Two Faculty Positions in the Sustainability of Rural Landscapes
Assistant and Associate/Full Professor
W.K. Kellogg Biological Station and Dept of Sociology
Michigan State University
Michigan State University (MSU) seeks to fill two tenure-track faculty
positions (one Assistant Professor and one Associate/Full Professor) in the
area of Sustainability of Rural Landscapes. We seek individuals with
expertise in environmental science and the relationships among ecology,
technology, social change, and policy. These positions will enhance
interdepartmental research in the Department of Sociology and at MSU, with
particular focus on strengthening social science research at MSU's Kellogg
Biological Station (KBS). Both positions will be joint between KBS and the
Department of Sociology (SOC) with a tenure home in SOC and a possible
affiliation with the Environmental Science and Policy Program (ESPP) at
MSU. The positions will have appointments with the Michigan Agricultural
Experiment Station to support research. At least one of these positions is
expected to be resident at KBS, a biological field station of Michigan
State University (www.kbs.msu.edu) with a year-round resident faculty
located ~65 miles from East Lansing. KBS hosts an NSF-supported LTER
program on the ecology of row-crop systems (www.kbs.msu.edu/lter), a
DOE-funded Great Lakes BioEnergy Research Center (GLBRC; www.glbrc.org) on
the sustainability of biofuels, and is establishing a pasture-based dairy
with support from the WK Kellogg Foundation. These facilities all support
research on the sustainability of agricultural landscapes and the vitality
of rural communities that involve KBS and campus-based faculty and other
institutions, and are expected to provide research opportunities for both
positions.
The scholarly focus is environmental science and the relationships among
ecology, technology, social change and policy; areas of emphasis include,
but are not limited to, socio-ecological issues of agricultural landscapes
and production systems, policy issues relevant to ecosystem services
(biodiversity and introduced species), coupled human and natural systems,
and the sustainability of bio-based economies, including alternative
energy. These positions will complement existing strengths in ecology,
environmental and agricultural science at KBS, the Department of Sociology,
and social science across the University. The faculty candidates will teach
undergraduate and graduate courses in sociology that contribute to
educational programs at KBS and to one of the five focal research areas of
the Department of Sociology (www.sociology.msu.edu). These are academic
year appointments with a 60% research 40% teaching responsibility split.
Applicants must have a Ph.D. and show evidence of the capacity to establish
an extramurally-funded and interdisciplinary research program. Preference
will be given to individuals with interdisciplinary research experience
that can strengthen the research programs in both KBS and Sociology.
International experience or demonstrated interest in international regions
is an advantage. Questions and applications should be sent to
[EMAIL PROTECTED], addressed to the Sustainability Search
Committee, Department of Sociology, Michigan State
University, with <Search Committee, Sustainability of Rural Landscapes> in
the subject line. Applications should include a curriculum vita, statements
of research and teaching interests (including current and long-term goals),
and names and contact information for three references, sent electronically
as a single pdf. Review of applications will begin on 15 December 2008 and
will continue until an appropriate candidate is identified.
Further information about KBS and SOC can be found at www.kbs.msu.edu and
www.sociology.msu.edu. MSU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
Institution; women and minorities are particularly welcome to apply.
Date position is available: August 16, 2009
Organization: Michigan State University
Departmental Representatives:
Dr. Nan Johnson, Search Committee Co-Chair, Department of Sociology
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Dr. G. Philip Robertson, Search Committee Co-Chair, Kellogg Biological
Station ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
