School of Environmental Sustainability, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, Tenure Track
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School of Environmental Sustainability, Assistant Professor of Environment & Human Health, Tenure Track
Position Title:School of Environmental Sustainability, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, Tenure Track
Job Category:University Faculty
Job Type:Full-Time
FLSA Status:Exempt
Campus:Rogers Park-Lake Shore Campus
Location Code:SCH OF ENVIRO SUSTAINABILITY (03250A)
Department Name:SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Is this split and/or fully grant funded? :No
Duties and Responsibilities:Salary Range: $82,000-$114,000
Benefits Information: https://www.luc.edu/hr/benefits/
Loyola University Chicago (https://www.luc.edu/) has been committed to environmental sustainability for 22 years by transforming our campuses to improve energy, water, and waste efficiencies. Loyola has consistently ranked in the top 10% of green campuses nationally. The campus prioritizes sustainability with energy efficient LEED certified buildings, permeable pavement, green roof installations, and student-run urban gardens. Established in 2020, the School of Environmental Sustainability (SES) currently serves >500 undergraduate and graduate students housed within a state-of-the-art geothermally heated/cooled building complex containing teaching & research labs, a 3,100 sq ft greenhouse, two aquaponics facilities, a biodiesel production facility, and a green dormitory. The Loyola University Retreat & Ecology Campus (LUREC) has active ecological restoration projects in a 20-acre wetland and oak/hickory woodland and serves as a venue for three-week summer field courses and research in sustainable agriculture, ecology, and wetland restoration. For more information about SES, please see our website (https://www.luc.edu/sustainability/).
The SES has nearly doubled its number of faculty and staff since becoming a school in 2020. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, the SES is building its academic strengths in five focus areas connected to our century’s most vexing environmental problems (https://www.luc.edu/sustainability/research/focusareas/). These SES Focus Areas include Biodiversity, Environment & Society, Sustainable Food Systems, Climate & Energy, and Environmental Health & Toxicology. Our faculty strategically build curriculum and research expertise toward the five focus areas within the disciplines of the physical sciences, social sciences, humanities, economics, business management, public health, law & policy, ethics, GIS, and statistics.
The successful candidate’s research will contribute to our Environmental Health & Toxicology Focus Area faculty group and the Environmental Health BS program. The successful candidate should be capable of teaching one of the existing environmental chemistry courses (ENVS 274: Chemistry of the Natural Environment, ENVS 275: Chemistry of the Environment Lab, and ENVS 276: Chemistry of Environmental Pollution), and one or more of the existing environmental health courses including ENVS 301 Environmental Health, Climate Change & Human Health (ENVS 338/438), Gender, Health, and the Environment (ENVS 204), One Health (ENVS298), and/or Introduction to Global Health (ENVS 385/485). Candidates may also contribute to developing a course within their specific area of expertise.
The successful candidate will be expected to be a productive research scholar that involves undergraduate and masters-level graduate students. The successful candidate is also expected to compete for external research funding to support a productive research program related to their scholarly expertise.
