Position Announcement

3 Year Fixed Term

Assistant Professor of STS Position Available

Position Starting August 15, 2004

The Science, Technology, & Society (STS) Program at Penn State is seeking a talented, energetic scholar to teach core interdisciplinary courses at the undergraduate level. The applicants should have completed a Ph.D. degree and have teaching experience and outstanding teaching abilities. Area of specialization is open, but the program is interested in scholars with demonstrated achievements in one or more of the following areas:

• theory and/or sociology of science and technology
• medicine and society
• sustainability
• STS and the media, or
• scientific laboratories/big science.

The selected candidate should anticipate working collegially with faculty and visiting scholars from many different disciplines and be interested in building bridges between programs on campus.

Candidates should send an application letter, curriculum vita, single writing sample, and the names for three references (with complete contact information, including mail, telephone and email) to:

Chair, Search Committee
STS Program - Penn State
102 Old Botany
University Park, PA 16802

Screening of applicants will begin April 1, 2004 and continue until a selection is made.
For further information or inquires, please contact the main office at 814.865.9951 or the search chair, Dr. Steven Walton at <STS-search@psu.edu>. Penn State’s STS program has a website at <http://www.engr.psu.edu/sts>. Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity and the diversity of its workforce.