Assistant/Associate/Full Teaching Professor (open rank) in Chemistry

Job Title Assistant/Associate/Full Teaching Professor (open rank) in Chemistry

Job Description Summary, Duties and Responsibilities, Required Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications 

The search will remain open until the position has been filled. First consideration will be given to applications received by April 15, 2025. Applications received after April 15, 2025 may be reviewed depending on search progress and needs but are not guaranteed full consideration.

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About URI:

The University of Rhode Island enrolls approximately 17,000 students across its graduate and undergraduate programs and is the State’s flagship public research university, as well as the land grant and sea grant university, for the state of Rhode Island. The main campus is located in the historic village of Kingston, and the Bay Campus is located in Narragansett. Both campuses are near major beaches in a beautiful coastal community. URI is just 30 minutes from Providence, RI and within easy reach of Newport, Boston, and New York City.

Job Description Summary:

The Department of Chemistry at the University of Rhode Island invites applications for a full-time Teaching Professor (open rank) position beginning July 1, 2025. The rank will be consistent with demonstrated experience. The successful candidate will primarily teach one to three sections of lecture or laboratory courses per semester. The courses could be General Chemistry; Organic Chemistry; General, Organic and Biological Chemistry; or upper-level elective as well as the corresponding laboratory courses. Depending on the candidate’s expertise, demonstrated teaching effectiveness, and departmental needs, there may also be opportunities to teach other introductory chemistry courses in the Department’s Curriculum.

Qualifications

Required:

1. A Ph.D. in chemistry is required by the start of appointment.

2. Demonstrated evidence of teaching effectiveness (preferably at the collegiate level).

3. Demonstrated strong interpersonal and verbal communication skills.

4. Demonstrated proficiency in written communication skills

5. Demonstrated ability to work with diverse groups of students.

6. Experience supervising laboratory teaching assistants.

Preferred:

1. Prior teaching experience in General Chemistry (college level).

2. Prior teaching experience in Organic Chemistry (college level).

3. Prior teaching experience in General, Organic and Biological Chemistry (college level).

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The University of Rhode Island, with its main campus located in Kingston, Rhode Island, is the flagship public university of Rhode Island. The chemistry department offers robust bachelor’s programs in chemistry and provides excellent facilities for teaching and research. Further information about the chemistry department can be found at https://www.chm.uri.edu/index.php/home/.

Teaching faculty at URI are members of the URI’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). These positions are regulated by nation-leading language in the collective bargaining agreement including: opportunities for promotion, multiyear appointments upon promotion, a defined salary structure, and protections of academic freedom.

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The University of Rhode Island is an equal-opportunity employer committed to the principles of affirmative action. It is the policy of the University of Rhode Island to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability.

Union AAUP – American Assoc of Univ Professors

Status Academic Year, Full-time, Non-tenure-track, Limited

End Date of Restriction or Limitation 

Position is full-time, academic year, non-tenure-track, limited to 06/27/2026

with anticipated renewal.

Department Chemistry

Contact(s) 

Please note: Job applications must be submitted directly online only at: (https://jobs.uri.edu)

Contact Email 

Campus Location Kingston

Grant Funded No

Extension Contingent on Funding Date 

Special Instructions to Applicants 

Please attach the following 4 documents in PDF format to your online Faculty Employment application:

1. Cover letter.

2. Curriculum vitae (including a list of courses taught at the collegiate level) as one complete

pdf document.

3. Statement of teaching philosophy including candidate’s ability to work with diverse student groups (up to one page).

4. Other Document – References – the names and contact information of three professional references.

Position Number 107623

Posting Number F00466

Posting Date 04/03/2025

Closing Date 

Open Until Filled Yes

Quicklink for Posting https://jobs.uri.edu/postings/15005

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