Minimum Requirements:
- PhD in environmental science, environmental health, or a closely related field
- Position Start Date: August 2025
- Candidates must share Loyola University Chicago’s Jesuit commitment to social justice, care for our common home, and walking with the excluded, ideally evidenced through their research, teaching and/or service
- Candidates should have a record of or clear potential for distinguished scholarship, external research funding, undergraduate / graduate-level course instruction, and student mentorship
- Candidates have a record of or clear potential for demonstrating a commitment to developing teaching skills in undergraduate and/or graduate courses
Preferred Requirements:
- SES seeks an interdisciplinary environmental scholar with an approach that recognizes the interdependence of human and ecological health
- Candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply
- Experience as instructor of record for college-level courses and evidence of effective and innovative teaching is desirable
- A background in Environmental Science, Environmental Health, Environmental Chemistry, or Environmental Toxicology is preferred
- SES is particularly interested in research that would augment program expertise in urban environments and/or Great Lakes ecology
Physical Demands:
None
Working Conditions:Irregular Hours
Minimum Education and/or Work Experience:- PhD in environmental science, environmental health, or a closely related field
- Position Start Date: August 2025
- Candidates must share Loyola University Chicago’s Jesuit commitment to social justice, care for our common home, and walking with the excluded, ideally evidenced through their research, teaching and/or service
- Candidates should have a record of or clear potential for distinguished scholarship, external research funding, undergraduate / graduate-level course instruction, and student mentorship
- Candidates have a record of or clear potential for demonstrating a commitment to developing teaching skills in undergraduate and/or graduate courses
Open Date:
01/13/2025
Salary Range:$82,000-$114,000
Additional Salary Information:This salary range is for a nine-month academic appointment. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on a range of factors including, but not limited to, the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate including years since terminal degree; training; field or discipline; budget availability; internal equity; and external market pay for comparable jobs. Salaries higher than the published maximums may be offered in limited circumstances.
Special Instructions to Applicants:Applicants should submit:
- Current Curriculum Vitae
- Letter of interest outlining qualifications.
- Teaching statement
- Research statement outlining plans for developing an extramurally funded research program engaging undergraduate and master’s students
- Inclusive excellence statement describing experiences with or plans for providing engaging and inclusive communities enabling individuals to contribute, thrive, and succeed
- Scholarly writing sample
- Contact information for three references willing to write letters of recommendation (if requested)
Address questions to:
Dr. Brian Ohsowski
School of Environmental SustainabilityLoyola University Chicago
1032 W. Sheridan Rd.
Chicago, IL 60660
bohsowski@luc.edu
Review of applications will begin on February 14th, and continue until the position is filled.
The anticipated salary range for this position is in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement. This salary range is for a nine-month academic appointment. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on a range of factors including, but not limited to, the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate including years since terminal degree; training; field or discipline; budget availability; internal equity; and external market pay for comparable jobs.
As a Jesuit, Catholic institution of higher education, we seek candidates who will contribute to our strategic plan to deliver a Transformative Education in the Jesuit tradition. To learn more about Loyola University Chicago’s mission, candidates should consult our website at www.luc.edu/mission/. For information about the university’s focus on transformative education, they should consult our website at www.luc.edu/transformativeed.About Loyola University Chicago:
About Loyola University Chicago
Founded in 1870, Loyola University Chicago is the largest of twenty-seven Jesuit colleges and universities (https://ajcunet.edu/) and one of the largest Catholic universities in the United States. Loyola enrolls approximately 17,000 students, including over 11,000 undergraduates, across its three campuses in the Chicago metropolitan area: Lake Shore Campus on Chicago’s north side; Water Tower Campus near the Magnificent Mile in downtown Chicago; and Health Sciences Campus in the western suburb of Maywood. The University has over 1,600 full-time and part-time faculty. It also operates a study abroad center – the John Felice Rome Center (JFRC) – in Rome, Italy. Loyola offers programs in a variety of disciplines through thirteen schools and colleges: the College of Arts and Sciences (founded in 1870), the School of Law (1908), the Stritch School of Medicine (1909), the School of Social Work (1914), the School of Continuing and Professional Studies (1914), the Graduate School (1915), the Quinlan School of Business (1922), the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing (1935), the School of Education (1969), the School of Communication (2008), Arrupe College (2014) which operates as a two-year college and confers associates degrees, the Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health (2019), and the School of Environmental Sustainability (2020).
As one of the nation’s largest Jesuit, Catholic universities, Loyola University Chicago fosters a transformative cultural experience that honors diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are committed to not only recruiting, but also retaining a diverse, mission driven workforce and enabling a culture of inclusiveness in an environment that values service excellence, stewardship, personal well-being, and professional development for all of our employees. Loyola University Chicago supports its staff and faculty with a wide array of affordable, comprehensive and competitive benefits centered on health and wellness, financial security, equity, and work-life balance. We actively seek those who wish to join our faculty, staff, and students in a community of diverse opinions, perspectives, and backgrounds supporting our Jesuit mission and striving toward the same goal of being persons for and with others.
