Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Science

Employer
College of Coastal Georgia
Job Description, Responsibilities and Required Qualifications or Skills

Description
-The School of Arts & Sciences seeks a dynamic candidate for a temporary, non-tenure-track faculty position in Environmental Science with strong experience in the geosciences. This is an academic year 10-month contract. The contract is expected to begin August 1, 2026.

Responsibilities
-Develop and teach a variety of courses in geology and environmental science, ranging from general education courses to upper-division courses in the Environmental Science major.
-Maintain on-campus office hours; prepare lesson plans, syllabi (including course objectives), lectures, and other course materials such as quizzes and exams; and submit final grades and attendance reports on time.
-Engagement in professional development, service, and scholarship activities.
-Travel to fulfill instructional or other duties, including to the Brunswick Campus or the Camden Center location.
-Maintain a commitment to high-impact educational practices and student success.
-Other related duties, as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements
-Ph.D. in Environmental Science / Geology or a closely-related geoscience discipline with a minimum of 18 graduate level credits in environmental science and/or geology.

Other Required Qualifications
-Commitment to highly effective and engaging science education.
-Commitment to implementing experiential learning and high-impact educational practices in the classroom and lab.

Required Experience
-Successful teaching experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Experience
-Expertise or strong background in geology.    
-Experience with geographic information systems, R, python, and instructional technologies (e.g., augmented reality / VR).
-Experience with in-person and online/hybrid instruction.
-Recent experience teaching college-level courses in geology / environmental science
-Experience mentoring undergraduate research especially through Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs).
-Experience developing and implementing innovative pedagogy.

Job Field:
Other
Job Type:
Full Time
Location Detail:
College of Coastal Georgia
One College Drive
Brunswick, GA 31520


Job Benefits:

For more information or questions about this job posting, please contact the Department of Human Resources at (912) 279.5740, or by email at careers@ccga.edu.

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