[ES_JOBS_NET] Fwd: 4 open faculty positions at OU's Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability

[Aparna Bamzai]

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From: Renee McPherson <renee at mesonet.org>
Date: Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 12:00 PM


Please forward to excellent candidates and repost! Thanks!! -Renee
McPherson, State Climatologist of Oklahoma

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*Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, The University
of Oklahoma
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OKLAHOMA, NORMAN 73019. *The Department of Geography and Environmental
Sustainability (http://geography.ou.edu/) <http://geography.ou.edu/> at the
University of Oklahoma seeks nominations and applications for
four tenure-track faculty positions*. Initial appointment to all four
positions will begin August 2014. Salary and remunerations are competitive
and commensurate with qualifications.

*About the Department*: Over the past three years, the Department of
Geography and Environmental Sustainability has doubled the number
of undergraduate majors to over 150. The Department has 46 graduate
students, including 26 Ph.Ds, and 20 M.As. New hires will bring to 19 the
number of permanent, tenured or tenure-track faculty members, an
increase of over 70% since 2010. An additional search for an endowed
professorship in water and sustainability will be announced shortly.
Recently added faculty members have expertise in remote sensing,
environmental sustainability, science policy, and applied climatology,
complementing our existing strengths in human and physical geography. The
department now offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Geography, GIS,
and Environmental Sustainability.

Candidates interested in collaborative research will find many exciting
opportunities within the Department, College, and University. The
Department is home to the Oklahoma Wind Power Initiative, Land Use Land
Cover Institute, Working Group on the Geographies of Race
and Representation of the Americas, and Environmental Verification and
Analysis Center. The College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences hosts
the National Weather Center, South Central Climate Science Center, Southern
Climate Impacts Planning Program, and the Center for Spatial Analysis. The
University hosts the Center for Applied Social Research and Earth
Observation and Modeling Facility as well as the Archeological, Biological,
Climatological, Geological, and Water Surveys.

*Application Process*: For all positions, candidates are invited to submit
a statement of interest and qualifications, a full curriculum vita, up to
five scholarly publications, and a list of three references. Screening will
begin November 1, 2013. Candidates are requested to submit their
applications *electronically in one PDF file* to the chair of the search
committee identified at the end of each position description.

*1.  Associate / Full Professor in Geographic Information Sciences
*We seek a tenured Associate or Full Professor in the area of Geographic
Information Science (GIS) and its applications. Candidates must have a
track record of publications in high quality refereed journals, successful
external grant funding, and evidence of teaching excellence. The ideal
candidate for this position shall possess an earned doctorate in geography
or related discipline and must have strong quantitative and GIS skills.
Desirable areas of expertise include (but are not limited to) applied GIS,
spatial statistics, big-data mining, modeling, and/or spatial programming.
Candidates who apply these skills to societal problems are strongly
encouraged to apply. Teaching duties will include both undergraduate and
graduate courses in GIS. The ability to teach spatial programming
and spatial statistics is an advantage.

Our expectation is that the successful candidate will help recruit/attract
an additional junior level faculty member also in GIS and lead efforts to
develop graduate degrees in GIS. Therefore, candidates with leadership
qualities are especially encouraged to apply.

To apply, please submit all application materials to Dr. Kirsten de Beurs
(Email: kdebeurs at ou.edu), Chair, GIS Search Committee and copy Ms. Deborah
Marsh (dmarsh at ou.edu).

*2.  Assistant/Senior Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Physical
Geography
*The Department seeks a physical geographer with a strong background in
large-scale watershed dynamics or fluvial geomorphology. The
successful candidate shall be willing to teach introductory and/or
intermediate level physical geography, as well as undergraduate
and graduate courses in geomorphology, hydrology, or soils.  The successful
candidate will also have an active research agenda and have experience in
obtaining external funding for their research.  The University of Oklahoma
is heavily invested in the water enterprise, so the successful candidate
will have numerous opportunities to collaborate across campus. Candidates
are expected to have attained a doctoral degree in geography or closely
related field by the start date.  Post-doctoral experience is desirable.

