[ES_JOBS_NET] Environmental/Climate Geographer and Planner: Tenure-track position

[Erika MARIN-SPIOTTA]

Environmental / Climate Geographer and Planner: Tenure-track position


Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in Geography or Planning by July 1, 2022 (start of the position). Candidates should have graduate-level courses or professional experience in the disciplines of both Geography and Planning.

Candidates must have teaching experience and a strong commitment to excellence in teaching, student mentoring, and research. In addition, candidates should have a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Candidates should show a desire to involve both undergraduate and graduate students in their research programs. They should have a demonstrated record of teaching that shows a passion for experiential learning, interactive methods, and the application of theory and concepts to current real-world environmental and climate issues. Research foci could include environmental policy and planning, climate adaptation, climate justice, and equity, biogeography, land systems and complexity, wildfires, or energy and water resources.

The teaching load will be three courses each semester. Instructional duties will include a large introductory Global Change of the Biosphere course, Planning courses (Town, City, Regional Planning, Planning Techniques, and/or Planning for Climate Resilience), and GIS courses (Geospatial Technology). The candidate would teach software-intensive courses that involve GIScience and Planning Design. The capability of teaching a GIS programming course will be a desirable quality.

Posting Date   11/19/2021

Evaluation of Applications Begins      01/03/2022

For a complete application, please apply and submit all below-required documents electronically through Appalachian State University’s Job Board<https://appstate.peopleadmin.com/postings/31013>:

1. a cover letter;

2. a curriculum vitae;

3. unofficial copies of all transcripts;

4. a teaching philosophy statement;

5. a statement of research interests;

6. a diversity statement;

7. a list of three references with contact information.

 Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving! Saskia

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Dr. Saskia L. van de Gevel
Chair and Professor
Department of Geography and Planning
Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina 28608
828-434-0924
gevelsv at appstate.edu<mailto:gevelsv at appstate.edu>