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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT">Three Tenure-Track Faculty Positions at the University of Oklahoma-<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT">Critical Zone Geoscience, Environmental Geophysics, and Applied<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT">Structural Geology/Tectonics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">The University of Oklahoma seeks three new colleagues to fill tenure-track Assistant Professor positions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">within the School of Geosciences in the Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy to begin in August 2021.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">These positions are part of a university-wide strategic shift towards collaborative, convergent research that<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">addresses pressing societal needs. We seek colleagues who will establish innovative, independent, and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">externally funded research programs; build collaborations within and outside the School; teach and mentor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">undergraduate and graduate students from diverse backgrounds; and work with colleagues and students<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">toward OU’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion goals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">1) Critical Zone (CZ) Geoscience: This position will strengthen burgeoning transdisciplinary collaborations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">across environmental science, policy, and justice by integrating knowledge and expertise from OU’s<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">research strengths in geoscience, meteorology, geography, anthropology, environmental science and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">engineering, public policy, economics, and community planning focused around key issues that affect how<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">humans live and work sustainably within our ecosystem. Potential areas of research include, but are not<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">limited to: geomorphology, soil science, groundwater/surface water interactions, geobiology,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">geomicrobiology, biogeochemistry, carbon and/or nutrient cycling in soils and the hydrosphere,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">computational modeling of CZ processes, responses of the CZ to climate change (past, present, or future),<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">and/or isotope geochemistry applied to critical zone processes. We expect this faculty member to teach a<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">general education geoscience course (e.g. Earth, Energy, and the Environment; the Dynamic Earth; Earth<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">Resources and the Environment; or a new course of their design), and upper-level undergraduate and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">graduate courses within their area of expertise. For more information see the full description at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT"><a href="https://apply.interfolio.com/81168">https://apply.interfolio.com/81168</a>, or direct questions to the search committee at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT"><a href="mailto:ougeosciencesczsearchchair@ou.edu">ougeosciencesczsearchchair@ou.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">2) Environmental Geophysics: This position will promote interdisciplinary, collaborative projects that use<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">systems-based geophysics to study the near-surface and critical zones. We are looking for a broad-minded<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">geophysicist with strong research skills and interdisciplinary interests who uses geophysical methods to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">solve challenging problems relevant to environmental and energy systems, including global climate change.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">Potential research areas might combine geophysics with data analytics (statistics, machine learning,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">artificial intelligence, etc.), sedimentary geology, hydrogeology, and/or biogeochemistry to develop new<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">approaches to characterize and monitor the shallow subsurface and the near-surface including soils,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">sediments, water, air, and life within Earth’s critical zone. This interdisciplinary research is critical to<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">investigate process-response systems, prevent near-surface geohazards, and maintain global<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">sustainability. The faculty member is expected to develop and teach undergraduate and graduate courses<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">within their areas of expertise, example courses include, but are not limited to Environmental/Applied<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">Geophysics, and Geophysical Field Camp. For more information see the full description at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT"><a href="http://apply.interfolio.com/81257">http://apply.interfolio.com/81257</a>, or direct questions to the search committee at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT"><a href="mailto:ougeophysicssearchchair@ou.edu">ougeophysicssearchchair@ou.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">3) Applied Structural Geology/Tectonics: This position will contribute to and expand upon existing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">interdisciplinary strengths in the department via the study of the 3D architecture and evolution of Earth's<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">surface/crust, associated deformation and deformation processes, and application to practical questions. It<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">supports college initiatives and research priorities in energy geosciences, seismicity, and water. We are<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">looking for a broad-minded colleague whose skills and interests will complement and build upon existing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">areas of focus within the department. The research area is open but can include topics such as landscape<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">evolution and geologic hazards, the structure and long-term stability of subsurface reservoirs, and tectonics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">& the carbon cycle. The successful candidate will be expected to collaborate in new and existing areas of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">research in carbon sequestration, geothermal & hydrogen energy resources, and machine learning. The<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">faculty member is expected to develop and teach undergraduate and graduate courses in their area of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">expertise; example courses include, but are not limited to Applied Structural Geology, Tectonic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">Geomorphology, Faulted & Fractured Reservoirs, and Tectonics & Climate. For more information see the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">full description at
<a href="http://apply.interfolio.com/81256">http://apply.interfolio.com/81256</a>, or direct questions to the search committee at<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT"><a href="mailto:geology@ou.edu">geology@ou.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">The School of Geoscience has over a century of history preparing students for impactful careers in basic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">and applied geoscience. Information about the School of Geosciences’ research and teaching facilities can<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">be found at
<a href="http://www.ou.edu/mcee/geosciences/Research">http://www.ou.edu/mcee/geosciences/Research</a>. Additional resources include the Samuel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">Roberts Noble Microscopy Laboratory, Bartell Field Camp, Kessler Field Station, and the OU<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">Supercomputing Center for Education and Research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">The University of Oklahoma, located 20 miles south of Oklahoma City in Norman, is the Carnegie- ranked<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT">Very High Research Activity
</span></i><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">[R1] flagship university in the state. Oklahoma is home to 39 tribal nations,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">each of which has a distinctive culture, history, and government. We acknowledge that the history of the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">university and the state represents settler colonialism and remains in tension with what we now understand<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">about the lands that were proclaimed “unassigned” and opened for white settlement in 1889. In line with<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">our commitments to diversity, inclusion, access, and equity we strongly encourage applications from<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">candidates who are members of underrepresented or marginalized communities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">To apply, please submit the following materials via ByCommittee using the position-specific links above:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">1) a 1-2 page cover letter describing your interests in and qualifications for the position; 2) your current<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">CV including contact information for three potential references; 3) a 1-2 page teaching statement briefly<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">describing your teaching philosophy, teaching interests and potential teaching contributions to the School;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">4) a diversity statement describing your knowledge of and/or experience addressing diversity, equity, and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">inclusion issues in the geosciences (1 page); 5) and a 1-2 page research statement describing your research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">focus, methods, and future trajectory. Please direct questions to the appropriate search committee using the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">email address above. We will begin reviewing applications January 4</span><sup><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">th
</span></sup><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">, 2021 and will continue to review<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">applications until the positions are successfully filled.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">The University of Oklahoma is committed to achieving a diverse, equitable, and inclusive university<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">community by embracing each person’s unique contributions, background and perspectives. The University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">of Oklahoma recognizes that fostering an inclusive environment for all, with particular attention to the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">needs of historically marginalized populations, is vital to the pursuit of excellence in all aspects of our<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">institutional mission. This enhances the OU experience for all students, faculty and staff and for the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">communities we engage. The University of Oklahoma is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Individuals from<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:TimesNewRomanPSMT">underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Megan Elwood Madden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#A6A6A6">(she/ her/ hers)</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Director of the Center for Faculty Excellence
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Oklahoma
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.ou.edu/cfe">https://www.ou.edu/cfe</a>
<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#A6A6A6"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Robert & Doris Klabzuba Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">School of Geosciences<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://meem.oucreate.com/">http://meem.oucreate.com/</a><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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