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FYI all and Happy Holidays Steve Semken Begin forwarded message: > From: Roy Plotnick <[log in to unmask]> > Date: December 17, 2007 8:52:34 AM MST > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Learning Sciences / Natural Sciences Position > > Dr. Semken: > please pass on to any possible candidates. - Roy > > The University of Illinois at Chicago invites applicants for a joint > faculty position at the rank of assistant professor in Natural > Sciences > and the Learning Sciences beginning August 16, 2008. > > The position is offered as part of a university-wide interdisciplinary > initiative in the Learning Sciences (http://www.lsri.uic.edu), which > currently has four split-appointment faculty members in addition to > over > a dozen active associated faculty. A Ph.D. program for Learning > Sciences > has recently been approved and has enrolled its first students. The > natural science departments (Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Earth and > Environmental Sciences, and Physics) situated in the College of > Liberal > Arts and Sciences have strong programs in teaching and in all areas of > basic research, including vibrant Ph.D. programs. > > We seek applicants with a record of research and publication > focusing at > the nexus of an area of Natural Science and the Learning Sciences. > Candidates may hold a doctorate in a natural science or a closely > related field, or may hold a masters degree in a natural science in > addition to a doctorate in the Learning Sciences or a closely related > field. They should have a demonstrated record of research focusing on > the support of science learners at one or more levels. Position > responsibilities include carrying out a program of research and > scholarship at the national level and teaching graduate courses in the > Learning Sciences Program and the natural science department where the > person will be appointed. > > Applicants for the position must submit a vita and statement of > research > and teaching interests. These should be submitted electronically to > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Three letters of > recommendation should be forwarded to the LS/NS Search Committee in > care > of Monica Soto ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>). Please > contact > Monica Soto for surface mail address if you are unable to submit > electronically. Review of applications will begin on January 8, > 2008 and > continue until the position is successfully filled. > > UIC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer seeking > applicants who are from diverse backgrounds and/or have disability > status. Final authorization of the position depends upon > availability of > state funding. > > > > > > Roy E. Plotnick > Professor > Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences > University of Illinois at Chicago > 845 W. Taylor St. > Chicago, IL 60607 > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > <https://webmail.uic.edu/src/compose.php?send_to=plotnick%40uic.edu> > > office phone: 312-996-2111 fax: 312-413-2279 > lab phone: 312-355-1342 > web page: http://www.uic.edu/~plotnick/plotnick.htm > <http://www.uic.edu/%7Eplotnick/plotnick.htm> > "The scientific celebrities, forgetting their molluscs and > glacial periods, gossiped about art, while devoting themselves to > oysters and ices > with characteristic energy.." -Little Women, Louisa May Alcott > > > > > > >