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The Department of Human Ecology at Rutgers University School of Environmental and Biological Sciences invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor – AY in marine social sciences and policy. The successful candidate will establish an innovative program of scholarship, teaching, and service dealing with marine issues conceived broadly, and should be comfortable working with interdisciplinary teams to bridge the social and natural sciences. The successful candidate should show potential to successfully obtain and manage grants to support research activities and maintain a record of scholarly publications. Research topics of interest for this position might include human dimensions of marine resource management; coupled socio-ecological marine systems and/or ecosystem services; ocean conservation and/or marine protected areas; sustainable use and management of marine resources and fisheries; governance, institutions and/or socio-economics of marine issues; equity and access for marine-dependent communities; law and policy dealing with small island states; climate change impacts on marine resources and communities; offshore development, pollution and environmental impacts; and other related topics. The candidate should be comfortable working with and leveraging interdisciplinary teams to bridge the social and natural sciences in marine issues, such as working with faculty in the Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, the Institute of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, and the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources at Rutgers, as well as with a new Center for Fisheries and Ocean Sustainability. The successful candidate will be expected to teach courses within the curriculum of the Environmental Policy, Institutions, and Behavior undergraduate major, such as courses on natural resources policy; marine policy, governance and institutions; or human dimensions of marine conservation, among other topics (see curriculum at: http://humanecology.rutgers.edu/epibcourses.asp <http://humanecology.rutgers.edu/epibcourses.asp>), and may also engage with related teaching minors, such as minors in Sustainability and in Fisheries. The successful candidate will also be encouraged to work with graduate students in other departments across the School and University through participation in Graduate Faculty appointments. We are especially interested in candidates who, through their research, teaching, service, and/or personal experience will contribute to the diversity and excellence of our academic community. For more information please see https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/52069 <https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/52069> Dr. Pamela McElwee Associate Professor, Department of Human Ecology School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Affiliated graduate faculty: Department of Anthropology, Department of Geography, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey [email protected] Office phone: 848-932-9209 Mobile phone: 480-252-0999 CHECK OUT MY NEW BOOK: Forests are Gold: Trees, People and Environmental Rule in Vietnam, 2016, University of Washington Press. http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/MCEFOR.html Lead author, Chapter 6, Global Assessment of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES): ipbes.net Lead author, Chapter 6, Climate Change and Land: an IPCC Special Report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems. IUCN CEM Cultural Practices and Ecosystem Management Thematic Group Lead https://www.iucn.org/commissions/commission-ecosystem-management/our-work/cems-thematic-groups/cultural-practices-and-ecosystem-management -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
