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> From: Kathleen Stewart <[email protected]> > Date: November 1, 2011 8:39:46 AM CDT > To: Eric Sheppard <[email protected]> > Subject: Assistant professor in the area of global health > > > Message authorized and sent through the UCGIS %%list.name%% listserv > > > The Department of Geography at The University of Iowa invites applications > for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of assistant professor in the area > of global health. The appointment will begin in August 2012. The department’s > focus is on human-environment interaction informed by geographic information > science. We seek an outstanding candidate in the area of global health who > will enhance our national and international reputation in health geography > and the application of GIScience to health problems. The applicant’s primary > teaching and research interests could include, for example, topics on access > to health care from an international perspective, or the spread of infectious > diseases as a consequence of climate change. Knowledge about the use of > geographic information technologies in teaching and research is required. > > The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in geography or related > discipline, a commitment to excellence in teaching and research in an active > department with a graduate program, and a record of gaining external funding > to support research activities. The ability to complement one or more of the > department’s other strength areas in geographic information science, land use > science, environmental policy, and biogeography is also desirable. The > candidate will have an opportunity to contribute to several current > extra-departmental teaching and research initiatives on the UIowa campus, for > example, the Global Health Studies Program and UIowa’s popular International > Studies major that has an emphasis area in global health. The Department of > Geography and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) are strongly > committed to gender and ethnic diversity; the strategic plans of the > University and College reflect this commitment. Women and members of > underrepresented minorities are especially encouraged to apply. The > University of Iowa is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. For > further information, please see our web page describing this position at > http://www.uiowa.edu/~geog/healthposition and http:/jobs.uiowa.edu, > requisition #59826. > > Candidates must submit applications online at http://jobs.uiowa.edu/ > (requisition #59826). Attachments to the application should include a letter > of application, a CV, a statement of research interest, a statement of > teaching interest, and evidence of teaching effectiveness. Three letters of > recommendation should be sent to [email protected]. Screening of > applications begins November 7, 2011 and will continue until the position is > filled. Questions regarding this position can be directed to > [email protected]. > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to %%list.name%% as: %%emailaddr%%. > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > If you are prompted for a password send an email to [email protected] > > > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to %%list.name%% as: %%emailaddr%%. > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > If you are prompted for a password send an email to [email protected] ++++++++++++++++++ Eric Sheppard Vice President, Association of American Geographers Regents Professor, Department of Geography Co-Director, Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change Director of Graduate Studies, Development Studies and Social Change 414 Social sciences building 267, 19th Ave. South University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA http://www.geog.umn.edu/people/profile.php?UID=shepp001
