The Department of Chemistry at Hendrix College (www.hendrix.edu/chemistry) is seeking to fill a tenure-track position to commence in August 2010. A Ph.D. is required, and postdoctoral research experience is strongly preferred. Candidates must be committed to excellence in teaching and to the establishment of a sustainable research program with undergraduates. The successful candidate will teach organic chemistry while participating in general chemistry and non-majors chemistry courses as needed. Hendrix has a strong commitment to experiential learning, including research, as evidenced by the Odyssey Program (www.hendrix.edu/odyssey). The College demonstrates its commitment to research by assigning a portion of the standard teaching load for chemistry faculty to research with undergraduates. The successful candidate will receive 50% time reassignment for research during the first year in this position, and 25% thereafter. The department is housed in a facility that is a combination of recently constructed and completely renovated buildings joined into one complex. Ample laboratory space is available for both teaching and research, and competitive start-up funding will be provided.
Hendrix is a distinguished liberal arts college of just over 1400 students with an endowment of $145 million.  The College was recently named the nation’s #1 “up-and-coming liberal arts college” by US News and World Report.  Along with curricular innovations such as the Odyssey Program, Hendrix has recently completed major state-of-the-art athletic facilities, and will open a new Student Life and Technology Center in January, 2010.  Additionally, a large, soon-to-be-completed “Academic Village” will not only house students, but also single family dwellings and retail shops.  The campus is indeed beautiful, and is an exciting and vibrant place for work and recreation.  The College shelters a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, is related to the United Methodist Church, and is located in Conway, Arkansas, a city of over 53,000 located 30 miles north of Little Rock (pop.~185,000) at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. Conway also is the home of the University of Central Arkansas (~11,000 students) and Central Baptist College (~500 students). More about Conway and Arkansas can be gleaned from the local and statewide newspapers, www.thecabin.net and www.ardemgaz.com, respectively.
The Department of Chemistry consists of seven faculty members supported by a full-time laboratory manager and a full-time position devoted to instrumentation maintenance, laboratory development, and chemical hygiene duties.  Chemistry faculty members support not only the major in Chemistry, but also those in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, Chemical Physics, and Environmental Studies.  Virtually all of our majors are active in research with faculty and present their research at National ACS Meetings. For example, in March, 2010, 6 faculty and staff will accompany 17 student research presenters to the 239th ACS National Meeting in San Francisco.  The Department has benefited from a major Department Development Award from Research Corporation, as well as by numerous research and/or instrumentation grants from NSF, NIH, ACS PRF, Research Corporation, the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network, and the Sturgis Foundation. A pioneering green chemistry laboratory program has been implemented in the General and Organic Chemistry labs (www.hendrix.edu/greenchemistry). The junior year of the major is distinguished by an integrated, year-long Advanced Techniques in Experimental Chemistry laboratory.
Our ACS-approved department is well equipped with the usual major instrumentation (GC-MS, NMR, FT IR, UV-VIS, HPLC, ultracentrifuge, low temperature freezer, ion chromatograph, various lasers, etc.). We sponsor a consistently award-winning chapter of Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society, and have an active seminar program.
Interested candidates should send an application letter addressing the candidate’s interest in teaching in a demanding liberal arts environment, CV, all undergraduate and graduate transcripts, a statement of teaching philosophy, detailed research plans, and should arrange for three letters of reference (including the phone numbers and email addresses of the references) to be sent to:
Dr. David Hales
Department of Chemistry
Hendrix College
1600 Washington Avenue
Conway, AR 72032

Questions may be directed to Dr. Hales at hales@hendrix.edu.
Applications will be reviewed upon receipt until the position is filled.
Hendrix is an equal opportunity employer. Women and members of minority groups are especially encouraged to apply. Please visit our website at www.hendrix.edu.