MARYLAND, BALTIMORE 21250. The Department of Geography and Environmental Systems at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) invites applications for two tenure-track positions at the Assistant Professor level beginning in August 2013. Ph.D. in Geography or closely related field required at time of appointment. Candidates are expected to have an active program of research and publications, the ability to attract external funding, and evidence of a commitment to excellence in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels (the standard teaching load is two courses per semester).
Position1. We are seeking a Biogeographer with research interests in global change, biodiversity, ecosystem services, or macro-ecology. The ability to undertake novel quantitative analyses of large data sets is also desirable. Position 2. We are seeking an Urban Geographer whose research emphasizes social, economic, and/or environmental processes associated with urban change. Experience with field-based research, geospatial information technology, or quantitative analysis is desirable. In the most recent Carnegie ranking, UMBC is listed as a Research University-High Research Activity. Research opportunities at UMBC include collaboration with colleagues the Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES), an NSF-funded Urban Long-Term Ecological Research site headquartered at UMBC; the Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET), a research consortia formed by UMBC and NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center; the Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education (CUERE), an EPA and NOAA-funded center focused on the environmental, social and economic impacts of urban and suburban landscape transformation; and the U.S. Geological Survey Water Science Center for the MD-DE-DC region The campus is located in close proximity to Washington D.C. and a broad array of federal, state, and local agencies as well as to other research institutions along the Washington-Baltimore-Philadelphia corridor. Interested candidates may visit the web site http://www.umbc.edu/ges for additional information. Please send curriculum vitae and cover letter describing research agenda and teaching interests, and have three letters of reference sent to the department. Electronic submissions are strongly encouraged. Those applying for the Biogeography position should send pdfs to Dr. Matthew Baker, Search Chair, at [email protected]. Those applying for the Urban Geography position should send pdfs to Dr. Sari Bennett, Search Chair, at [email protected]. For those unable to submit electronically, please send applications to Department of Geography and Environmental Systems, UMBC, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21250. Review of applications will begin on Dec. 3, 2012 and will continue until the position is filled UMBC is especially proud of the diversity of its student body and we seek to attract an equally diverse applicant pool for this position. We have a strong commitment to increasing faculty diversity. UMBC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. -- Christopher M. Swan, Ph.D. Graduate Program Director Associate Professor Dept. of Geography & Environmental Systems University of Maryland, Baltimore County 211 Sondheim Hall 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250 [email protected] http://www.umbc.edu/people/cmswan http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NNfHt5YAAAAJ (410) 455-3957
