School of Environmental Sustainability, Assistant Professor of Environment & Human Health, Tenure

Loyola University Chicago is hiring a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Environment & Human Health for its School of Environmental Sustainability. The position involves teaching and research in Environmental Health & Toxicology, contributing to various environmental health courses. The successful candidate will join a growing faculty dedicated to addressing critical environmental issues. The role is based on the Rogers Park-Lake Shore Campus in Chicago, IL.
Position Details

Position Details

Job Title

School of Environmental Sustainability, Assistant Professor of
Environment & Human Health, Tenure Track

Position Title

School of Environmental Sustainability, Assistant Professor of
Environmental Health, Tenure Track

Position Number

Job Category

University Faculty

Job Type

Full-Time

FLSA Status

Exempt

Campus

Rogers Park-Lake Shore Campus

Location Code

SCH OF ENVIRO SUSTAINABILITY (03250A)

Department Name

SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Is this split and/or fully grant funded?

No

Duties and Responsibilities

Salary Range: $82,000-$114,000

Benefits Information: https://www.luc.edu/hr/benefits/

Loyola University Chicago (https://www.luc.edu/) has been committed
to environmental sustainability for 22 years by transforming our
campuses to improve energy, water, and waste efficiencies. Loyola
has consistently ranked in the top 10% of green campuses
nationally. The campus prioritizes sustainability with energy
efficient LEED certified buildings, permeable pavement, green roof
installations, and student-run urban gardens. Established in 2020,
the School of Environmental Sustainability ( SES ) currently serves
>500 undergraduate and graduate students housed within a
state-of-the-art geothermally heated/cooled building complex
containing teaching & research labs, a 3,100 sq ft greenhouse,
two aquaponics facilities, a biodiesel production facility, and a
green dormitory. The Loyola University Retreat & Ecology Campus
( LUREC ) has active ecological restoration projects in a 20-acre
wetland and oak/hickory woodland and serves as a venue for
three-week summer field courses and research in sustainable
agriculture, ecology, and wetland restoration. For more information
about SES, please see our website
(https://www.luc.edu/sustainability/).

The SES has nearly doubled its number of faculty and staff since
becoming a school in 2020. Through interdisciplinary collaboration,
the SES is building its academic strengths in five focus areas
connected to our century’s most vexing environmental problems
(https://www.luc.edu/sustainability/research/focusareas/). These
SES Focus Areas include Biodiversity, Environment & Society,
Sustainable Food Systems, Climate & Energy, and Environmental
Health & Toxicology. Our faculty strategically build curriculum
and research expertise toward the five focus areas within the
disciplines of the physical sciences, social sciences, humanities,
economics, business management, public health, law & policy,
ethics, GIS, and statistics.

The successful candidate’s research will contribute to our
Environmental Health & Toxicology Focus Area faculty group and
the Environmental Health BS program. The successful candidate
should be capable of teaching one of the existing environmental
chemistry courses ( ENVS 274: Chemistry of the Natural Environment,
ENVS 275: Chemistry of the Environment Lab, and ENVS 276: Chemistry
of Environmental Pollution), and one or more of the existing
environmental health courses including ENVS 301 Environmental
Health, Climate Change & Human Health ( ENVS 338/438), Gender,
Health, and the Environment ( ENVS 204), One Health (ENVS298),
and/or Introduction to Global Health ( ENVS 385/485). Candidates
may also contribute to developing a course within their specific
area of expertise.

The successful candidate will be expected to be a productive
research scholar that involves undergraduate and masters-level
graduate students. The successful candidate is also expected to
compete for external research funding to support a productive
research program related to their scholarly expertise.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:
• PhD in environmental science, environmental health, or a
closely related field
• Position Start Date: August 2025
• Candidates must share Loyola University Chicago’s Jesuit
commitment to social justice, care for our common home, and walking
with the excluded, ideally evidenced through their research,
teaching and/or service
• Candidates should have a record of or clear potential for
distinguished scholarship, external research funding, undergraduate
/ graduate-level course instruction, and student mentorship
• Candidates have a record of or clear potential for
demonstrating a commitment to developing teaching skills in
undergraduate and/or graduate courses

Preferred Requirements:
• SES seeks an interdisciplinary environmental scholar with an
approach that recognizes the interdependence of human and
ecological health
• Candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to
apply
• Experience as instructor of record for college-level courses
and evidence of effective and innovative teaching is desirable
• A background in Environmental Science, Environmental Health,
Environmental Chemistry, or Environmental Toxicology is
preferred
• SES is particularly interested in research that would augment
program expertise in urban environments and/or Great Lakes
ecology

Physical Demands

None

Working Conditions

Irregular Hours

Minimum Education and/or Work Experience
• PhD in environmental science, environmental health, or a
closely related field
• Position Start Date: August 2025
• Candidates must share Loyola University Chicago’s Jesuit
commitment to social justice, care for our common home, and walking
with the excluded, ideally evidenced through their research,
teaching and/or service
• Candidates should have a record of or clear potential for
distinguished scholarship, external research funding, undergraduate
/ graduate-level course instruction, and student mentorship
• Candidates have a record of or clear potential for
demonstrating a commitment to developing teaching skills in
undergraduate and/or graduate courses

Open Date

01/13/2025

Close Date

Salary Range

$82,000-$114,000

Additional Salary Information

This salary range is for a nine-month academic appointment. The
salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based
on a range of factors including, but not limited to, the experience
and qualifications of the selected candidate including years since
terminal degree; training; field or discipline; budget
availability; internal equity; and external market pay for
comparable jobs. Salaries higher than the published maximums may be
offered in limited circumstances.

