<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-OutlineElement gmail-Ltr gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" class="gmail-TextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:17px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Position</span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="gmail-TextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:17px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">: Assistant</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">/Associate Professor, Department of Forestry, </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">College of Forest Resources, </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State University</span></span><span class="gmail-EOP gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:17px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span class="gmail-EOP gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:17px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif"><br></span></p></div><div class="gmail-OutlineElement gmail-Ltr gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;overflow:visible;clear:both;direction:ltr;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe UI Web",Arial,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-kerning:none;background-color:transparent;color:windowtext"><span lang="EN-US" class="gmail-TextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:17px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Responsibilities</span></span><span lang="EN-US" class="gmail-TextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:10.5pt;line-height:17px;font-family:Calibri,Calibri_EmbeddedFont,Calibri_MSFontService,sans-serif;font-variant-ligatures:none"><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">: </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">The Department of Forestry is seeking to hire a tenure-track faculty member in the field of </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">N</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">atural </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">R</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">esource </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">C</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">onservation and </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">M</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">anagement at the Assistant/Associate Professor level</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">. </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Responsibilities will include participation in the Department’s teaching, research, and service activities. </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">The s</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">uccessful</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> candidate</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> will support our </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">S</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">ociety of </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">A</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">merican </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">F</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">oresters</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> accredited </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">undergraduate degree program in N</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">atural Resource and Environmental Conservation</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">by c</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">ontribut</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">ing</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> to existing courses and </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">developing</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> new</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> courses </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">in their field of expertise.</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Teaching responsibilities </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">will</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> also contribute to the Department’s on-campus and distance education degree</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> programs</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">. </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">Successful</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> candidate</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">s</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> will be expected to develop a</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> competitive </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">extramurally</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">-</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">funded</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> research program. Appropriate areas of research expertise include, but are not limited to: </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">environmental assessments</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">;</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> human dimensions of natural </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">resource</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> management</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px">;</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW177172802 gmail-BCX0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px"> ecosystem services and modeling</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextR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