Tenure-Track Position in Biology

Tenure-Track Position in

Biology Hillsdale College:

Division 1 -

Natural Sciences:

Biology Location Hillsdale, Michigan Open Date Sep 08, 2025 Description Hillsdale College is a small (1500 students), fiercely independent Christian liberal arts college dedicated to the perpetuation of freedom through serious learning and moral formation. It is committed to the Western intellectual tradition and requires genuine excellence in undergraduate teaching. The college is seeking a broadly trained biologist with specific expertise in any of the following: cell biology, molecular biology, microbiology, virology, or biomedical science. The successful candidate will teach an introductory cellular/molecular biology course for biology majors and pre-professional students, liberal arts biology for non-majors, and additional courses in the candidate's specialty. The successful candidate will also advise upper-level biology majors on their capstone senior thesis research projects. The mission of the biology department is to explain, in the context of the liberal arts, how life relates, adapts, and evolves in an ever-changing environment. All biology majors take upper-level courses in cell/molecular biology, organismal biology, genetics, ecology/evolutionary biology, and biostatistics. All lectures and labs are taught by the faculty, and students have hands-on access to advanced equipment. Biology majors spend a semester as a laboratory teaching assistant and undertake a four-semester sequence of specialized research starting their junior year. The department boasts a high student placement rate in graduate and professional schools, and scores in the top 3-5% nationally on the ETS standardized biology subject test. The teaching of organic evolution is conspicuous and central to the curriculum. Current facilities include qPCR/RT-qPCR genetic sequencing, confocal, widefield fluorescent, and scanning electron microscopy, cell counter, level 2 biosafety lab, cell culture lab, environmental control chambers, HPLC and gas chromatographs, and a dedicated cadaver lab with advanced iWorx physiology system. Other facilities include the 700-acre G.H. Gordon Biological Station and the on-campus Slayton Arboretum and Fisk Museum of Natural History. Laboratory space and start-up funds will be available to the successful candidate. Research programs are not dependent on public grants, but are instead supported internally. Review of applications will begin on 10 October and will continue until a successful applicant is found. Qualifications Requirements for this position include a PhD in an appropriate field and an interest in teaching undergraduate students of all levels, from freshman non-majors to advanced biology students. The starting date is August 2026. For additional information contact the department chair: Dr. David Houghton ( dhoughton@hillsdale.edu ). Additional resources and position description can be found at the department website ( https://www.hillsdale.edu/majors-minors/biology/ ). Applicants should familiarize themselves with the College's Mission Statement ( https://www.hillsdale.edu/about/mission/ ). Application Instructions Applicants should submit the following materials via the college's Interfolio page. Review of applications will begin on 10 October and will continue until a successful applicant is found : 1. Letter of application including statements of teaching philosophy and research interests. 2. a detailed response to the Hillsdale College Mission Statement that includes a discussion of the candidate's ability to teach in light of the College's commitments. 3. Current curriculum vitae. 4. Three letters of recommendation. 5. Copy of unofficial transcripts. Application Process This institution is using Interfolio's Faculty Search to conduct this search. Applicants to this position receive a free Dossier account and can send all application materials, including confidential letters of recommendation, free of charge. Apply Now