Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies

The Bi-College Department of Environmental Studies at Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Environmental Social Sciences, to begin August 1, 2026. The successful candidate will be expected to have a robust research agenda and offer courses that complement the current curriculum and contribute to the department’s community-based learning requirements. We welcome candidates whose scholarship and teaching are comparative in scope and address issues at the intersection of the environment and governance, such as public policy, environmental activism, or environmental/climate justice.

We particularly encourage candidates whose primary geographic focus lies outside the United States. Candidates must show demonstrated promise in research and a serious commitment to undergraduate teaching at all levels of the curriculum. Prior experience teaching in an interdisciplinary Environmental Studies program is desirable. Candidates must have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. by the start date.

Bryn Mawr College is a distinguished liberal arts women’s college with a vibrant faculty, a talented staff, and an intellectually engaged student body eager to make a difference in the world. We have a student body of about 1,400 undergraduates and more than 300 graduate students in coeducational graduate programs in social work, humanities and science. Bryn Mawr College is located in the greater Philadelphia area and enjoys strong consortial relationships with Haverford College, Swarthmore College, and the University of Pennsylvania.

Bryn Mawr College is an equal-opportunity employer.