A Dedicated Team

The faculty at SFS comprises an international team of dedicated, hardworking, and fun academics with a commitment to education, research, and to addressing environmental issues.

The core functions of the Resident Lecturer position are teaching, research, and service, as at any university.

• The primary function is to teach undergraduate students about local environmental issues based on a challenging, problem-based, interdisciplinary curriculum. The teaching at SFS should be high-quality, innovative, and experiential. You are not only teaching in your discipline, but you are teaching students about the process of scientific inquiry and research.
• You are also doing research. SFS instructors design research projects that are linked to the Center or program’s Strategic Research Plan. These projects should be designed in a way that undergraduate students, under your guidance, can conduct the research in an ethical and rigorous manner.
• The third core function is service—to actively foster good community relations, lead community outreach projects with students, and engage in residential life on campus. The relative emphasis on each area is perhaps different from university positions, and your engagement in each area may vary over the course of your tenure at SFS.

After every four years (8 semesters) of teaching, SFS faculty members are eligible to apply for a sabbatical. This opportunity for three months “off” with full salary is provided to give SFS instructors an opportunity for focused writing, skills training, engagement with a wider professional community, and to recharge their batteries. Sabbatical leave is granted for the purpose of investing in a faculty member’s ability to engage in scholarly research or other activities leading to professional growth and an increased capacity for service to the School.