<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_signature"><span style="font-size:13px">Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 19:14:34 -0500</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jessica_Bagley?</span><span style="font-size:13px">= <</span><a href="mailto:jessica.bagley@OREGONSTATE.EDU" style="font-size:13px">jessica.bagley@OREGONSTATE.EDU</a><span style="font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Subject: Assistant Professor of Fire Ecology - Oregon State University</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Assistant Professor of Fire Ecology</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Dept. of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Oregon State University=92s commitment to student success includes hiring=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">,=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">retaining, and developing diverse faculty to mentor and educate our=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">undergraduate and graduate students from entry through graduation. Our=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Strategic Plan (</span><a href="http://oregonstate.edu/leadership/strategicplan/phase3" target="_blank" style="font-size:13px">http://oregonstate.edu/leadership/strategicplan/phase3</a><span style="font-size:13px">)</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">articulates the strategies we believe critical to advancing and=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">equalizing student success. As part of this commitment, OSU has=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">established a hiring initiative for 2014-15 that is designed to support=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">these strategies. In alignment with this initiative, the College of=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Forestry seeks to hire an Assistant Professor of Fire Ecology.</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Position Summary: The Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society in the=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">College of Forestry invites applications for a full-time (1.0 FTE) 9-=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">month, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Fire Ecology.</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">The successful candidate is expected to establish and lead an innovative=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">extramurally funded research program in fire ecology that is relevant to=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">human use of forested landscapes, biodiversity conservation and global=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">change. The candidate will be responsible for the delivery of two=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">undergraduate courses in both the =91Forest Landscape Processes and=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Management=92 option within our Forest Management degree and a new=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">interdisciplinary undergraduate degree program focusing on interactions=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">among biophysical and social systems. The appointee will also teach an=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">additional graduate course in her/his area of expertise. This position=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">is part of a larger commitment by Oregon State University to hire,=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">retain, and develop diverse faculty to mentor and educate our=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">undergraduate and graduate students from entry through graduation. We=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">invite you to visit the application website for further details on how=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">to apply:=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><a href="https://jobs.oregonstate.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=3D383203=20" target="_blank" style="font-size:13px">https://jobs.oregonstate.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_c<br>ss.jsp?postingId=3D383203=20</a><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">The Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society (FES) brings together=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">students, staff and faculty with interest and expertise in forest=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">ecology and social science to tackle some of the most pressing=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">environmental challenges facing us today=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">(</span><a href="http://fes.forestry.oregonstate.edu/" target="_blank" style="font-size:13px">http://fes.forestry.oregonstate.edu</a><span style="font-size:13px">). Our faculty are world leaders in=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">a wide range of disciplines, including restoration ecology, forest=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">social science, tree physiology, climate change and carbon dynamics,=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">natural resource economics and policy, wilderness resource management,=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">silviculture, wildlife ecology, and remote sensing.</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">We also have living laboratories used for classes and research that=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">include the 11,500 acre McDonald-Dunn Forest, just 20 minutes from=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">campus, the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest in the Cascade Mountains (a=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">National Science Foundation Long-term Ecological Research site), and a=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">wide variety of cooperating public and private forest lands including a=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">new Institute for Working Forest Landscapes. The position offers=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">substantial potential for collaborative efforts with co-located science=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Station, the USGS Forest and Range Ecosystem Science Center and the US=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Environmental Protection Agency.</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">The department has a large and diverse student body both on campus (>200=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">undergraduates/ 80 graduates) and online (530 undergraduates/ 60=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">graduates); thus, we seek an individual with an interest and commitment=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">to teaching and innovation in both classroom and online education.</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Minimum/ Required Qualifications</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">-=09Ph.D. in a discipline relevant to disturbance and/or fire=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">ecology</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">-=09Demonstrated potential to develop a high-quality academic=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">research program in fire ecology=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">-=09Commitment to promoting and enhancing diversity as it relates to=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">teaching and mentoring students</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">-=09Commitment to undergraduate and graduate student engagement and=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">success</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">-=09Excellent communication skills</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Preferred Qualifications</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">-=09Experience in fire ecology research conducted at multiple=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">spatial scales</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">-=09Evidence of research productivity=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">-=09Evidence of capacity to link basic and applied research</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">-=09Experience with interdisciplinary research (particularly between=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">social and ecological sciences)</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">-=09Record of obtaining external funding</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">-=09Relevant graduate and/or postdoctoral experience in teaching=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">within and/or across disciplines</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">-=09Experience in fostering diversity in teaching and mentoring=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">(e.g., supervising underrepresented groups in research)</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">-=09Evidence of fostering undergraduate success (e.g., sponsoring=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">student research or internships, developing study abroad opportunities)=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">-=09Experience with natural resource management applications=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Special Instructions to Applicants</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">documents:=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">(1) a cover letter addressing your qualifications and aspirations as=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">they relate to the specific duties and responsibilities described in the=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">position description;</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">(2) a full-length curriculum vitae (CV);</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">(3) a two-page teaching philosophy that specifically addresses the=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">candidate=92s commitment to fostering student success and enhancing=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">diversity; Upload as Other Document 1</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">(4) a two-page research statement; Upload as Other Document 2</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">(5) up to four peer-reviewed publications; Upload combined pdfs as Other=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Document 3</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">(6) the names and contact information (email, telephone and mail) of=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">three referees who may be contacted by the search committee; Upload as=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Other Document 4</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">Visit the application web site (</span><a href="http://oregonstate.edu/jobs/" target="_blank" style="font-size:13px">http://oregonstate.edu/jobs/</a><span style="font-size:13px">) for=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">further details about the position (posting # 0013480). The position=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">will remain open until filled. For full consideration, apply by January=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">30, 2015. Applications will continue to be accepted after the full=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">consideration date, until a sufficient applicant pool has been achieved=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">or the position is filled. The closing date is subject to change without=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">notice to applicants</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">For additional information please contact Matt Betts, </span><a href="tel:541-737-3841" value="+15417373841" style="font-size:13px">541-737-3841</a><span style="font-size:13px">,=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><a href="mailto:matthew.betts@oregonstate.edu" style="font-size:13px">matthew.betts@oregonstate.edu</a><span style="font-size:13px">=</span><span style="font-size:13px">20=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">OSU commits to inclusive excellence by advancing equity and diversity in=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">all that we do. We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer,=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">and particularly encourage applications from members of historically=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and others who=20</span><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse and=20=</span><br style="font-size:13px"><br style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:13px">inclusive community.=20=20</span><br></div>
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