Special Instructions to Applicants

Applicants should submit:
• Current Curriculum Vitae
• Letter of interest outlining qualifications.
• Teaching statement
• Research statement outlining plans for developing an
extramurally funded research program engaging undergraduate and
master’s students
• Inclusive excellence statement describing experiences with or
plans for providing engaging and inclusive communities enabling
individuals to contribute, thrive, and succeed
• Scholarly writing sample
• Contact information for three references willing to write
letters of recommendation (if requested)

to https://www.careers.luc.edu/
.

Address questions to:

Dr. Brian Ohsowski

School of Environmental Sustainability

Loyola University Chicago

1032 W. Sheridan Rd.

Chicago, IL 60660

bohsowski@luc.edu

Review of applications will begin on February 14th, and continue
until the position is filled.

The anticipated salary range for this position is in accordance
with the Collective Bargaining Agreement. This salary range is for
a nine-month academic appointment. The salary offered to the
selected candidate will be determined based on a range of factors
including, but not limited to, the experience and qualifications of
the selected candidate including years since terminal degree;
training; field or discipline; budget availability; internal
equity; and external market pay for comparable jobs.

As a Jesuit, Catholic institution of higher education, we seek
candidates who will contribute to our strategic plan to deliver a
Transformative Education in the Jesuit tradition. To learn more
about Loyola University Chicago’s mission, candidates should
consult our website at www.luc.edu/mission/. For information about
the university’s focus on transformative education, they should
consult our website at www.luc.edu/transformativeed.

About Loyola University Chicago

About Loyola University Chicago

Founded in 1870, Loyola University Chicago is the largest of
twenty-seven Jesuit colleges and universities
(https://ajcunet.edu/) and one of the largest Catholic universities
in the United States. Loyola enrolls approximately 17,000 students,
including over 11,000 undergraduates, across its three campuses in
the Chicago metropolitan area: Lake Shore Campus on Chicago’s north
side; Water Tower Campus near the Magnificent Mile in downtown
Chicago; and Health Sciences Campus in the western suburb of
Maywood. The University has over 1,600 full-time and part-time
faculty. It also operates a study abroad center – the John Felice
Rome Center ( JFRC ) – in Rome, Italy. Loyola offers programs in a
variety of disciplines through thirteen schools and colleges: the
College of Arts and Sciences (founded in 1870), the School of Law
(1908), the Stritch School of Medicine (1909), the School of Social
Work (1914), the School of Continuing and Professional Studies
(1914), the Graduate School (1915), the Quinlan School of Business
(1922), the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing (1935), the School
of Education (1969), the School of Communication (2008), Arrupe
College (2014) which operates as a two-year college and confers
associates degrees, the Parkinson School of Health Sciences and
Public Health (2019), and the School of Environmental
Sustainability (2020).

As one of the nation’s largest Jesuit, Catholic universities,
Loyola University Chicago fosters a transformative cultural
experience that honors diversity, equity,
and inclusion. We are committed to not only recruiting, but
also retaining a diverse, mission driven workforce and enabling a
culture of inclusiveness in an environment that values service
excellence, stewardship, personal well-being, and professional
development for all of our employees. Loyola University Chicago
supports its staff and faculty with a wide array of affordable,
comprehensive and competitive benefits centered on
health and wellness, financial security, equity, and work-life
balance. We actively seek those who wish to join our faculty,
staff, and students in a community of diverse opinions,
perspectives, and backgrounds supporting our Jesuit mission and
striving toward the same goal of being persons for and with
others.

The Loyola University Chicago community acknowledges its location
on the ancestral homelands of the Council of the Three Fires (the
Ojibwa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi tribes) and a place of trade with
other tribes, including the Ho-Chunk, Miami, Menominee, Sauk, and
Meskwaki. We recognize the tragic legacy of colonization, genocide,
and oppression that still impacts Native American lives today. As a
Jesuit university, we affirm our commitment to issues of social
responsibility and justice. We further recognize our responsibility
to understand, teach, and respect the past and present realities of
local Native Americans and their continued connection to this
land.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Loyola University Chicago is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative
Action employer with a strong commitment to hiring for our mission
and diversifying our faculty. The University seeks to increase the
diversity of its professoriate, workforce and undergraduate and
graduate student populations because broad diversity – including a
wide range of individuals who contribute to a robust academic
environment – is critical to achieving the University’s mission of
excellence in education, research, educational access and services
in an increasingly diverse society. Therefore, in holistically
accessing the many qualifications of each applicant, we would
factor favorably an individual’s record of conduct that includes
experience with an array of diverse perspectives, as well as a wide
variety of different educational, research or other work
activities. Among other qualifications, we would also factor
favorably experience overcoming or helping others overcome barriers
to an academic career or degrees.

Quick Link for Posting

https://www.careers.luc.edu/postings/30648

Job Number

8550479

Organizational Location

PROVOST

Posting Details

Posting Detail

Number of Vacancies

1

Desired Start Date

08/15/2025

Position End Date

Open Until Filled

Yes

Applicant Documents

Required Documents
• Cover Letter/Letter of Application
• Curriculum Vitae
• Teaching Statement
• Research Statement
• Writing Sample
• Inclusive Excellence Statement

Optional Documents
• Scholarly Publications
• Teaching Evaluations
• Other Document

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).