Job location: VETERINARY AND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH BUILDING

Employment Type: Full-time
Posted data: 2021-12-07
Req: R-3443

Title:

290-NN - Professor

Business Title:

Baily Endowed Chair, at rank of Associate or Full Professor

Additional Titles:

Location:

WSU PULLMAN CAMPUS

Employee Type:

Faculty

Job Family:

Faculty - Academic - Not OT Eligible

Position Details:

COVID-19 Vaccine Information:

In accordance with Washington State Governor's Proclamation 21.14.2, as a condition of employment, you must be fully vaccinated or have an approved medical/religious accommodation by time of hire. People are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving their last shot in a vaccine series. Full vaccination status or an approved accommodation will be verified prior to your first day of work. Should you not be fully vaccinated or have an approved medical/religious accommodation you will not be able to start employment with WSU. Information regarding vaccine verification and/or requesting a medical/religious accommodation is available at https://hrs.wsu.edu/covid-19/vax-verification/. Please contact HRS at hrs@wsu.edu or 509-335-4521 if you have questions.

Summary of Duties:

The Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience (IPN) at Washington State University (WSU) is seeking an established scientist and leader to fill the Bernice Gilman Baily and Joseph Baily Endowed Chair position and to support our burgeoning focus on affective and behavioral neuroscience. Preference will be given to candidates with an internationally recognized research program in the areas of social neuroscience, the human-animal bond, or the neural circuitry of affect, stress reduction or motivation. Applicants using modern neuroscience techniques to interrogate circuits and systems that integrate with existing departmental strengths in broad areas of neuroscience (https://ipn.vetmed.wsu.edu/research) or with college strengths in infectious disease, reproductive biology, cell signaling, and genomics are encouraged to apply. This is a full-time (12 month) permanent tenure-track endowed chair position at the rank of Associate or Full Professor, depending on qualifications, located at our Pullman, Washington campus.

The effort distribution is flexible with approximately 65% research, 25% formal teaching in undergraduate and graduate courses, and 10% service being standard. The successful candidate will have a productive, extramurally funded research program and is expected to establish meaningful collaborations with current WSU researchers, actively contribute to the department’s teaching missions. Preference will be given to candidates that can actively collaborate in service or research with the Center for the Study of Animal Well-Being (https://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/departments/csaw).

Required Qualifications:

• An earned doctoral degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) in Neuroscience, Biomedical Sciences, or a related field by the time of hire is required.

• Must have an established active extramurally funded research program with a record of peer-reviewed publications and national/international reputation commensurate with rank.

• IPN seeks candidates whose research, teaching, or service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity and inclusion in higher education.

• Additionally, for the Full Professor level, candidates must have a demonstrated record of leadership in research, teaching or service to their university or field.

• All candidates must have a history of contributing to high quality undergraduate, graduate or professional education and excellent communication skills.

Department:

Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience at WSU is part of large vibrant Neuroscience community that spans the Pullman, Spokane, and Vancouver campuses. On the Pullman campus, IPN is housed in a state-of-the-art research building with extensive core resources (https://ipn.vetmed.wsu.edu/equipment-resources) and access to cutting edge programs including the Program of Excellence in Addictions Research (PEAR). The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Program (ADARP) and the Translational Addiction Research Center (TARC), the Center for Cannabis Policy, Research, and Outreach (CCPRO) and the Sleep and Performance Research Center (SPRC).

College:

The WSU CVM is organized into five departments/schools, including VCS, Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology (VMP), Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience (IPN), the School of Molecular Biosciences (SMB), and the Paul G. Allen School for Global Health, each dedicated to excellence in teaching, research, and service (http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu).

University:

Washington State University is a Tier 1 Land Grant institution with 65 doctoral degree programs and professional medical, veterinary and pharmacy degree programs. Research expenditures are ~$345 million a year. WSU is one of the largest residential universities in the Northwest and has campuses across the state.

Area:

Washington State University’s Pullman campus in eastern Washington sits in the rich agricultural area known as the Palouse. Pullman is known for excellent schools and as a safe place to raise a family. Pullman is only eight miles from the University of Idaho at Moscow and approximately an hour south of Spokane. Recreational opportunities abound with skiing, fishing, hunting, whitewater rafting, camping, hiking, and rock climbing all nearby. Pullman is near numerous rivers, lakes, and wilderness areas; including the Snake, Salmon, and Clearwater rivers, Coeur d’Alene, Pend Oreille, and Priest lakes, and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, to name a few.

Additional Information:

College/Area:

College of Veterinary Medicine

Department:

Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience

Department Link:

https://ipn.vetmed.wsu.edu/

City, State, Zip:

Pullman, WA 99164-7620

Monthly Salary:

Commensurate upon qualifications and experience.

FTE:

100%

Tenure or Non-Tenure:

Tenure Track

Position Type:

Permanent

Screening date: For full consideration during the initial application review, applications must be receive by January 16, 2022

Background Check Requirement:

This position does not require a background check.

Applicant Instructions:

Applicants must attach the following documents to their online application: a 1) cover letter that states the rank being sought and indicates reason for interest in this position at this time, a 2) current curriculum vitae, a 3) statement of research interests and goals (three (3) page maximum), a 4) description of teaching experience and/or philosophy, and a 5) statement that indicates the applicant’s experience with and commitment to diversity and inclusion (one (1) page each maximum). 6) Contact information for references

Applicants are required to include contact information for three (3) professional references (including email addresses) within the application. Application materials should clearly communicate how the applicant meets all required qualifications and additional requirements.

Applicant Documents:

1) Cover Letter

2) Curriculum Vitae

3) State of Research

4) Teaching Experience/Philosophy

5) Diversity and Inclusion Statement

6) Contact information for references

Time Type:

Full time

Position Term:

12 Month

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EDUCATOR AND EMPLOYER. Members of ethnic minorities, women, special disabled veterans, veterans of the Vietnam-era, recently separated veterans, and other protected veteran, persons of disability and/or persons age 40 and over are encouraged to apply.

WSU employs only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized non-U.S. citizens. All new employees must show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

WSU is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact Human Resource Services: 509-335-4521 (v), Washington State TDD Relay Service: Voice Callers: 1-800-833-6384; TDD Callers: 1-800-833-6388, 509-335-1259(f), or hrs@wsu.edu.