<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Greetings ES-jobs & ESWN - </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">My department is looking to bring in a new department chair, someone with an exciting research program, who is looking for an opportunity to help bring our growing & successful group into a new stage. UMBC is, quite simply, a wonderful place to work, and our department is truly interdisciplinary (mix of natural/social scientists). </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Please see the formal job announcement below (and attached). Feel free to contact us with any questions. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Cheers, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Maggie.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font:small/normal arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Margaret Buck Holland, Ph.D.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font:small/normal arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Asst. Professor, Dept. of Geography & Environmental Systems</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font:small/normal arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">University of Maryland, Baltimore County</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font:small/normal arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="mailto:mholland@umbc.edu" target="_blank">mholland@umbc.edu</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font:small/normal arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;word-spacing:0px;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="http://ges.umbc.edu/margaret-buck-holland" target="_blank">ges.umbc.edu/margaret-buck-Holland</a></div><p><br></p><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria" size="3">University of Maryland Baltimore County, Department of Geography and
Environmental Systems</font></b></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria" size="3">Department Chair </font></b></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria" size="3">Maryland, Baltimore 21250.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Department of Geography and Environmental Systems at the University
of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) invites applications and nominations for
Department Chair.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The successful
candidate will hold a PhD in a field that complements faculty strengths (e.g.
Geography, Environmental Science, Conservation Science, Ecology, Natural
Resources) and with academic achievements commensurate with appointment as a
Full Professor, although senior Associate Professors will be considered as
well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The candidate should have
demonstrated leadership and administrative skills, a strong commitment to
interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching, and an active research program. </font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria" size="3">The Department has experienced rapid growth in recent years,
more than doubling undergraduate majors to over 300 in our B.S. and B.A.
programs, and with current enrollment of 50 M.S. students (including accelerated
B.S./MS, M.S., Professional M.S. in GIS) and 16 Ph.D. students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The department has 14 regular faculty and 9
adjunct/affiliate faculty, and has established a strong record of federal grant
support (e.g., NSF, NASA, NOAA, USDA).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Faculty
research interests cover a range of topics in human geography and environmental
science and management, including ecology and biogeography, global change
science, hydrology and geomorphology, meteorology and severe storms, GIS and
remote sensing, urban geography, public health, environmental history,
political ecology, resource conservation, and environmental policy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Urban environmental research is particularly
well-represented with the presence on campus and faculty collaboration with the
Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education (CUERE) and the Baltimore
Ecosystem Study Urban LTER.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also have
strong collaborative ties with UMBC’s NASA-funded Joint Center for Earth
Systems Technology and the USGS MD-DE-DC Water Science Center, both located in
UMBC’s Research Park. Collaborations with other departments and programs on
campus include Biological Sciences; Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental
Engineering; Computer Science and Electrical Engineering; Public Policy; Gender
& Women’s Studies; Global Studies; Interdisciplinary Studies; and the
multi-campus Marine, Estuarine and Environmental Sciences program.</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria" size="3">Applications should be sent to (</font></span><a href="http://apply.interfolio.com/25219"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><font color="#0000ff" face="Cambria" size="3">apply.interfolio.com/25219</font></span></a><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria" size="3">)
and should include: cover letter with description of leadership vision,
administrative experience, and research program; CV and the names of three
references. Questions can be directed to Dr. Andrew Miller at </font></span><a href="mailto:GESChairSearch@umbc.edu"><font color="#0000ff" face="Cambria" size="3">GESChairSearch@umbc.edu</font></a><font color="#000000" face="Cambria" size="3">. Formal review
of applications will begin on Sept. 30, 2015 and will continue until the
position is filled.</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt"><font color="#000000" face="Cambria" size="3">UMBC<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is especially
proud of the diversity of its student body and we seek to attract an equally
diverse applicant pool for this position.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We have a strong commitment to increasing faculty diversity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We encourage applications from women,
minority group members, veterans and individuals with disabilities. UMBC is an
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.</font></p><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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