To apply, please submit all materials to Dr. Scott Greene, Chair, Physical
Geography Search Committee (Email: jgreene at ou.edu). Please copy Ms. Deborah
Marsh (dmarsh at ou.edu).

*3.  Assistant Professor (tenure–track) in Land Use-Land Cover Change
*Recently, the University of Oklahoma and sister institutions in the state
were awarded a $24 million EPSCoR grant to improve infrastructure
to advance understanding about how socio-ecological systems can adapt to
climate variability. A major program of study also has been initiated in
the social, human, behavioral, and economic aspects of weather and climate
within the University's Center for Applied Social Research. It is within
this rapidly expanding environment that the Department of Geography
and Environmental Sustainability invites applications from highly
qualified candidates for the positions described below.

We seek an individual dedicated to the expansion of a robust program in
land use-land cover modeling and analysis that focuses on
ecosystem responses and feedbacks, the climate system, or ecosystem
services. The candidate must be capable of research excellence in
land use-land cover modeling with the ability to work in a team environment
with collaborations that include research activities within the Department
of Geography and Environmental Sustainability and the newly established
Department of the Interior’s South Central Climate Science Center as well
as collaborators at Oklahoma State University, the Samuel Roberts Noble
Foundation, and the University of Tulsa. The successful candidate must have
strong quantitative and computational skills in model
development/enhancement, GIS, and/or remote sensing. The applicant
must possess a doctorate degree in geography or related discipline by the
start date. Teaching duties will include both undergraduate and
graduate courses in the applicant’s area of specialization.

To apply, please submit application materials to Dr. Bruce Hoagland,
Chair, LULCC Search Committee (Email: bhoagland at ou.edu). Please copy
Ms. Deborah Marsh (dmarsh at ou.edu).

*Persons from under-represented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
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*4.  Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in Ecological Economics
*This newly created position is also funded in part by the EPSCoR grant
described above. We seek highly qualified candidates with research
and teaching focus in ecological economics. The successful candidate must
have expertise in ecosystem service valuation, including a focus on one or
more of the following areas: cost-benefit analysis, hedonic pricing,
contingent valuation, risk assessment, market-based policy instruments, and
input-output modeling. Candidates are expected to have attained a doctoral
degree in economics or closely related field by the start date.

The successful candidate will work in a team environment with
collaborations that include research activities within the Department of
Geography and Environmental Sustainability and the newly established
Department of the Interior’s South Central Climate Science Center, the
Department of Economics, the Center for Risk, Crisis and Analysis, as
well as collaborators at Oklahoma State University, the Samuel Roberts
Noble Foundation, and the University of Tulsa.

To apply, please submit application materials to Dr. Darren Purcell,
Chair, Ecological Economics Search Committee (Email: dpurcell at ou.edu). Please
copy Ms. Deborah Marsh (dmarsh at ou.edu).

*Persons from under-represented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
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*About the University of Oklahoma*. Established in 1890, the University of
Oklahoma is a comprehensive public research university offering a
wide array of undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and
extensive continuing education and public service programs. Its 2000 acre
Norman Campus houses 15 colleges with approximately 1300 faculty serving
more than 26,000 students. The new 277-acre Research Campus provides
more than 750,000 square feet of space constructed since 2003 and includes
the National Weather Center, the Stephenson Research and Technology
Center, the Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center, and several Partners
Place buildings that co-locate University offices with more than 350
private sector employees across more than a dozen companies. Two additional
Partners Place buildings are underway.

*The City of Norman*. Norman is a pleasant college town of around 113,000
inhabitants located just 17 miles from Oklahoma City.
Consequently, residents enjoy both a college town feel and the advantages
of a major metropolitan area. Oklahoma City is always a pleasant surprise
to those who discover it (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GJIHhypBmU&feature=player_embedded).
Kiplinger’s
Personal Finance (
http://www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/real-estate/T006-S001-10-cheapest-u-s-cities-to-live-in/index.html)
currently
ranks Norman as the third least expensive city to live in and notes
“*Norman enjoys
a unique combination of low unemployment, low living expenses and
high incomes*”.

*The University of Oklahoma is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
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