Environmental and Geospatial Science, Tenure Track Faculty Member

The Evergreen State College Portal • Olympia, WA

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About The Position

This is a full-time, regular (i.e. tenure-track) faculty position in the school of Professional and Continuing Education at The Evergreen State College starting in the 2026-27 academic year. The Evergreen State College seeks a faculty member with advanced training and experience in environmental science, applied geospatial science. This faculty member will act as the lead faculty for an introductory–level GIS Certificate program. Depending on their area of expertise, they will also teach foundational and intermediate-level environmental studies courses which could include environmental science or other environmental studies. Faculty are expected to develop curriculum independently and in collaboration with faculty from a wide range of social science, physical science, arts, and humanities disciplines. The faculty member will teach some discipline-specific, career-connected courses, and they will team-teach some exploratory interdisciplinary classes. Evergreen’s school of Professional and Continuing Education provides transformative education for working adults and lifelong learners seeking a bachelor’s degree or a certificate credential, but it also attracts traditional age undergraduate students. The curriculum combines theory with practice and is offered during evenings and weekends in multiple teaching modes (in-person, online, and hybrid). Accordingly, we seek highly collaborative colleagues who are interested in career-connected learning and creative online instruction for diverse learners. Due to our campus’ interdisciplinary nature, faculty should also be prepared to address broad social themes and explore transcendent pedagogical approaches to learning and teaching. Candidates should demonstrate robust experience teaching quantitative literacy and GIS in concert with their area of environmental science expertise. The candidate chosen for this position will play a lead role in guiding the development of career-connected pathways in environmental studies and interdisciplinary GIS for part-time, evening and weekend, undergraduate students. Candidates will also play a lead role in guiding students toward internship and advanced independent learning. Candidates with robust research backgrounds are encouraged to consider ways that their interests may foster undergraduate student research opportunities.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Environmental Science or a closely related field, with a GIS or remote sensing concentration.
• Ability to teach upper-division students and guide research projects
• Ability to teach lower-division (general education) Environmental Science and GIS

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated experience and enthusiasm for designing courses that draw on environmental science and/or GIS for interdisciplinary analysis and problem solving.
• Demonstrated skills in remote sensing and cross-platform analyses
• Experience supporting student research using alternative and emerging technologies and platforms (e.g., Google Earth Engine, R, etc.).
• Experience teaching online
• Experience supporting students toward career goals and opportunities
• Experience communicating and working with a diverse student population, including returning adult students

Responsibilities

• Act as the lead faculty for an introductory–level GIS Certificate program.
• Teach foundational and intermediate-level environmental studies courses which could include environmental science or other environmental studies.
• Develop curriculum independently and in collaboration with faculty from a wide range of social science, physical science, arts, and humanities disciplines.
• Teach some discipline-specific, career-connected courses, and they will team-teach some exploratory interdisciplinary classes.
• Play a lead role in guiding the development of career-connected pathways in environmental studies and interdisciplinary GIS for part-time, evening and weekend, undergraduate students.
• Play a lead role in guiding students toward internship and advanced independent learning.
• Foster undergraduate student research opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees