Job Summary
The Evergreen State College seeks a fulltime or multiple parttime adjunct faculty members for the fall winter and spring quarters of the 202526 academic year. Evergreens Graduate Program on the Environment seeks one or more adjunct faculty colleagues to help students understand the natural science dimensions of environmental issues. We anticipate that successful candidates will come from disciplines such as ecology environmental science plant science and conservation biology. The ability to teach natural science methodologies and content to students with diverse backgrounds in both the natural and social sciences is more important than the specific area of expertise. The ideal candidate will have the ability to help students develop skills and expertise to understand the scientific context of environmental problems. Expertise with tribal community responses to environmental issues would be especially helpful. Evergreen organizes its curriculum through interdisciplinary programs with faculty teams collaborating across disciplines to design and teach an integrated graduatelevel curriculum. The ideal candidate has the ability and passion to integrate the social and natural sciences through study and applications of realworld issues within this curriculum. A successful candidate must be able to: 1 teach foundational material and advanced topics within the environmental and natural sciences which might include areas such as conservation biology ecosystem ecology environmental science and natural resources management; 2 teach in interdisciplinary teams with other natural and social scientists; 3 help students develop research skills in environmental and natural sciences; 4 help students develop analytical and methodological tools employed in the environmental and natural sciences which might include research design statistical analysis quantitative methods and/or Geographical Information Systems; and 5 support students in developing their academic writing skills. The position is an adjunct faculty member dedicated to graduate students in the MES program with classroom. The position will contribute to the Core MES curriculum (and potentially elective courses in the candidates areas of expertise) along with other MES faculty as part of teaching teams. Possible courses include: 1 Fall quarter: Case Studies and Thesis Design or Conceptualizing our Regional Environment 2 Winter quarter: Ecological and Social Sustainability and 3 Spring quarter: Research Design and Quantitative Methods.
Minimum Qualifications
Ph.D. in Ecology Environmental Science or related field; Undergraduate or graduate teaching experience in the ecological and/or environmental sciences; Ability to teach research design and quantitative research methods; Ability to teach graduatelevel writing skills;
Preferred Qualifications
Graduate training in interdisciplinary research; Experience or demonstrated interest in interdisciplinary teamteaching; Research or teaching experience in relevant areas of expertise