---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ralph H. Saunders <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 2:34 PM Subject: Job Announcement: The Urban Environment To: "Ralph H. Saunders" <[email protected]>
Hello, The Earth & Environment Program at California State University Dominguez Hills will soon begin reviewing applications for a new tenured or tenure-track position in urban environmental planning. The Earth & Environment Program is a new, interdisciplinary major program at CSUDH. For more information, please see visit our departmental webpage at http://www.nbs.csudh.edu/earth/ Please share this job announcement with qualified applicants. A complete job description is appended BELOW. Thank you. yours, Ralph H Saunders Associate Professor Earth Sciences (Geography) / Earth & Environment California State University Dominguez Hills Carson, CA 90747 ***** Assistant or Associate Professor, Earth & Environment Program in the College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences California State University Dominguez Hills, invites applications for the full-time, nine-month academic position of Urban Environmental Planner. The position is tenured or tenure-track, depending on qualifications of the candidate. The University: California State University, Dominguez Hills was established in 1960 and is one of the 23 campuses that comprise the California State University system. CSU Dominguez Hills is a comprehensive public university located in the South Bay region of the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. With approximately 300 full-time faculty, the University serves the academic needs of a culturally diverse student body of approximately 15,000 students in an urban setting. The College: The College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences is a multidisciplinary College with over 120 full- and part-time faculty. In addition to undergraduate programs in Anthropology, Biology, Behavioral Science, Chemistry/Biochemistry, Computer Science/Computer Technology, Earth & Environment, Mathematics, Sociology, Physics, Political Science and Psychology, the College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences includes graduate programs in Biology, Environmental Science, Mathematics, Sociology and Psychology. Faculty in the College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences coordinate the upper division general education requirements in the areas of Science-Math-Technology and Social-Behavioral Sciences. The Position: The faculty member will be responsible for developing and teaching courses in environmental planning and/or policy, as part of the multidisciplinary faculty offering in the Earth & Environment program, housed within the Department of Earth Science. The degree program is an undergraduate (B.A. and B.S.) emphasis on the natural sciences, as they relate to the study and protection of the natural environment. The Earth & Environment program combines geoscience and geographic curricula, using scientific and geographic perspectives to examine environmental issues, and it trains students for environment-based careers. The hired faculty member will develop new courses in environmental planning and policy. Other faculty duties include student advisement and routine, general service to the campus academic community. Normal course load is four courses per semester, which may be reduced by support from external funding. The faculty member may be called upon to teach a distance-learning course. Minimum Qualifications: Owing to the diverse scientific expertise existing within the Department (and the College) the applicant is expected to hold a Ph.D. in a STEM discipline, with expertise related to environmental planning and/or policy, preferably within the regulated urban environment. The applicant is expected to develop his/her research program to involve undergraduate and graduate students and to secure external funding to support this scholarly activity. The successful candidate must be able to teach undergraduate courses in environmental planning and/or policy to a culturally diverse student body, and craft new courses (upper and/or lower division) for the curricular emphasis in his/her area of research. Importantly, the candidate must be willing to collaborate with existing faculty to strengthen the curricular objectives of the Earth & Environment program, including Environmental Planning, within the Department of Earth Science. Preferred Qualifications: Prior experience teaching and advising students in a collegiate setting is valuable. In addition to the individual’s STEM research related to the environment, a strong knowledge of the environmental regulatory arena is highly desirable. Relevant areas of specialty include air and water quality, environmental policy, environmental engineering, or the urban-wildland interface, among others. Due to the broad, multidisciplinary nature of environmental research, we encourage applications from a broad spectrum of candidates, including those with working experience in government, environmental consulting, planning and/or industry. The ability to collaborate with other environmentally related programs in the College (e.g., anthropology, biology, chemistry, and/or the graduate program in environmental science—all partners in the campus Center for Urban Environmental Research) is also important, including the capacity to develop new academic minors/initiatives. Rank and salary: The Urban Environmental Planner position is open to candidates at the entry and intermediate levels of experience (viz., the ranks of Assistant and Associate Professor). Salary and rank are dependent upon qualifications and professional experience. A comprehensive benefits program is provided through the CSU. Anticipated Start Date: August 2012. Application Procedure: Those interested should access the University’s online employment Website and click on the “View Job Opportunities” link. The Website may be accessed from the following URL: http://www.csudh.edu/employment/. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, SECTION 504, TITLE IX EMPLOYER Clery Act crime statistics for CSUDH available at or by calling campus Public Safety Department at (310) 243-3639
