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Chemistry Non-Tenure Track Vacancy Pool

Western Washington University, with over 15,000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school, is nationally recognized for its educational programs, students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham, Washington, a coastal community of 90,000 overlooking Bellingham Bay, the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver, British Columbia. Western has additional sites in Anacortes, Bremerton, Everett, Port Angeles, and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes, such as being named one of the top public master's-granting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.

Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success, increasing our Washington impact, and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship, research, and creative activity. Western's greatest strength is the outstanding students, faculty, staff, and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive. In pursuit of this excellence, individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff, faculty, administration, student, and external constituents. Further, individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic, societal, environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.

The College of Science and Engineering and the Chemistry Department support Western's mission, which states that together with our students, staff, and faculty, we are committed to making a positive impact in the state and the world with a shared focus on academic excellence and inclusive achievement. We encourage applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, veterans, and other candidates from underrepresented backgrounds and with diverse experiences interested in this opportunity.

The Chemistry Department offers a robust schedule of lecture and/or laboratory instruction, primarily in 100-level general chemistry lecture/laboratory courses, organic and biochemistry laboratories, or upper division lecture courses in analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, and/or physical chemistry.  Please refer to the department website for detailed information about our programs. 

The Chemistry Department maintains a vacancy pool of qualified persons interested in temporary teaching positions. In anticipation of possible openings throughout the academic year and summer sessions, applications are accepted continuously for temporary non-tenure-track teaching positions on a part-time basis with occasional opportunities for temporary, full-time appointments. Positions may become available at any time and are typically filled on a quarterly basis.

Position Responsibilities: The department, College and University value teaching, and we expect you to be an excellent teacher; to be current in your discipline; to engage students actively in their own learning including discussion, writing, and analysis; and to set high standards regarding course content. You are expected to provide students with feedback on their coursework and examinations, and to be available to students through regularly scheduled office hours in keeping with department policy. You must have your students evaluate your course(s) using the standard University evaluation forms, or others approved by the department, and you must make those evaluations available to the department chairs and faculty for annual review.

• M.S. in chemistry or related field (e.g., biochemistry, chemical engineering).
• Experience and skills in working with diverse students and staff, including a commitment to cultivating learning. environments that are equitable and inclusive of students with diverse social identities and backgrounds.
• Demonstrated potential for successful teaching at the college level.

• Ph.D. in chemistry or related field (e.g., biochemistry, chemical engineering).
• Demonstrated successful experience in teaching chemistry (lecture and/or laboratory) at the college level

All employees must comply with our Immunization policies, including Proof of Rubeola Measles Immunity within 60-days of hire. Please reach out to [email protected] if you need information regarding medical or religious exemption and applicable accommodations.

Commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Benefits Information

United Faculty of Western Washington

A cover letter and curriculum vitae are required and should address the areas of chemistry/biochemistry that you are qualified to teach and your teaching experience in these areas, your experience related to the position responsibilities and the required and preferred qualifications, and your availability: part-time only, full-time only, or either.

You will be asked to provide contact information for three references.

If available, evidence of teaching ability (i.e., student course evaluations or peer teaching evaluations).

Applications are accepted continuously for potential NTT faculty openings; please apply at your earliest convenience. Vacancy pool closes no later than July 31 2026.

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