Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology

Job Description

Job Description

Wilkes University's Department of Biology and Earth Systems Sciences has an opening for a one-year visiting assistant professor position for the 2026-27 academic year. Preferred candidates will have a PhD in aquatic ecosystems, environmental science, or a related field with teaching experience in both introductory and advanced courses at the college level. The successful candidate will teach introductory environmental science courses and an upper-level course in the candidate's area of specialty. The candidate will have opportunities to mentor undergraduate students in research and take advantage of the university's nearly 200 acres of natural areas, which includes wetlands, streams, and forest. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Wilkes University is an independent, comprehensive university dedicated to academic excellence in the liberal arts, sciences, and selected professional programs. The University has approximately 2,000 students at the undergraduate level and over 1,500 full time equivalent students at the graduate and first professional levels.

Its institutional focus is on developing strong mentoring relationships with each of its students and contributing vitally to economic development of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The University is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, a revitalized city that is located on the lovely Susquehanna River and is within two and one-half hours driving distance of New York City and Philadelphia.

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Wilkes University is constantly seeking to become a more diverse community and to enhance its capacity to value and capitalize on the cultural richness that diversity brings. The University strongly encourages applications from persons with diverse backgrounds. Wilkes University does not discriminate in its employment practices or in its educational programs or activities on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, pregnancy, sex/gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, marital or family status, military or veteran status, or genetic information.

Employment at Wilkes is contingent upon the results of a thorough background screening. PA Act 153 requires that persons working in positions with regular and unsupervised contact with minors complete additional clearances, including FBI fingerprinting and PA criminal and child abuse clearances.