity/inclusion, environmentally displaced communities, environmental precarity, and work at the intersection of indigenous and environmental studies. Teaching responsibilities include our Introduction to Environmental Social Science course and upper-level environmental social science courses (including Environmental Justice). The Department of Environmental Studies at Holy Cross is a new, growing, interdisciplinary department that consists of faculty that span the breadth of the environmental natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities.

Visiting full-time faculty teach 3 courses each semester and are eligible to apply for support to present at a conference or attend a professional development program through the Provost's Supplemental Research Fund. The College will support reimbursement of relocation costs within its published policies. All full-time appointments offer competitive salaries and include full benefits.

Qualifications
Candidates must demonstrate commitment to, and excellence in, undergraduate teaching and inclusive pedagogies as informed by current practice and scholarship in the field.

Application Instructions
Please submit a letter of application; a current curriculum vitae; a statement on teaching philosophy and interests; graduate transcripts (Ph.D. preferred); and two confidential letters of recommendation.

In your cover letter, please address the ways you might contribute to and further the College's mission as a Jesuit, undergraduate liberal arts college, and its core commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The College of the Holy Cross uses Interfolio to collect all faculty job applications electronically. Please submit all application materials to https://apply.interfolio.com/165946.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position has been filled. For full consideration, please apply by May 16, 2025. Questions about this search may be directed to Search Chair Prof. Daina Cheyenne Harvey dharvey@holycross.edu.

To apply, visit https://apply.interfolio.com/165946

The College of the Holy Cross is a highly selective Catholic liberal arts college in the Jesuit tradition. It enrolls about 3,000 students and is located in a medium-sized city 45 miles west of Boston. The College seeks faculty members whose scholarship, teaching, advising, and on- and off-campus service demonstrate commitment to the educational benefits of a richly diverse community. Holy Cross aspires to meet the needs of dual-career couples, in part through its membership in Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts (http://www.heccma.org) and the New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (https://new-england.hercjobs.org/)