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 as permanent, full-time, nine-month (academic year), tenure-track faculty 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 subdiscipline, 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:
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Develop and maintain an active research program in integrative biology, pursuing research questions that examine organism-environment interactions in any study system.
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Develop and maintain hypothesis-driven research program using integrative experimental, theoretical, and/or analytical tools, with support from extramural funding sources.
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Recruit and mentor graduate and undergraduate students.
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Teach graduate and undergraduate courses in biology.
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Participate in service at the department, college, and/or university level.
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Advance SBS and WSU efforts to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion among the faculty, staff and students in research, teaching, and community outreach.
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The workload for this position is 40% teaching, 40% research, and 20% service.
Required Qualifications for All Candidates:
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Earned PhD in biology or related discipline and 6 months of postdoctoral research experience prior to the anticipated start date.
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Record of research accomplishment in integrative biology.
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Effective communication skills with both students and colleagues.
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Demonstrated ability to collaborate with other scientists.
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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.
Salary/Benefits: 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.
To Apply: Visit the website above and select “Apply”. 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.
- 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, 509-335-8122, sbs.search@wsu.edu.
Application Deadline:
Applicants must submit their completed application by Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 11:59 p.m.
About WSU, Pullman, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the School of Biological Sciences:
Washington State University is a land grant, multiple-campus Research 1 institution. This position will serve on the Pullman campus, which has an enrollment of around 20,000 students and is located in Southeastern Washington on the homelands of the Nimíipuu (Nez Perce) Tribe and Palus people. Located 80 miles south of metropolitan Spokane, Pullman is also a quick drive away from the scenic Idaho panhandle and Moscow Mountain. The rolling hills of the Palouse offer a wide range of activities and a true four-season climate. The area provides ample opportunity to enjoy the cultural and academic hub of both Washington State University and the University of Idaho, in the neighboring town of Moscow, Idaho. For more information about the region, please see https://pullmanchamber.com.
Encompassing more than 30 departments, schools, and research institutes on five campuses statewide, the College of Arts & Sciences is the heart of WSU. Together our 730+ faculty and staff deliver more than 50% of WSU’s total undergraduate and graduate instruction, including the vast majority of WSU’s core curriculum. We also drive annual research expenditures of more than $26 million, with wide interdisciplinary strengths in public and community health, environmental change, equity and social justice, and data and technology at the boundaries. As Arts & Sciences passes its 10th anniversary as a unified college, we seek to lead a reimagining of WSU’s land-grant mission for the 21st century, expanding the boundaries of creativity and discovery while simultaneously recognizing more completely our obligations to Native and Indigenous peoples. For more about the College of Arts & Sciences at WSU, please see https://cas.wsu.edu.
The School of Biological Sciences is in the College of Arts and Sciences and is physically located in a complex of three buildings that accommodates research and teaching labs. Research facilities in SBS include the state-of-the-art Franceschi Microscopy and Imaging Center, the WSU Stable Isotope Core Facility, the Aquatic Phenomics Research Center, the Marion Ownbey Herbarium, the Charles R. Conner Museum, and the Hudson Biological Reserve at Smoot Hill. Further research facilities on campus include the Molecular Biology and Genomics Core, Kamiak High Performance Computing Cluster, M.J. Murdock Metabolomics Laboratory, Biological NMR Spectroscopy Center, and the GeoAnalytical Laboratory. SBS faculty recruit graduate students (M.S. and Ph.D.) through the SBS graduate program, which guarantees support for students who serve as teaching or research assistants as they conduct independent research. Faculty in SBS work in diverse research fields including physiology, behavioral endocrinology, evolutionary biology, population and ecological genetics, evolutionary genomics, systematics, community and disease ecology, development, and reproduction. In addition to SBS, biological research spans numerous departments in multiple colleges at WSU, including Animal Sciences, Entomology, Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, School of the Environment, and School of Molecular Biosciences. Interdisciplinary programs and centers include the Institute of Biological Chemistry, the Center for Reproductive Biology, the Center for Environmental Research, Education and Outreach, and Molecular Plant Science Graduate Program. For more about the School of Biological Sciences at WSU, please see https://sbs.wsu.edu
WSU acknowledges that its locations statewide are on the homelands of Native American peoples, who have lived in this region and have been caretakers of the land from time immemorial. The Morrill Act of 1862 established our land-grant institution by providing public and federal lands that are traced back to the disposition of Indigenous lands, often taken by coercive and violent acts, and the disregard of treaties. For that, we extend our deepest apologies. We owe our deepest gratitude to the Native peoples of this region and maintain our commitment towards reconciliation. And as a land-grant institution, WSU is deeply committed to the land-grant mission, its Memorandums of Understanding with Native tribes in the region, and a tradition of service to society. To read the full WSU land acknowledgement, please see https://wsu.edu/about/wsu-land-acknowledgement/.
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 is committed to excellence through diversity and faculty-friendly policy action, including partner accommodation and NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation programs (http://www.advance.wsu.edu/). 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.