Position Openings

Assistant Professor/Instructor of Integrative Physiology and Health Science

The Department of Integrative Physiology and Health Science is seeking to fill a full-time, non-tenure track position of Assistant Professor or Instructor, effective Fall 2011.  Teaching responsibilities will include participation in the two-semester, sophomore level Human Physiology sequence (lecture and laboratory responsibilities), an upper level Pathophysiology course, and other courses related to the candidate's expertise.  In addition, this position provides the opportunity to actively participate in ongoing research projects in physiology/exercise physiology.

Qualifications for the position include: Masters degree in physiology or related area; experience teaching physiology/pathophysiology courses at the university level, especially muscle, endocrine, and immune systems; strong laboratory skills; and, effective interaction with students, faculty and staff.

Review of applications will begin May 31, 2011 and continue until the position is filled.  The position will begin August 22, 2011.

Please send the following materials to: Dr. Karen Ball, Chair IPHS Department via email at ball@alma.edu: a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and names/contact information of three references.

A Phi Beta Kappa institution, Alma is a selective, baccalaureate liberal arts college committed to academic excellence and an equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty, staff and student body.  For more information about the College, visit www.alma.edu.

 

 

Alma College trustees have adopted a master plan that provides a direction and set of priorities for the development of the physical campus. Key components include an emphasis on advanced and interactive learning, prioritized building renovations, housing initiatives that accommodate enrollment growth, a reconfiguration of parking lots and green spaces, and campus growth plans linked to the Alma downtown business environment.

 

Faculty Profile

Dr. Joel Dopke

Dr. Joel Dopke
Departments: Chemistry

Joel Dopke always wanted to be a teacher and entered college planning on teaching high school chemistry and physics.

“As I came to learn more about chemistry and research, I decided to try to teach at the college level,” the assistant professor of chemistry says.