Faculty will teach graduate and undergraduate level students in Biology or Ecology. Some evening and off-campus instruction may be required.

Courses Include:

1. Comparative Temperate-Tropical Ecology & Biogeography
2. Biology of Southern Appalachian Salamanders
3. Biology & Conservation of Birds
4. Southern Appalachian Mammals
5. Southern Appalachian Mayflies, Stoneflies & Caddisflies (EPT 1 & 2 Session)
6. Fish of the Southern Appalachians
7. Fleshy Fungi of the Highlands Plateau
8. Identification of Bryophytes
9. Sedges of the Blue Ridge
10. Grasses of the Southern Appalachians
11. Biology and Conservation of Lichens
12. Conservation Genetics of Salamanders
13. Field To Database: Specimen Collecting: bringing biologists into the modern age
14. Cliff & Rock Outcrop Communities of the Southern App.

Master's degree in the teaching discipline or a master's degree with a concentration in the discipline (a minimum of 18 graduate semester hours in teaching discipline).

Applicants must apply online.

A resume, cover letter and list of references are optional attachments.

Final candidates are subject to criminal & sex offender background checks. Some vacancies also require credit or motor vehicle checks.

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