Job Description

Typical duties may include but are not limited to:

• Teach assigned courses and adequately perform other duties/responsibilities as articulated on the annual assignment.
• Hold office hours.
• Attend departmental meetings.
• Adopt course materials in a timely manner.
• Adopt the university learning management system.
• Adopt other campus-wide technology platforms as appropriate to other specified job duties.
• Complete mandatory/required training in a timely manner.
• Abide by University Policies and Regulations.
• Participate in the evaluation process in accordance with the CBA and related documents.
• Participate in the assessment process as required by your respective department.
• Timely and professional communication with students, colleagues, staff, and administrators.
• Engage in essential duties with the highest standards of integrity, responsibility, excellence, and within the accepted practices and norms of your respective field/profession.
• Prepare syllabi and instructional materials, develop and deliver lectures, tests, and evaluate students.
• Develop and sustain an extramurally supported, collaborative research program that complements existing expertise in the Environmental Geology program and in The Water School and that involves students.
• Engages in reflective self-assessment of teaching styles and methods to ensure consistently effective instructional performance.
• Ensure the timely completion and reporting of student learning assessments.
• Continued professional development activity is expected at a level commensurate with rank and the mission of the University.
• Actively participate in community, institutional, and professional service in furtherance of FGCU's mission.
• Attends faculty and college meetings as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor
• Participate in curriculum development and advancement of the respective program.
• Prepare and deliver consistent, interactive lectures that align with curriculum goals.
• Work collaboratively with departmental faculty to ensure curriculum outcomes and accreditation standards are met.
• Advise students and provide individual assistance to students during weekly office hours.
• Perform regular scholarly research and publication.

Additional Job Description

Required Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Geology from a regionally accredited institution or equivalent accreditation
• ABDwill be considered if the degree is conferred by August 7, 2025. If successful candidate isABD, appointment will be made at a Lecturer level on a fixed contract.
• Demonstrated experience to teach structural geology.
• Evidence of scholarly expertise related to environmental geology with a record of research publications in scholarly journals.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A scholarship focus on structural geology, seismology, or geophysics of the Caribbean or Southern Appalachians.
• Experience with environmental applications of structural geology, seismology, and/or geophysics in teaching and scholarship.
• Postdoctoral experience.
• Commitment to graduate and undergraduate education.
• Interdisciplinary teaching and research perspective with well-defined research goals.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Knowledge of major concepts, assumptions, debates, processes of inquiry, and ways of knowing that are central to the discipline(s).
• Understanding how to use digital and interactive technologies for efficiently and effectively achieving specific learning goals.
• Knowledge of critical thinking processes and understanding how to help learners develop high level questioning skills.
• Knowledge and skill in the use of inquiry-based instructional models and strategies.
• Knowledge and ability to use technology in various teaching modalities (e.g. Face-to-face, synchronous online or asynchronous online).
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders both within and outside the University in the development and delivery of instruction, resulting in improved student learning.

Special Instructions to Applicants

Appointment will be made on a 9-month continuous multi-year appointment basis available August 2025.

Because applications and materials are subject to public review and retention under Florida's Public Records Law, please DO NOT send examples of your project/scholarship unless requested to do so. Therefore, all submitted materials including articles, disks, slides, books, etc., become the property of FGCU and CANNOT BE RETURNED. As applicable, finalists will be notified of the need to submit specific additional materials. Such materials will become the property of FGCU. Under Florida's Public Records law, applications will be available for public review upon request.

Required Application Materials

• Unofficial Transcripts
• Statement of Teaching Philosophy
• Statement of Research Interests
• Curriculum Vitae
• Cover Letter
• List of five (5) Professional References

The position is listed as open until filled; however, applications received by November 30, 2024 will receive priority consideration.

Salary commensurate with education and experience