Assistant Professor of Biology

Located in Lewiston, Maine, Bates is internationally recognized asa leading liberal arts college. We are proud to offer a highlypersonalized education that centers on deep and sustainedinteractions among students, faculty, and community. We areengaging the forces — intellectual trends, demographic changes, and technology — that are transforming higher education and the worldinto which our students graduate.

The Biology Department at Bates College invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position at the rank of assistant professor in Marine Biology, tobegin July 1st, 2027. We seek an outstanding teacher-scholar with strong commitments to excellent undergraduate teaching and mentorship in a liberal arts context. The successful candidate willhave demonstrated a productive research program in marine biologyapplicable to or with a focus on ecosystems within the Gulf of Maine.

The position carries a standard five-course teaching load either asa 2-3 or 3-2 across two semesters, or as a 2-2-1 across twosemesters and the Bates Short Term . The duties of the position include the three mainareas of faculty work: teaching, professional achievement, and governance and engagement. The standards of excellence for facultyat Bates are articulated in Article II of the Faculty Handbook , and include a commitment to inclusive and evidence-based pedagogy, impactful professional work, and contributions to the broader Bates community.

Teachingresponsibilities will include contributions, with varyingfrequency, to the biology and general education curricula,including a 100-level course-based undergraduate researchexperience (CURE), a 100-level Marine Science course, BIO 206(Evolution and Interactions of Life), an upper-level Marine Biologycourse, First-year Seminar, and a field-based Short Term course. Aswith all tenure-track and tenured members of departments, the candidate will mentor research projects with undergraduates as partof a larger independent research program.

We also expect the candidate to take part in our system of shared governance and academic advising.

Given the wide range of backgrounds of Bates students, we seekcandidates who are committed to each student’s success. As partofthe submitted statements, we ask that candidates share plans for helping all students succeed, and share evidence of relevant preparation or experience. This can be integrated into the teaching and research statements. We encourage applications from individuals from historically marginalized groups and from those who may havefollowed non-traditional pathways to higher education due tosocietal, economic, or academic circumstances.

Bates College is a residential liberal arts college in Lewiston,Maine—a diverse and growing community roughly 45 minutes from thestate’s largest city, 2 ½ hour north of Boston, and 4 ½ hours southof Montreal. Faculty scholarship and creative work at Bates arerobustly supported by start-up packages, a paid pre-tenure leave,support for post-tenure sabbaticals, internal grants, professionaltravel funding, and a well-staffed externalgrants office .

Community-engaged learning —with community partnershipsfacilitated by the Harward Center for Community Partnerships —and study abroad are bothbroadly encouraged and institutionally supported. Pedagogicaldevelopment and innovation is further buttressed by our highly engaged Centerfor Inclusive Teaching and Learning . Additionalinterdisciplinary opportunities at Bates are available through thenew Immersive Media Studio , funded by a grant from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation, the Digital Media Studios ,the Visualization Lab , and a high-performance computing cluster .

Educational access and racial justice are central to Bates’ history and mission and ourfaculty-led initiatives reflect this commitment.

Candidates must have completed their Ph.D. by July 2027.

The anticipated salary range for this position is $87,000 to $91,000, commensurate with rank, experience, qualifications, andother relevant factors.

Review of applications will begin on October 7th, 2026.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check and verification of terminal degree.

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