Mills College, Oakland, CA Assistant Professor, Chemistry

About Mills College:
Located in Oakland, California, in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area, Mills College is a nationally renowned independent liberal arts college for women with graduate programs for women and men.  Ranked one of the top-tier regional universities in the West by U.S. News & World Report, Mills is also recognized as one of The Best 380 Colleges in the nation by The Princeton Review. Since 1852, we’ve been empowering students to become creative, independent thinkers who take and inspire action. For more information, visit www.mills.edu.

Job Description:
This is a tenure-track position in the Department of Chemistry and Physics.  Appointment will begin August 1, 2016.  Primary teaching duties will include Analytical Chemistry and General Chemistry.  The successful candidate will also establish a successful research program involving undergraduates.  Candidates who can support the major in Environmental Science as well as the Chemistry major are particularly encouraged to apply.  Position is dependent upon funding.

Requirements:

* Ph.D. in chemistry or an aligned field in hand at time of appointment
* Potential for excellence in undergraduate teaching
* Research plan that will be productive and include undergraduates

Additional Information:
Women and other traditionally underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. Mills College seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to diversity and our desire to maintain the excellence of our faculty. In so doing, we offer our students not only the opportunity to learn about varied disciplines, but to engage diverse perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning.

Mills College does not permit discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, race, religious creed, color, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, age, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity.   For more information on Mills’ non-discrimination policy, pleased go to: http://www.mills.edu/administration/administrative_offices/policies/nondiscrimination.php

Application Instructions:
Please submit current CV, a cover letter detailing teaching interests, a research proposal, a statement of teaching philosophy, and contact information for three references via our online application process:
http://mills.interviewexchange.com/candapply.jsp?JOBID=62506

 Review of applications will begin on September 15th