Geographic Information Science, Visiting Assistant Professor, Environment and Sustainability Studies Program

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Job Description Summary

Wake Forest University’s Environment and Sustainability Studies Program seeks an engaged, creative, and committed teacher-scholar to become a Visiting Assistant Professor in Geographic Information Science/Systems (GIS). We welcome candidates with a Ph.D. in geography, environmental studies, anthropology, environmental engineering, applied ecology, political ecology, conservation biology, environmental sciences, natural resource management, forestry, or other fields in which the candidate has pursued research and/or teaching related to environmental studies, human geography, spatial geography, communities, or sustainable development. This is a non-tenure track position for one year with possibility for renewal for three additional years. The Visiting Assistant Professor will teach two lab courses a semester (which is equivalent to three courses per semester). Compelling applicants will have a commitment to interdisciplinary, experiential, and place-based learning and a record of teaching and mentoring students. We welcome applicants who are familiar with participatory GIS, public participation GIS, or community GIS, and have demonstrated experience teaching socio-environmental GIS, using global positioning systems and drone technologies, teaching with commercial and free GIS software, and/or public scholarship with digital storytelling. We seek scholars who share our dedication to cultivating a positive, inclusive culture of belonging among faculty, staff, and students.

Job Description:

The successful candidate will join an innovative and interdisciplinary group of scholars from the natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences who address the environment and sustainability.  The mission of the Environment and Sustainability Studies Program is to prepare students to create just and sustainable futures, which we enact by teaching students how to think across disciplinary boundaries to address environmental challenges and to act within their communities. More information about the program can be found at https://env.wfu.edu. Our program leverages the applied and experiential learning of liberal arts education and strengthens it through our vibrant professional schools. We ready students to be bold and ethical leaders who respond to environmental issues using socio-environmental synthesis for evidence-based, creative, and principled action. 

We recognize that making positive environmental change means creating and sustaining partnerships and collaborations, and we are looking for candidates who strengthen and broaden our commitments to just environmental futures by innovating spaces where students learn both the theory and practice of collaborative and inclusive environmental problem-solving. We seek candidates with a vision for experiential learning and knowledge co-production in the campus, Winston-Salem, and/or global communities. In our Piedmont home this includes local and regional organizations and government agencies, as well as the campus gardens, forests, maker space, and global education programs. We are eager to recruit candidates who develop strategic communication as part of their scholarship, supporting effective and equitable engagement with policy, practitioner, and local communities.

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