---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Charles Lafon* <cla...@tamu.edu> Date: Friday, September 2, 2016 Subject: Faculty Positions in Human Geography at Texas A&M To: man...@umn.edu
Dear Dr. Manson, I am emailing to ask for your assistance in identifying candidates for three open, tenure-track faculty positions in human geography at Texas A&M University. Your research interests match at least one of the areas in which we plan to hire this year: urban, health, economic, and human-environment geography. Would you please forward this email to your current or former Ph.D. students, post-docs, or others whom you think might be interested in the opportunity to build and define human geography at Texas A&M? I am pasting the position description and application instructions below. Please note that the application, CV, and reference letters are due on September 21. Thank you for your help with this. Sincerely, Charles Lafon, Search Committee Chair Position description follows: TEXAS, COLLEGE STATION. Texas A&M University. The Department of Geography invites applications for *three (3)* tenure-track faculty positions at the *Assistant Professor* level. The department is reinvesting in its human geography program by hiring leading-edge scholars with research specializations in *urban, health*, *economic, or human-environment geography*. Combinations of research expertise among these specialties are encouraged as well as their integration with geospatial technologies. Essential characteristics include publications commensurate with experience; demonstrated ability to secure external funding; ability to contribute to GIS research and teaching; and the ability to strengthen the graduate program in Geography through course offerings and mentoring students. Candidates should have the potential for creating synergies with existing Department strengths, must have a Ph.D. at the time of appointment and a have strong commitment to excellence in research and teaching. The Department of Geography (http://geography.tamu.edu) has 15 faculty members with strengths in biogeography, climatology, geomorphology, human geography, human-environment relationships, and Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST). We are based in the College of Geosciences ( http://geosciences.tamu.edu) with the Departments of Atmospheric Sciences, Geology & Geophysics, and Oceanography, and play a major role in the Environmental Programs in Geosciences. The College of Geosciences also includes Sea Grant, the Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (GERG), and the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP). Texas A&M University, a land-, sea-, and space-grant university, is located in a metropolitan area with a dynamic and international community of 255,000 people. Candidates should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and arrange for three confidential reference letters to be submitted to http://apply.interfolio.com/35969. We will begin reviewing applications on *September 21, 2016.* Texas A&M University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to excellence through the recruitment and retention of a diverse faculty and student body and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The University is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment. We strongly encourage applications from women, underrepresented ethnic groups, veterans and individuals with disabilities. Texas A&M University also has a policy to address the needs of dual-career partners (http://advance.tamu.edu/dual- career-program-information/). -- Charles W. Lafon, Professor Department of Geography 3147 TAMU Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-3147 Phone: (979) 862-3677 Fax: (979) 862-4487 E-mail: cla...@geog.tamu.edu <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','cla...@geog.tamu.edu');> -- -- Steven M. Manson Professor, Department of Geography, Environment, and Society Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, CLA University of Minnesota 414 Social Sciences (Mailing address) 560 Social Sciences (Office) 267 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA 612 625 4577 612 624 1044 (fax) Scholar of the College, CLA Resident Fellow, Institute on the Environment | environment.umn.edu Home page: umn.edu/~manson Human-Environment GIS Lab: hegis.umn.edu U-Spatial: uspatial.umn.edu
