Assistant Professor of Behavioral Ecology

Job description

Division Name: Academic Affairs College/Unit: College of Arts and Sciences Department: School of Biological Sciences Campus Location: Normal, IL Job Summary: The School of Biological Sciences at Illinois State University in Normal, IL ( https://biology.illinoisstate.edu/ ) invites applications for a nine-month tenure-track position in BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY at the level of Assistant Professor. We seek candidates whose research addresses how the environment drives animal behavior across ecological and evolutionary scales and can synergize with existing programs in the school. Successful candidates are expected to establish a rigorous, nationally recognized, and extramurally funded research program. Research programs should include undergraduate and graduate students, and our new colleague should be an active mentor to both of these student populations. They should be able to contribute to an undergraduate ecology course and ethology at the graduate level, with the potential to contribute to undergraduate animal behavior or organismal courses. The University and the School of Biological Sciences are committed to fostering an environment that promotes the success of faculty, staff, and st...