GEOLOGY (PETROLOGY, SEDIMENTATION-STRATIGRAPHY,FORENSIC GEOLOGY):
TENURE-TRACK POSITION, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR,
RADFORD UNIVERSITY, RADFORD, VA

Applications are invited for a position to begin in September 2009. A doctorate in petrology with some interest in forensic research and teaching is preferred. Candidates having a firm doctoral completion date within one year of the date hired will be considered. The successful applicant will teach courses in areas of petrology, sedimentation-stratigraphy, and general geology. Expertise in geology field methods is a plus. The successful applicant will be expected to develop and supervise undergraduate student research. Radford University offers an undergraduate geology major with a focus on Environmental and Engineering Geosciences and is home to the RU Forensic Science Institute. Candidates must provide a letter of application, current vita, copies of transcripts, and the names, addresses and phone numbers of three references. Consideration of candidates will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled pending funding. Applications should be addressed to: Dr. S.W. Lenhart, Search Committee Chair, Department of Geology, Radford University, Box 6939, Radford, VA 24142, or slenhart@radford.edu.

Radford University is a co-educational, comprehensive, state-supported institution with an emphasis on teaching, located in the mountains of scenic southwestern Virginia, 40 miles from Roanoke, with an enrollment of approximately 9,200 students. Visit our website at http://www.radford.edu. Radford University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minority and women candidates are encouraged to apply.