Faculty of the Biology Department at Missouri Western State University hope to
recruit a new faculty member to join their ranks in the Fall of 2008. The
formal job description (as published in the Chronicle of Higher Education) is
as follows:
Assistant Professor - Biology
Missouri Western State University invites applications for a tenure-track
assistant professor of Biology position to begin in fall 2008. Broad training
in organismal biology and demonstrated expertise in field ecology and natural
history are required. A Ph.D. in ecology or a related field is expected by the
start of employment. Prior experience teaching undergraduates is highly
desirable. Teaching responsibilities will include majors courses in ecology and
organismal biology and may include courses in the candidate's area of expertise
or general biology courses for majors or nonmajors.
The successful candidate must demonstrate strong commitments to undergraduate
teaching, mentoring undergraduate student research, and sustained scholarly
activity and will be expected to participate in department, university, and
community support activities.
Send letter, c.v., undergraduate and graduate transcripts, one-page statement
of teaching philosophy, one-page research plan involving undergraduates, copies
of pertinent publications, and three letters of recommendation (at least one of
which must address teaching) to Dr. Todd Eckdahl, Chairperson, Biology
Department, Missouri Western State University, 4525 Downs Drive, Saint Joseph,
MO 64507. To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by
November 30, 2007. For inquiries, e-mail Dr. Eckdahl: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Missouri Western State University is a regional state university of 5200
students with a state-mandated focus on applied learning in Saint Joseph,
Missouri, a historic town of 70,000 located 40 miles north of Kansas City.
Missouri Western State University is an EEO/AA employer.
We would like to provide additional information that might be of interest to
potential applicants:
* MWSU has a strong and growing set of programs in organismal biology,
especially Wildife Conservation and Management, Zoology, and Botany. The
successful application will be expected to support all our programs, but be
especially active in these organismal areas. Relative to these organismal
areas, we currently have faculty with strengths and interests in wildlife
ecology, mammalogy, invertebrate zoology, plant systematics/physiology,
mammalian physiological ecology, conservation, parasitology, entomology.
Applicants with expertise in plant ecology and/or applied community ecology are
especially encouraged to apply, but we are interested in other areas of ecology
expertise that would compliment these programs and the strengths of faculty in
our department.
* MWSU has other Biology faculty that have expertise in molecular biology, cell
biology, animal physiology, genetics, microbiology with whom collaborative
opportunities are encouraged.
* MWSU and the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) enjoy a unique
collaboration that has included the construction of the MDC northwest regional
service center on our campus. MWSU Biology faculty have research space and
teaching labs in this building. Students have regular contact with MDC staff
and have been very successful arranging a variety of internship activities with
MDC. We are also participating members of the Reis Biological Field Station
Located near Steeleville, MO, in the Ozarks and we use this facility for
overnight field excursions and short courses. In addition, we have a large
cargo carrier to move equipment and other supplies for field trips.
* Our MWSU campus has the largest undeveloped “greenbelt” of any school in the
Missouri State system. Our classes in organismal biology have access to
woodland, field and aquatic habitats. And, our campus has a self-guided nature
trail with a state-of-the-art amphitheater for community programs and classes.
* The MWSU Biology Department hosts a very active student chapter of The
Wildlife Society. Our student chapter has been recognized repeatedly by the
national society because of its commitment to service and student
skills-enhancement. It has been recognized as the Best Student Chapter in the
North Central Section of The Wildlife Society in two of the last three years of
eligibility.
* Students and faculty in the MWSU Biology Department regularly collaborate in
applied learning activities. Students in our department often present the
results of their research and internship activities at professional meetings.
* MWSU will break ground this spring on an addition to the Agenstein Science
Math Building. This construction will provide substantial increases in
equipment and teaching and research space for faculty including an expanded
greenhouse and an internationally registered herbarium.
Cary D. Chevalier, Ph.D.
Department of Biology
Missouri Western State University
4525 Downs Dr.
St. Joseph, MO 64507
Ph: 816.271.4252
Fax: 816.271.4252
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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