[ES_JOBS_NET] Tenure-track assistant professor position in Race and Environment

[Sarah H. Ledford]

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Race and Environment

The Department of Geosciences at Georgia State University invites
applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position at the
rank of Assistant
Professor with an emphasis in Race and Environment to begin August 2022. We
welcome applications from scholars across the social and natural sciences
specializing in any of the following (or other closely related) areas:
environmental justice; racism in environmental organizations, movements,
and governance; ecological dimensions of racial capitalism and settler
colonialism; critical physical geography; Black geographies and ecologies;
racial segregation and disparity in urban ecosystems; race, nature and
landscape; or any geoscience or environmental science addressing race.
Methodological approach and geographic focus are open.

This position will play a central role in the continued growth of the
Department of Geosciences and its contributions to Georgia State
University’s strategic goals of using collaborative research to tackle the
most challenging global and urban issues of the 21st century and ensuring
that students from all backgrounds can achieve academic and career success
at high rates. Our faculty members are committed to combating racism,
sexism and other forms of structural bias in our disciplines, departments,
institutions, and communities. The successful candidate will share this
commitment. The department similarly acknowledges the inequitable impact of
the COVID-19 pandemic and commits to accounting for this disproportionate
impact in application evaluations.

The Department of Geosciences at GSU is distinguished by its emphasis on
both the social and physical dimensions of the environment. The department
maintains research and teaching strengths, and ongoing interdisciplinary
collaborations, in urban environments, water science, climate change,
geographic information science, and geochemistry. The Department of
Geosciences also maintains active relationships with the Urban Studies
Institute, School of Public Health, and other departments across the
College of Arts and Sciences. The successful candidate is expected to help
strengthen these collaborations.

Georgia State University, an enterprising R-1 institution in downtown
Atlanta, is a national leader in using innovation to drive student success
and research growth. Enrolling and graduating one of the nation’s most
diverse student bodies, Georgia State provides its world-class faculty and
more than 50,000 students unsurpassed research, teaching, and learning
opportunities in one of the 21st century’s leading global cities. As an
important hub for the university's strategic emphasis on global and urban
research, the Department of Geosciences (http://geosciences.gsu.edu) is a
growing interdisciplinary component of Georgia State, offering bachelor’s
and master’s degrees in the Geosciences in addition to GIS certificates at
both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Geosciences faculty may direct
PhD students through agreements with the Department of Chemistry and the
Urban Studies Institute.

Responsibilities:
The selected candidate will be responsible for maintaining an active,
funded research program; teaching a total of four courses per year in their
area of specialization; advising graduate students; and participating in
service at the department, college, and university levels.

Qualifications:

Essential qualifications include:

(1) Earned Ph.D. in geography, geosciences, environmental studies/science,
or a related discipline at the time of appointment;
(2) Demonstrated capacity to publish high-impact, peer-reviewed research;
(3) Demonstrated record of pursuing, or high potential to acquire, external
research funding;
(4) Aptitude for teaching topics in our department curricula and mentoring
highly diverse students.

Preferred qualifications include:

(1) Ability to contribute to geography, geology, or environmental science
curriculum design
(2) Demonstrated commitment to partnering with communities and
organizations outside the
university
(3) Demonstrated interest and aptitude for collaborating across fields and
disciplines

How to Apply:

To apply, submit the following electronic materials to Dr. Richard Milligan
(Search Committee Chair) at geosjobsearch at gsu.edu:

(1) Cover letter addressing the candidate’s qualifications, in which we
encourage candidates to address COVID-19 impacts if they wish;
(2) Curriculum vitae;
(3) Research statement summarizing the applicant’s research accomplishments
and future research agenda;
(4) Teaching and mentoring statement highlighting experience and
philosophy; commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusivity; and vision
for contributing to the Department of Geosciences’ degree programs;
(5) Names and contact information for three references. Reference letters
will only be requested for candidates who are shortlisted.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the
position is filled. To ensure full consideration, all electronic materials
should be submitted by October 15, 2021. Should the candidate be
recommended for a position, an offer of employment will be conditional on
background verification.

Georgia State University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not
discriminate against applicants due to race, ethnicity, gender, veteran
status, or on the basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local
protected class. As a campus with a diverse student body, we encourage
applications from women, minorities, and individuals with a history of
mentoring under-represented groups in the geosciences.


Job ad:
https://geosciences.gsu.edu/2021/09/09/full-time-tenure-track-faculty-position-open-race-and-environment/
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