Dear Colleagues – I am pleased to share with you a new GIS Tenure-track faculty position in the Department of Geography at The University of Nevada, Reno, starting July 2017.
We are in an exciting growth period in Geography at UNR – we have a new Geotechnologies Specialization and Minor and we are beginning to offer online GIS classes. We are adding specializations and minors in Climate, Water and Ecosystems; Climate Studies; Environmental Policy and Management; and Globalization, Politics and Place. We are currently a faculty of 13 that includes interest in human and physical geography, with a number of us using GIS and spatial modeling techniques in our research. We are excited to see our numbers increase to 14! A link and an abbreviated announcement are below. https://www.unrsearch.com/postings/21591[unrsearch.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.unrsearch.com_postings_21591&d=CwMFAg&c=jifKnBYnyVBhk1h9O3AIXsy5wsgdpA1H51b0r9C8Lig&r=5d9bUaD5HdY8c5lnIR2juGWt54e73VzV6JuzC_uDd_g&m=hFxRnWjapak9xAgOyqokcfGZ2az6aPOxRuTfMS6aD1w&s=dC3h3SWHAFLHjPIA9emi8OY5-FZxSOtjJLiDl7uBXV8&e=> The Department of Geography at the University of Nevada, Reno, invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor in applied GIS. The successful candidate will apply geospatial technologies to solve contemporary societal/environmental problems. The candidate will need to sustain an active funded research program and supervise graduate students at the masters and doctoral level. Primary teaching responsibilities will include undergraduate/graduate courses in GIS, spatial statistics, and her/his specialty. The department standard teaching load is 3 courses a year. Applicants must have a PhD or equivalent in Geography or a related field by the time of appointment and a demonstrated capacity for research. The anticipated start date is July 1, 2017. Candidate will receive a start-up package. For information on the department, visit our website http://www.unr.edu/geography. The deadline for applications is October 14, 2016. For further information about this position contact Jill S. Heaton, Department and Search Chair ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>). Thomas P. Albright Associate Professor Laboratory for Conservation Biogeography Department of Geography & Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology University of Nevada, Reno 104A (office)/209 (lab) Mackay Science Hall - Mailstop 0154 Reno, NV 89557-0154 office: +1 775-784-6673 | lab: +1 775-784-6671 | fax: +1 775-784-1058 e-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> | Twitter: @AlbrightLCB @LCBNicaragua http://wolfweb.unr.edu/~talbright/LCB
