This page lists all the currently open faculty jobs at Bates College. For information on staff positions at Bates, please see the listings on the Human Resources website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Assistant Professor of Art and Visual Culture-Printmaking<\/strong><\/a> (R2348) The Art & Visual Culture Department<\/a> at Bates College invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position in studio art to begin July 1, 2026. We seek an outstanding artist with strong commitments to excellent undergraduate teaching and mentorship in a liberal arts context. An MFA is required. The successful candidate will have expertise in printmaking and one or several areas of foundational studies (2-D design, drawing, color, or 3-D spatial dynamics.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology<\/a><\/strong> (R2357) The Department of Biology<\/a> at Bates College invites applications for a one year, full-time, Visiting Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, to begin July 1 2026. We seek an outstanding teacher-scholar with strong commitments to excellent undergraduate teaching and mentorship in a liberal arts context. A Ph.D. is required prior to starting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology<\/strong><\/a> (R2358) The Department of Biology<\/a> invites applications for a one-year full-time Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, beginning July 1, 2026. We seek an outstanding teacher-scholar with strong commitments to excellent undergraduate teaching and mentorship in a liberal arts context. A Ph.D. is required by the start date. The department is seeking an organismal biologist or ecologist whose teaching and research center around terrestrial animals or plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry<\/a> <\/strong>(R2349) The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry<\/a> at Bates College invites applications for an open rank tenure-track\/tenured position in biochemistry, with preference for an Associate or Full Professor, to begin July 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry<\/a> <\/strong>(R2355) The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry<\/a> at Bates College invites applications for a tenured position as an Associate Professor or Full Professor in analytical chemistry, to begin July 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visiting Assistant Professor(s) of Chemistry and Biochemistry<\/a><\/strong> (R2352) The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry<\/a> at Bates College, a private, highly selective liberal arts college in Maine, invites applications for up to five Visiting Assistant Professor (VAP) positions to begin July 1, 2026. The positions each carry a five-course annual teaching load including some subset of general chemistry (lecture and lab), analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, and biochemistry (lecture and lab) (course descriptions may be found here<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visiting Assistant Professor of Digital and Computational Studies<\/strong><\/a> (R2360) The Digital and Computational Studies (DCS) Program<\/a> at Bates College invites applications for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor to begin employment July 2026. Apply by 31 March 2026 to guarantee full consideration, however, we will continue accepting applications until the position is filled<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visiting Assistant Professor(s) of Economics<\/a><\/strong> (R2363) The Bates College Economics Department<\/a> invites applications for two one-year visiting assistant professor positions beginning July, 2026. The successful candidates must combine research in their field(s) of specialization with a willingness to teach intermediate microeconomic theory with calculus, or statistics using Stata, and electives in their areas of expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visiting Assistant Professor of English<\/a><\/strong> (R2359) The English Department<\/a> at Bates College seeks applications from candidates for a two-year full-time visiting position at the level of Assistant Professor in Medieval Literature with a secondary field of expertise in Nineteenth-Century British Literature, to begin July 1, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visiting Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies<\/a><\/strong> (R2353) The Department of French and Francophone Studies<\/a> at Bates College invites applications for a full-time, two-year visiting assistant professor position, to begin July 2026. The successful candidate will have demonstrable excellence in Francophone literature, film, and culture, with preference given to Sub-Saharan Africa; additional expertise in the Caribbean or North America is also welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visiting Assistant Professor of History<\/strong><\/a> (R2362) The Department of History<\/a> at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, invites applications for a two-year Visiting Assistant Professor of History to begin work July 1, 2026. We seek applicants who can teach the history of the Americas. One course must be a survey of Latin American history, 1491-present. Other courses could focus on one or multiple regions of the hemisphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics<\/strong> <\/a>(R2356) The Bates College Mathematics Department<\/a> invites applications for a one year visiting position at the rank of assistant professor, beginning July 1, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visiting Assistant Professor of Music in Composition \/ Conducting<\/strong><\/a> (R2354) The Music Department<\/a> of Bates College invites applications for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor position for a composer and conductor, starting July, 2026. We seek an outstanding artist with strong commitments to excellent undergraduate teaching in a liberal arts context. A terminal degree in music composition or a related field is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visiting Lecturer in Politics<\/strong><\/a> (R2350) The Politics Department<\/a> at Bates College invites applications for a four-course (0.8-FTE) visiting lectureship in judicial politics in the United States, to begin July 2026. Candidates who can also contribute a course on public policy are encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visiting Lecturer in Politics <\/strong><\/a>(R2351) The Politics Department<\/a> at Bates College invites applications for a four-course (0.8-FTE) visiting lectureship race and ethnic politics in the United States, to begin July 2026. Candidates who can also contribute a course on public policy are encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Please note that both Bowdoin College and Colby College are located within one hour of Bates and each other. Because our institutions recognize that employment decisions often involve two careers, we offer links to information about opportunities at these other schools for dual-career academic couples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bowdoin College<\/a> in Brunswick This page lists all the currently open faculty jobs at Bates College.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"parent":16268,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-15328","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15328"}],"version-history":[{"count":247,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19914,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15328\/revisions\/19914"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Colby College<\/a> in Waterville
Other institutions of higher education in Maine: https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/portal\/education\/colleges.html <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"