Hello All, My department (Environmental Studies at UCSC) is looking to hire an Assistant or Associate Prof in GIS. This is a tenure line position that is focused on teaching. Please see the call for applications below and forward to others who may be interested!
All the best, Sikina -- Sikina Jinnah Professor of Environmental Studies University of California, Santa Cruz Editor, *Environmental Politics <https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/fenp20>* Homepage <http://www.sikinajinnah.com/> *Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor in Geographic Information Science, UCSC * The Department of Environmental Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for an *Associate Teaching Professor in Geographic Information Science* teaching and research. This position will entail three key roles intended to support a growing geospatial program in the Department of Environmental Studies: 1) Teach undergraduate, graduate, and professional development courses in Geographic Information and Spatial Data Science including geographic information systems, remote sensing, spatial data analysis, spatial statistics, enterprise spatial databases and GIS programming (web and desktop); 2) Develop and manage new GIS and geospatial graduate curricula, and 3) Maintain a record of scholarly activity, such as pedagogical innovation or disciplinary research, and ideally secure external funding to support this work. We particularly welcome candidates who have experience developing new GIS and spatial training curricula, whose education, professional activities, and teaching are informed by environmental problem solving, transdisciplinary spatial research initiatives, and broad engagement with the professional environmental and geospatial community. The Department seeks a scholar who will teach introductory and advanced academic courses at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional development level that will help students prepare for, acquire, analyze, and visualize spatial data with a focus on techniques for solving complex geographic problems. The position requires demonstrated excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching among a broad and diverse range of students, excellence in professional activities, and applicants are also expected to participate in service at a variety of levels, including program, school, university and community service. The successful candidate will also have experience developing and maintaining complex geographic information solutions for a diverse array of end users, including custom application development, automated geoprocessing workflows, and server-based services in an ESRI environment. Use of Python, R, SQL, and ArcGIS to develop scalable geospatial solutions is preferred. Qualifications: Ph.D. or equivalent foreign degree in a field such as (but not limited to) Geography, Computer Science, or related fields and demonstrated experience in research and teaching. Application Reviews Begin: Tuesday, January 3, 2023 Full Description and application materials: https://recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01407 -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CAHx8%3DjJAw9sXm52awbWmbpiUeSuy%2BwFuXWkZF1PqOGwXntE%2BZA%40mail.gmail.com.
