Visiting Assistant Professor - History of Science, Technology​/Medicine

Overview

University of Puget Sound

Visiting Assistant Professor - History of Science, Technology, and/or Medicine

Location: Science, Technology & Society

The University of Puget Sound invites applications for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor in the Science, Technology, Health and Society (STHS) Program, starting in Fall 2026. This is a nonrenewable one-year position.

• The STHS program seeks a Visiting Assistant Professor for the 2026-27 academic year. Excellence in teaching is highly valued; candidates should have genuine interest and enthusiasm for teaching.
• The successful candidate will teach six courses over the academic year including STHS 200 History of Modern Science and Technology. Preference for candidates with expertise in the history of the physical sciences, the history of technology, and/or the history of medicine and public health in the modern era.
• In addition to STHS 200, the candidate will teach two upper-level courses on (1) scientific biography and (2) science and politics, as well as at least one course in their area of expertise that serves Puget Sound's core curriculum.

We invite applications from scholars with a Ph.D. (or those who will have their Ph.D. in hand by July 1, 2026) in the history of science, technology and/or medicine.

Review of applications will begin when a sufficient number of qualified candidates have been identified. Interested individuals are encouraged to submit application materials no later than February 9, 2026 to ensure consideration.

Rank:
Visiting Assistant Professor. Salary is commensurate with education and experience. Faculty salaries are based on a common salary scale;  starting at $74,404 annualized for an assistant professor with a terminal degree in their field in their first year of full-time post-doctorate teaching, up to $83,262 annualized based on experience. Puget Sound offers a generous benefits package.

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The University of Puget Sound is located in Tacoma, Washington, a vibrant, diverse mid-sized urban port city. Within, and near, Tacoma there is ready access to urban, rural, and natural areas as well as opportunities to participate in a wide variety of cultural activities.

Puget Sound is a member of the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC), Greater Washington State

• We acknowledge the richness of commonalities and differences we share as a university community; the intrinsic worth of all who work and study here; that education is enhanced by the investigation of and the reflection upon multiple perspectives.
• We aspire to create respect for and appreciation of all persons as a key characteristic of our campus community; to increase the diversity of all parts of our University community through commitment to diversity in our recruitment and retention efforts; to foster a spirit of openness to active engagement among all members of our campus community.
• We act to achieve an environment that welcomes and supports diversity; to ensure full educational opportunity for all who teach and learn here; to prepare effectively citizen-leaders for a pluralistic world.

Puget Sound is committed to an environment that welcomes and supports diversity. We seek diversity of identity, thought, perspective, and background in our students, faculty, and staff. To learn more please visit: http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./

• Curriculum vitae
• Letter of Interest
• Teaching statement
• Research statement
• Diversity Statement (see prompt below)
• Unofficial transcripts (an official transcript will be required by the successful candidate)
• Contact Information for 3 References. You will be prompted to enter the contact information for three (3) reference providers. The system will automatically email these reference providers to request a letter.

Note:

In the online application system, please submit curriculum vitae when prompted to submit resume. Additional documents can be attached within the application.

As a department and university, we are strongly committed to creating an inclusive and effective teaching, learning, and working environment for all. In their diversity statement, applicants should reflect on how they will advance the values articulated in the University Diversity Statement in all aspects of their future work as faculty and members of the university community.

All offers of employment are contingent on successful completion of a background inquiry.

The University of Puget Sound is an equal opportunity employer.

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