Assistant Professor of Geography, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte > The Department of Geography and Earth Sciences at the University of North > Carolina at Charlotte invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant > Professor of Geography in Economic Geography for an August 2016 appointment. > We seek a dynamic scholar with research and teaching interests in global > dimensions of the new economy and its embeddedness in metropolitan contexts > who will complement the department's strengths in urban and economic > geography, support the College's initiative on Globalization. We welcome > candidates whose experience in teaching, research, and community service has > prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity and excellence. > > > > Required Qualifications: (1) a Ph.D. in geography or related field at the > time of appointment; (2) demonstrated excellence in scholarship; (3) > expertise in Geographic Information Science, spatial data analytics and/or > spatial modeling; (4) prior success in obtaining, or the demonstrated > potential to obtain, external funding; (5) effective communication skills; > (6) a commitment to excellence in undergraduate and graduate education. > Desired Qualifications include: (1) evidence based scholarship on global > processes in urban settings; (2) ability to teach in a diverse classroom > setting; and (3) an understanding of the funding landscape of their > disciplinary field and of interdisciplinary initiatives. > > > The successful candidate will be expected to develop and maintain a robust > and sustainable externally funded research program and to teach courses in > economic geography at the M. A. and Ph.D. levels, as well as appropriate > undergraduate courses as needed. > > > As an EOE/AA employer and an ADVANCE Institution that strives to create an > academic climate in which the dignity of all individuals is respected and > maintained, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte encourages > applications from all underrepresented groups. > > > Candidates should submit the following to http://jobs.uncc.edu > <http://jobs.uncc.edu/>: (1) a letter of application responding to the > required and desired qualifications listed above; (2) a statement of current > and future research and teaching interests and experience, that explain how > their research can be generalized across multiple geographic regions and > demonstrate their potential to contribute to Project Mosaic, an initiative to > enhance interdisciplinary social science analytics across the University; (3) > a curriculum vitae; (4) one to three representative writing examples or > publications; (5) three letters of reference; and (6) unofficial graduate > level transcripts. Review of applications will begin October 15, 2015 and > continue until the position is filled. For more information contact > Professor Patricia Fall, Search Committee Chair at [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>, and view our departmental website at > geoearth.uncc.edu <http://geoearth.uncc.edu/>. > > > ------------------------------------------- > Jean-Claude Thill > University of North Carolina at Charlotte > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > -------------------------------------------
