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The Berea College Biology Department invites applications for a three-year fixed-term faculty position beginning in the Fall of 2025. We are seeking a broadly trained biologist who is dedicated to teaching undergraduate students in a diverse and inclusive liberal arts setting. The successful candidate may be asked to teach in a variety of courses including anatomy and physiology, comparative anatomy, major’s, and non-major’s introductory biology, and possibly a course in the candidate’s specialty. A Ph.D. is preferred, but qualified candidates with a master’s degree and teaching experience will be considered. Although the position’s primary focus will be on teaching, the candidate will have the opportunity to develop a research program that includes undergraduates.

Interested applicants should submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, graduate and undergraduate academic transcripts (unofficial are acceptable at this stage), a statement of teaching philosophy, and contact information for three references to: https://tinyurl.com/4nv5yw64. Review of submitted materials will begin October 31, 2024 and will continue until the position is filled.

Founded in 1855, Berea College is nationally recognized as the first coeducational and interracial college in the South. Berea has a longstanding commitment to interracial education and is one of the most racially diverse private liberal arts colleges in the United States. With an emphasis on service to Appalachia and beyond, Berea enrolls more than 1,500 students from 46 states and U.S. territories and more than 70 countries. Berea College admits students who are unable to afford tuition and provides all of them with a no-tuition promise, valued at more than $204,000. Berea’s students excel in the College’s supportive yet demanding academic environment, and most are the first in their families to attend college. As one of only nine federally recognized Work Colleges, all Berea students are expected to work 10-12 hours weekly in various positions across campus. Berea College is listed #20 in overall ranking in the U.S. by the Wall Street Journal/College Pulse college rankings, 2023. The Washington Monthly ranks Berea College #2 Best Liberal Arts College and #1 in Social Mobility, 2023. Money Magazine ranks Berea #20 Best Overall College and #10 for Best in the South, 2023. Berea College is also the only institution in Kentucky to receive the 5-Star Rating from Money Magazine, 2023.

Located where the Bluegrass Region meets the Cumberland Mountains, the town of Berea (pop. 16,000) lies forty miles south of Lexington and is approximately two hours from Cincinnati, Louisville, and Knoxville. More information about Berea College is available at www.berea.edu.