Hi all,

Ouachita Baptist is hiring a tenure-track microbiologist to begin August 2026. The posting can be found here: https://obu.edu/about/hr/faculty-vacancies.php, and the priority application deadline is December 1, 2025.

The faculty member is expected to teach the SEA-PHAGES bacteriophage discovery lab and allied health and majors’ microbiology courses. The faculty member will also provide undergraduate academic advising, supervise undergraduate research capstone and honors projects, and contribute to the overall academic environment of the department and the university. Ouachita Biology values hands-on education and the aptitude and inclination for engaging undergraduates in course-embedded undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) and/or individual mentored research is preferred.

Let me (plymaler@obu.edu) or Nathan Reyna (reynan@obu.edu) know if you have questions or want more information.

Ouachita Baptist University is a Christian liberal arts university with a robust Biology department. Our typical Biology major is a motivated, pre-medical-type student. We prioritize undergraduate research. We have CUREs in our General Biology I lab (phage and kombucha) and in our Microbiology, Cell Biology, and Genetics classes, and we mentor students in independent undergraduate research. Some of our faculty have extramural funding and we can provide a small amount of internal support. In addition to teaching in class and through research, we emphasize advising. Each student has a faculty advisor that they typically stay with until graduation. Faculty advisors support graduation requirements and do pre-professional advising.

Ouachita Baptist University is a primarily undergraduate institution located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, approximately 1 hour each from Little Rock, AR and Texarkana, TX, 3 hours from Memphis, and 4 hours each from Northwest Arkansas and Dallas.
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