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The Department of Biology at Denison University invites applications for a tenure-track position beginning fall 2010. Ph.D. is required; a strong potential for excellence in teaching and a productive research program involving undergraduates are essential. Area of specialization within the broader scope of cellular, molecular, or physiological research is open. Teaching responsibilities include introductory courses for both majors and nonmajors, an intermediate level Cellular & Molecular biology course, and two advanced cellular, molecular, or physiological courses.  Denison University is a selective and nationally ranked residential liberal arts college located in Granville, Ohio, 25 miles east of the Columbus metropolitan area. We are committed to fostering an academically and culturally diverse faculty and community. The Department of Biology currently has 12 full-time faculty members who represent a wide range of specialty areas, and the annual teaching load is 2-1 (each course with lab component). Our new Talbot Hall of Biological Science includes individual faculty offices and research labs, classrooms equipped for multimedia instruction, teaching labs, and greenhouses. We have departmental and college programs for mentoring and enhancing teaching. We offer competitive startup funds, a generous sabbatical leave program, a junior faculty leave following a successful third-year review, and summer support for student and faculty research. See our website at www.denison.edu/biology for more detailed descriptions of the position and the program. Applicants should submit electronic application materials on-line at www.denison.edu/offices/humanresources: a cover letter addressing their motivations for teaching at a small, undergraduate, residential, liberal arts college; separate statements of: (1) teaching philosophy along with brief descriptions of proposed advanced courses, (2) research interests and future plans, and (3) potential to foster and support diversity among our students, faculty, and community; curriculum vitae; copies of transcripts (graduate and undergraduate); and the names, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers of three references.  Review of applications will begin 2 October 2009 and continue until the position is filled. In a continuing effort to diversify our campus community, we actively encourage applications from people of color, women, veterans, people of diverse sexual identities/orientations, and others who may contribute positively to the diversification of ideas and perspectives. For additional information and resources about diversity at Denison please see our Diversity Guide at www.denison.edu/offices/humanresources. Denison University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.