Tenured Associate/Full Professor in Biology
- Employer
- Claremont McKenna College
- Location
- Claremont, CA
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Four-Year Institution
Job Details
The candidate must demonstrate evidence of a successful, active research program that involves undergraduate students, as evidenced by a track record of high-quality scholarship and a research statement that outlines a clear plan for continuing their research effort at CMC. The candidate must also demonstrate evidence of sustained excellence in teaching and mentoring through a thoughtful teaching statement and supporting evidence from prior teaching experiences.
KDIS offers an innovative and transformational Integrated Sciences program that is organized around three challenges: Health (Genomics, Systems Biology, and Health), Brain (Brain, Learning, and Decision Sciences), and Planet (Climate, Energy, and the Environment). The KDIS faculty have a key role in developing and implementing a program that serves as an incubator for new approaches and fosters a culture of inclusion, creativity, and continuous improvement. We are seeking a senior level candidate with prior experience in developing and designing curriculum and incorporating innovative pedagogies in the classroom. The successful candidate will also mentor junior faculty, and demonstrate leadership in service to the college commensurate with rank.
The teaching load at CMC is two courses per semester. The successful candidate will contribute to the continued development and teaching of an introductory course in biological principles (SCI 031LB) that will be taken by all Integrated Sciences majors and will include integration with the foundational curriculum in chemistry, physics, and computation. Additional teaching will include upper-division courses in the candidate’s area of expertise in support of the department’s three themes and/or a general education course taken by all CMC students that integrates science and computation (SCI 010L).
Given the College’s commitment to cultivating an inclusive educational environment, we seek candidates who can demonstrate a commitment to teaching, mentoring, and inspiring students representing a broad range of socioeconomic backgrounds, political opinions, genders, races, ethnicities, nationalities, sexual orientations, and religions. Moreover, as part of its commitment to The Open Academy, the College values freedom of expression, viewpoint diversity, and constructive dialogue.
Anticipated Annual Salary Range:
$140,000 - $210,000 depending on rank and experience.
Claremont McKenna College offers employee benefits that include health, dental, and vision plans; flexible spending accounts; health savings accounts; retirement benefits; basic and voluntary life insurance; dependent tuition remission; ride-share incentives; and more.Procedures
and Timetable:Applications should include:
- A cover letter addressing commitment to interdisciplinary science and specific fit within one or more themes of KDIS
- Curriculum vitae
- Research statement addressing achievements and future plans for continued scholarly productivity, how undergraduates will be involved, and how the candidate’s program will complement existing research strengths at KDIS
- Teaching statement that addresses the candidate’s ability to teach, mentor, and inspire students representing a broad range of backgrounds (optionally, this can be addressed in a separate diversity statement)
- Evidence of teaching effectiveness such as course evaluations and sample syllabi
- Three representative peer-reviewed publications (either submitted as part of the application materials or links provided from the CV)
Applicants must also submit the names and e-mail addresses of three references. References will be contacted during advanced stages of the application review after confirmation with the candidate. Please upload application materials at: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32274.
Review of complete applications will commence on September 4, 2026 and will continue until the position is filled. Preliminary interviews will be conducted via Zoom.
Please contact the search committee chair, Prof. Shaun Lee (Shaun.Lee@claremontmckenna.edu) for more details on our biology curriculum or any other questions.
Claremont McKenna College is a highly selective undergraduate institution ranked among the top liberal arts colleges nationally. It is part of The Claremont Colleges, which also includes Pomona College, Scripps College, Harvey Mudd College, Pitzer College, Claremont Graduate University, and Keck Graduate Institute. The Claremont Colleges consortium constitutes an academic community of more than 9,000 students. Claremont is located 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.
Claremont McKenna College is an equal opportunity employer. In a continuing effort to enrich its academic environment and provide equal educational and employment opportunities, the College actively encourages applications from members of historically under-represented groups in higher education.
Organization
As one of the nation's most selective private liberal arts colleges, CMC sits among the intellectually-stimulating, socially-fulfilling, seven-college community known as The Claremont Colleges, a system modeled after England's Oxford University. Founded in 1946, CMC is the youngest of the nation's top colleges and enrolls approximately 1,200 students.
Claremont McKenna College (CMC) educates its students for thoughtful and productive lives and responsible leadership in economics, government and public affairs. CMC's strong grounding in the liberal arts, together with its emphasis on economics, government, and international relations, attracts students who approach education pragmatically and who intend to make a difference in the world. With this broad-based foundation graduates leave CMC well prepared for the challenges of the 21st century. Many go on to pursue careers in law, business, government, foreign service, international relations, public policy, museum administration, science and education, or to pursue graduate study.
The College's cutting-edge research institutes provide students unprecedented opportunities to work alongside their professors and discover how what they learn in the classroom links to life in the world behond. The world comes to Claremont McKenna through a vibrant and renowned speakers series in which world leaders, thinkers, artists and visionaries visit campus through the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum and other public programming.
In September 2007, Robert A. Day, the Founder and Chairman of The TCW Group, Inc., pledged a $200 million personal gift to establish the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance and its unique programs. This was the largest recorded gift to a liberal arts institution, the largest gift in the field of finance and economics, and among the top 20 largest gifts ever given to a college or university. Through his generosity, the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance now offers multiple programs, including a Master of Arts in Finance degree.
While many other colleges champion either a traditional liberal arts education with emphasis on intellectual breadth, or training that stresses acquisition of technical skills, Claremont McKenna College offers a clear alternative. Instead of dividing the liberal arts and the working world into separate realms, education at Claremont McKenna is rooted in the interplay between the world of ideas and the world of events. By combining the intellectual breadth of the liberal arts with the more pragmatic concerns of public affairs, CMC helps students to gain the vision, skills, and values necessary for leadership in all sectors of society.
In addition to its dedication to teaching and learning, the College is a center for scholars who are engaged in research that can enlighten a society intent on finding solutions to its economic, political, social, and environmental problems. Ongoing research at CMC is contributing to the body of knowledge in areas such as the effects of government regulations upon the economy, toxic waste, juvenile justice, changes of enzyme systems in humans, and the ecology of desert regions.
The Research Institutes are perhaps our clearest example of the linkages forged at CMC between research, teaching and learning. Here, students serve as assistants to, and collaborators with, their teachers, co-authoring scholarly articles and presenting papers to academic bodies, corporations, political organizations and government agencies. They test theories in the public marketplace and actively seek answers to questions of broad social importance.
In recent years CMC has gained national recognition as one of the top liberal arts colleges in America. This recognition can be attributed, in part, to CMC's mission which acknowledges its obligation for service to the larger scholarly community through faculty contact with business and with government, a process that enriches both the outside world and the campus itself. Also contributing to CMC's national reputation are the accomplishments of its almost 8,000 alumni. Today, about seventy percent of CMC's graduates go on to advanced degrees at prestigious institutions, and one in eight graduates holds a position in top management.
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