The Loyola University Chicago community acknowledges its location on the ancestral homelands of the Council of the Three Fires (the Ojibwa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi tribes) and a place of trade with other tribes, including the Ho-Chunk, Miami, Menominee, Sauk, and Meskwaki. We recognize the tragic legacy of colonization, genocide, and oppression that still impacts Native American lives today. As a Jesuit university, we affirm our commitment to issues of social responsibility and justice. We further recognize our responsibility to understand, teach, and respect the past and present realities of local Native Americans and their continued connection to this land.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Loyola University Chicago is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer with a strong commitment to hiring for our mission and diversifying our faculty. The University seeks to increase the diversity of its professoriate, workforce and undergraduate and graduate student populations because broad diversity – including a wide range of individuals who contribute to a robust academic environment – is critical to achieving the University’s mission of excellence in education, research, educational access and services in an increasingly diverse society. Therefore, in holistically accessing the many qualifications of each applicant, we would factor favorably an individual’s record of conduct that includes experience with an array of diverse perspectives, as well as a wide variety of different educational, research or other work activities. Among other qualifications, we would also factor favorably experience overcoming or helping others overcome barriers to an academic career or degrees.
https://www.careers.luc.edu/postings/30648
Job Number:8550479
Organizational Location:PROVOST
Number of Vacancies:1
Desired Start Date:08/15/2025
Open Until Filled:Yes
Organization
Working at Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Chicago, a private university founded in 1870 as St. Ignatius College, is the nation’s largest Jesuit, Catholic University and the only one located in Chicago. Shaped by our city and our Jesuit traditions, Loyola University Chicago offers students an educational environment unmatched for its diversity of thought and experience.
Loyola University Chicago comprises four campuses: Lake Shore (LSC), Water Tower (WTC), Health Sciences (HSC), and the John Felice Rome Center in Italy, and is home to eleven schools and colleges: Arrupe College, Quinlan School of Business, Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Stritch School of Medicine, College of Arts and Sciences, School of Communication, School of Continuing and Professional Studies, School of Education, School of Law, School of Social Work, and Graduate School. Loyola also features course locations in Beijing, China; Saigon-Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Vernon Hills, Illinois (Cuneo Mansion and Gardens); and a Retreat and Ecology Campus in Woodstock, Illinois.
With three campuses spread throughout the greater Chicago area, students have access to hundreds of cultural institutions as well as thousands of internships and networking opportunities with the city's Fortune 500 companies. Study-abroad programs at our Rome and Beijing Centers provide engagement with the global community and economy.
While rigorous programs of research and study are one hallmark of a Jesuit education, we're not just preparing students for a career, we're preparing them for life. We challenge our students to learn broadly, to think critically, to serve generously, to lead with integrity, to respect diversity. We come from all faiths and ethnic and economic backgrounds, with a common purpose of building a better society.
Recognizing Loyola’s excellence in education, U.S.News and World Report has ranked Loyola consistently among the "top national universities" in its annual publications, and named the University a "best value" in its 2008 rankings.
Our faculty take a person-centered approach to education. They’re not just here to teach students what they know, they’re here to teach them to think critically and creatively and to reach for their own discoveries.
More facts about Loyola University Chicago:
- Total enrollment: 15,902
- 80+ undergraduate majors and 80+ minors
- 140+ graduate, professional, and graduate-level certificate programs
- More than 4,000 faculty and staff members
- 14:1 Undergraduate student/faculty ratio
- 150,000 alumni; 85,000 in Chicago
- One of only eight percent of all American colleges and universities to have a Phi Beta Kappa honor society chapter
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