Assistant Professor Position Available
Resilience, Adaptation, and Modeling of Human-Environment Systems
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
University of Alaska Anchorage
Review of Applications Will Begin: Saturday, 1 November 2008
For further information, please go to:
http://www.uakjobs.com
The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University
of Alaska Anchorage invites applications for a tenure track faculty
position in the resilience and adaptation of human-environment systems
program. The appointment is supported by a new interdisciplinary program
focusing on resilience in Northern regions
(http://www.alaska.edu/epscor/pdfs/AK-EPSCoR-Project-Summary.pdf).
Applicants must be committed to contributing to a research program in
resilience, adaptation, and/or modeling of human-environment systems and
to the development of a teaching program in geography and environmental
studies. The applicant must also be committed to conducting
interdisciplinary research, seeking external funding on their own or as
part of a team, and publishing in their area of specialization. The
successful candidate will teach introductory and upper division
undergraduate courses in the Geography and Environmental Studies
program.
The successful candidate must have an awarded doctorate in human
geography at the time of appointment (candidates with a doctorate in
other social science disciplines with research experience in
human-environment interactions will also be considered); s/he must also
have a demonstrated record of scholarly achievement and publications in
appropriate journals, communication skills, experience working
effectively in an interdisciplinary setting, a record of excellence in
teaching, and evidence of or potential to secure research funding.
Desired qualifications are demonstrated experience in one or more of the
following areas:
- Modeling of human-environment systems (e.g., agent-based modeling),
- Other methodological approaches for integration between social and
biophysical systems (e.g., GIS-based methodologies); and
- Experience working in Pacific Rim or Arctic human-environment
systems, including economic, environmental or political geography.
Review of applications will begin Saturday, 1 November 2008.
For further details, please go to: https://www.uakjobs.com and search
under "Faculty Jobs," for "Assistant Professor of Geography - Resilience
Social Scientist."