Environmental Studies Lecturer Pool

The Environmental Studies Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for an ongoing pool of lecturers who may be appointed to teach courses in the following areas: natural history, climate change biology, chemistry, landscape ecology, tropical ecology, animal ecology, pest management, agroecology and food systems, ornithology, entomology, conservation biology, restoration ecology, plant ecology, plant disease ecology, soil biology, wetland ecology, environmental policy, environmental economics, water processes and policy, environmental writing, political ecology, political economy, geography, energy politics and policy, environmental law, coastal policy, environmental risks and vulnerability, environmental justice, and environmental art.

The campus is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through their teaching and other assigned duties.

The hiring unit will not sponsor employment-eligible immigration statuses for this position.

Internal candidates will be given priority consideration.

Environmental Studies: https://envs.ucsc.edu/

M.A./M.S. degree or higher in environmental studies or a related field or a bachelor's degree and a Certificate in Science Illustration. Equivalent foreign degrees will be considered.

• 2 letters of reference required

Applications must include confidential letters of recommendation*. Note that your references, or dossier service, will submit their confidential letters directly to the UC Recruit System.

*All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. For any reference letter provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service, career center), direct the author to UCSC's confidentiality statement at http://apo.ucsc.edu/confstm.htm.

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