Chair, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences The University of North Carolina at Charlotte invites applications for the Chair of the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, effective July 1, 2009. The twelve-month, tenured position is open to applicants with credentials and experience appropriate for a full professor at UNC Charlotte. Salary is competitive and commensurate. Candidates must possess: 1) a doctoral degree in a field relevant to the five thematic areas framing the department’s research; teaching and outreach mission: Global Change, Sustainability, Human-Environmental Interaction, Hazards, and Geospatial Perspective; 2) a distinguished record of scholarship and teaching; 3) demonstrated ability and commitment to provide transformational leadership for a rapidly growing, highly productive and innovative department undertaking a move towards greater interdisciplinary activity while at the same time continuing to build upon core strengths in Earth and Environmental Science, Geography, Geology, Meteorology, Planning and Geographic Information Science.
Previous administrative experience is highly desirable, particularly if it involves interdisciplinary efforts or leadership in one or more of the department’s five focus areas. Candidates with a track record of securing external funding are also desired. The selected candidate will have the ability to: work with multidisciplinary faculty and students; encourage grantsmanship, especially interdisciplinary proposal writing; provide support to interdisciplinary programs and centers; develop existing degree programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels; attract and retain top-tier faculty; manage the continued growth, success, and reputation of the department; and perpetuate the department’s tradition of applied research and the University’s commitment to community-based scholarship and outreach. The Department of Geography and Earth Sciences is currently comprised of 33 full-time faculty from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, with a student population of over 350 undergraduates, over 70 masters students, and over 25 doctoral students. Our mission is to create, extend and disseminate applied and theoretical scientific knowledge of the Earth’s physical, natural, and human systems, and their interactions, through scholarly research, teaching, and service. The Department hosts a rapidly growing Ph.D. program in Geography, and is integrally involved in two interdisciplinary Ph.D. degree programs in Infrastructure and Environmental Systems and in Public Policy. The Department also hosts two Master’s and several undergraduate degree programs in the Geographic and Earth Sciences. UNC Charlotte, the only doctoral intensive university in the expanding Charlotte urban area, is a dynamic research institution with approximately 900 full-time faculty and a student population of over 23,000 that is expected to grow to 35,000 by the year 2020. The Department of Geography and Earth Sciences is housed in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, whose nineteen departments and twenty-two interdisciplinary centers and programs play a leading role in advancing the University’s research profile and in fulfilling its commitment to providing a broad and integrative liberal arts education. The College is strongly committed to interdisciplinary research and teaching, supporting a range of interdisciplinary programs from minors to doctoral programs. UNC Charlotte strives to create an academic climate in which the dignity of all individuals is respected and maintained. Therefore, we celebrate diversity that includes, but is not limited to ability/disability, age, culture, ethnicity, gender, language, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status. AA/EOE. Candidates apply online at http://jobs.uncc.edu. Please attach the following documents to your electronic submission: application letter, statements of research, teaching interests, and leadership style, current and complete vita, and three representative publications. Screening of applications will begin November 1, 2008, and will continue until the position is filled. For more information, please contact Dr. Brian Etherton, at 704-687-5984, [EMAIL PROTECTED], or Dr. Ross Meentemeyer, 704- 687-5944, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
