Job Opportunities

Bucknell University

Richard E. and Yvonne Smith Postdoc-to-Tenure-Track Fellow Position in Environmental Engineering at Bucknell University

Position type: full-time

Location: Lewisburg, PA

The Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) Department at Bucknell University invites applications

for a Richard E. and Yvonne Smith Postdoc-to-Tenure-Track Fellow position in Environmental

Engineering, starting in August 2023. The Smith PTT Fellowship Program promotes pedagogical and

institutional excellence through diversification of faculty and curricula at the University. Richard and

Yvonne Smith were people of great intellectual curiosity and humility, with uplifting and encouraging

spirits and a generous hospitality that was a foundation for promoting inclusion and belonging at

Bucknell. They reached out to and engaged with students and colleagues in ways that left a profound

and positive impact on the institution. In that spirit, we are seeking candidates from diverse backgrounds

who have an active intellectual life that they wish to share with the Bucknell community. Candidates

from groups underrepresented among faculty in higher education are strongly encouraged to apply, and

we hope that you will. It would be a privilege to learn more about you, and we would like for you to get

to know us as well!

For this position, we seek individuals with broad teaching and scholarly interests in the area of

environmental engineering and who wish to cultivate and develop these interests with support and

mentoring. Candidates must have a doctorate in environmental engineering, or a closely related

engineering field, at the time of appointment. Candidates are asked to convey in their application

materials an enthusiasm for undergraduate teaching, a commitment to inclusive teaching practices in the

classroom and laboratory, and an interest in establishing a productive research program. We are seeking

an individual with teaching interests to support the EVEG curriculum, as well as scholarly interests that

complement our current capabilities. This position is ideal for candidates who are excited about working

to enhance established strengths of the University, examples of which include research involving

undergraduates, collaboration within and across departments and colleges, community engagement, and

others.

The successful candidate will spend one or two years as a Smith PTT Fellow at Bucknell, bringing new

perspectives and contemporary knowledge and participating in campus life. The Fellow will receive

mentoring, a reduced teaching load, resources for scholarship, travel, and professional development, and

other support that will help them a) better understand the nature of a career as a teacher-scholar at a

predominantly undergraduate institution; b) develop and strengthen their pedagogical skills and

experience; and c) establish and enhance their research trajectory. The Fellow will have the opportunity

to engage in innovative teaching and scholarship within our excellent facilities, including the

University’s Environmental Engineering and Science Laboratory (EESL). At the end of the fellowship

period, and with positive evaluations, the Fellow will transition into a tenure-track faculty position at

Bucknell.

Application materials must include the following five documents:

1) a cover letter that clearly summarizes the candidate’s interest in Bucknell and in this position

2) a current curriculum vitae

3) a teaching statement that conveys the candidate’s interest in undergraduate teaching, describes the

candidate’s ideas or philosophy for equitable and inclusive teaching, and identifies the courses within

the EVEG curriculum to which the candidate could contribute (3 pages maximum)

4) a scholarship statement addressing the candidate’s plans for scholarly work at Bucknell and how that work may

include undergraduates, if applicable (2 pages maximum)

5) contact information for at least three potential references (letters may be requested by the search committee).

Applications will only be accepted online through Bucknell’s career site (careers.bucknell.edu). Review of applications is ongoing and will continue until the position is filled. Interested individuals may contact the Chair of the search committee, Kevin Gilmore (kevin.gilmore@bucknell.edu), with any questions you may have or to convey your interest in the position and intent to apply