Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
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SUNY Cortland is hiring an Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences. SUNY Cortland seeks a tenure‑track Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences to begin August 2027, contributing to inclusive excellence through innovative teaching, undergraduate‑engaged research, and service, while maintaining a routine campus presence and supporting diverse student mentorship.
Key focus areas include Teach majors‑level introductory organismal biology and upper‑level electives with laboratory sections, Maintain an active research program involving undergraduates with potential for external funding, and Provide service to the department and university including advisement and mentorship of diverse students.
Important skills include Organismal Biology, Undergraduate Teaching, and Research Program Development.
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Position Summary:
SUNY Cortland is an engaged learning community that is committed to promoting diversity of thought and experience. We believe that an equitable, inclusive and diverse campus and curriculum are critical to our educational mission. Tenure-track faculty contribute to the University’s values of inclusive excellence through outstanding teaching, research and/or scholarship, service to the department and university, and by providing academic advisement and mentoring to/for all students. Faculty are expected to maintain a routine presence on campus to support our campus values of focusing on the students, integrity, and intellectual life and serve our campus priorities of academic excellence, transformational education, well-being, and the maximization of resources.
The Biological Sciences Department at SUNY Cortland seeks applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor to begin August 2027. We are a large and diverse department that offers four undergraduate majors: Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Conservation Biology and Adolescence Education in Biology. Our faculty contribute to the University’s values of inclusive excellence through (1) innovative teaching, (2) research and/or scholarship that engages undergraduates, and (3) service to the department and university.
Starting Salary: $67,200 + depending on experience ( DOE )
Major Responsibilities:
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Teach majors-level introductory organismal biology (BIO212 Fundamentals of Organismal Biology) and upper-level electives in organismal biology with laboratory sections that complements existing courses and faculty expertise. Upper-level electives could include but are not limited to Plant Biology, Wildlife Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Vertebrate Biology (or subdiscipline such as ichthyology, herpetology, ornithology, or mammalogy), Entomology, Mycology, Field Biology, Animal Behavior or other organismal elective in the candidate’s area of expertise.
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Maintain an active research program in an area of organismal biology that involves undergraduates and has the potential for external funding.
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Provide service to the department and university that includes advisement and mentorship of students with diverse backgrounds.
Required Qualifications:
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Ph.D. or doctoral candidate, all but dissertation ( ABD ) (with degree conferral by August 2027) in Zoology, Plant Biology, Wildlife Biology, Evolutionary Biology, or a related field.
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Evidence of effective teaching.
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Scholarly productivity with peer-reviewed publications including a detailed plan for engaging undergraduates in the research.
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Evidence of commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Preferred Qualifications:
- One or more years of postdoctoral experience and/or formal experience as instructor of record for undergraduate course(s).
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