---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: KEVIN Henry <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 9:53 AM Subject: JOB: Assistant Professor in Sustainability and Geographic Information Science To: ucgis-all <[email protected]>
Assistant Professor in Sustainability and Geographic Information Science Temple University, Philadelphia PA. Temple University’s Department of Geography and Urban Studies (GUS) invites applications for a full-time tenure track Assistant Professor beginning in academic year 2016-17. A Ph.D. in Geography or related field is required by the start of employment. We are looking for individuals who will excel at conducting research and providing graduate and undergraduate instruction in an interdisciplinary department. GUS (http://www.temple.edu/gus) offers two interdisciplinary undergraduate majors in Geography and Urban Studies and Environmental Studies. GUS also offers three graduate programs - a M.A. and a Ph.D. in Geography and Urban Studies and a Professional Science Masters in Geographic Information Systems. The successful candidate must have strong research and teaching capabilities in the application of spatial modeling to human-environmental processes. Topical foci that are most desirable include spatial landscape ecology, land change monitoring and modeling, urbanization, human mobility patterns, hazards or disease distribution. The ability to complement one or more of the department’s core research areas in sustainability, social justice, globalization and geographic methods is desirable. The candidate should have complementary expertise in remote sensing, and in one or more of the following: geocomputational modeling, spatial statistics, and advanced techniques in GIS. It is desirable that these methods are applied to addressing the contemporary challenges of global environmental change or urban and environmental sustainability. The successful applicant will demonstrate a strong potential for funded research and the ability to collaborate with colleagues across campus in a broad array of disciplines as well as with the newly implemented SAL@T, Spatial Analysis Laboratory at Temple, which is a university-wide core-facility in health geographics situated in and managed by the Department of Geography and Urban Studies. Please send a letter that addresses teaching and research interests, a copy of your most recent curriculum vitae, and contact information for three references to Tycina Cousin, Administrative Coordinator, Department of Geography and Urban Studies, 308 Gladfelter Hall, Temple University (025-27), Philadelphia, PA 19122. Electronic applications are required and should be sent to: [email protected]. Review of applications will begin September 7, 2015 and will continue until the position is filled. Temple University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and the University especially encourages applications from women and minorities. --- You are currently subscribed to all as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://listserve.ucgis.org/u?id=91609195.7f88dae0dd3171aba700464b66f2b859&n=T&l=all&o=3011945 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-3011945-91609195.7f88dae0dd3171aba700464b66f2b...@listserve.ucgis.org -- -- Steven M. Manson Department of Geography, Environment, and Society University of Minnesota 414 Social Sciences 267 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA 612 625 4577 612 624 1044 (fax) Home page: umn.edu/~manson <http://umn.edu/%7Emanson> Human-Environment GIS Lab: hegis.umn.edu
