Current Faculty Job Postings
This page lists all the currently open faculty jobs at Bates College. For information on staff positions at Bates, please see the listings on the Human Resources website.
Professor of Africana (R2320) The Program in Africana and the Program in Digital & Computational Studies (DCS) at Bates College together invite applications for an open-rank tenure-line position, to be appointed in Africana, beginning August 2025.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology (R2317) The Anthropology Department at Bates College invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position in Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning in August 2025. We seek an outstanding early-career scholar with strong commitments to excellent undergraduate teaching and mentorship in a liberal arts context. A PhD in anthropology or related field (with an active ethnographic research program) must be in hand before beginning the job in August 2025.
Assistant Professor of Classical and Medieval Studies and Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies (R2315) The Program in Classical and Medieval Studies, in conjunction with the Department of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies, seeks a tenure-track colleague in ancient Greek cultures and literatures, covering any span from the Archaic to Hellenistic periods (800 BCE – 200 CE). This position begins in August 2025.
Assistant Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences (R2319) The Department of Earth and Climate Sciences at Bates College invites applications for a full time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Earth Materials to begin August 1, 2025. We seek an outstanding scholar with strong commitments to excellent undergraduate teaching and mentorship in a liberal arts context. The successful candidate will have expertise in a field of solid earth geoscience, including, but not limited to: igneous or metamorphic petrology, high-temperature geochemistry, mineralogy, tectonics, geomechanics, volcanology, mineral exploration, or planetary geology.
Assistant Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences and Physics (R2322) The Bates College Department of Earth and Climate Sciences (EACS) and the Department of Physics & Astronomy (P&A) invite applications for a jointly-appointed, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Climate Science to begin August 1, 2025. The new faculty member will be expected to teach at the intersection of EACS and P&A and will have expertise in the computational analysis of one or more components of the climate system.
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies (R2308) Bates College’s Program in Environmental Studies invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position in environmental arts or humanities, to begin August 1, 2025. We seek an outstanding scholar/artist with strong commitments to excellent undergraduate teaching and mentorship in a liberal arts context.
Assistant Professor of Mathematics (R2321) The Mathematics Department at Bates College invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position in pure mathematics, to begin August 2025. We week an outstanding mathematician with strong commitments to excellent undergraduate teaching and mentorship in a liberal arts context. The successful candidate will have demonstrable excellence in an area of pure mathematics, including, but not limited to: algebra, combinatorics, graph theory, geometric group theory, computational geometry, or topology.
Professor(s) of Physics (R2314) The Bates College Department of Physics and Astronomy invites applications for two tenure-track positions starting in August 2025: one in solar or solar-terrestrial physics (broadly defined within the context of geospace science), and one in any subfield of physics or astronomy.
Assistant Professor of Psychology (R2310) Bates College’s Department of Psychology invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position in clinical psychology, to begin August 1, 2025. We welcome any research specialization that engages with psychopathology or clinical topics. We seek an outstanding scholar with strong commitments to excellent undergraduate teaching and mentorship in a liberal arts context.
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies (R2309) Bates Department of Religious Studies seeks an assistant professor in Islamic Studies for a tenure-track position beginning in August 2025. Area of specialization is open. We envision a colleague who can contribute to the study of Islam in both local and global contexts and to Bates’ collective goals as reflected in the new “race, power, privilege, and colonialism” general education requirement.
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies (R2318) The Department of Religious Studies at Bates College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track, Assistant Professor position in American Religions/Religion in the Americas, to begin August 2025. We seek an outstanding scholar with strong commitments to excellent undergraduate teaching and mentorship in a liberal arts context. PhD preferred; advanced ABD considered.
Director of Debate and Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies (R2316) The Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies (RFSS) Department at Bates College invites applications for an open rank tenure-line position to begin in August 2025. The successful applicant will serve as the Director of Debate for the Brooks Quimby Debate Council (BQDC) and offer courses in RFSS. We seek an outstanding scholar with strong commitments to excellent undergraduate teaching, coaching, and mentorship in a liberal arts context.