Dear Colleagues,

Queen's University is hiring a Queen's National Scholar (assistant or associate level) in Radical Black Ecologies. A description of the position can be found below and full details are available here: https://www.queensu.ca/geographyandplanning/positions-available-queens-geography-and-planning

All the best,

Dr. Dan Cohen
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography and Planning,
Queen's University

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The Department of Geography and Planning (GPPL), Faculty of Arts and Science at Queen’s University invites applications for a Queen’s National Scholar (QNS) faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure-track) or Associate Professor (tenured) in Radical Black Ecologies. The QNS in Radical Black Ecologies is one of five QNS being recruited this year in support of Queen’s interdisciplinary Black Studies program and planned BA Minor/General in Black Studies. GPPL is ideally positioned to contribute to the expansion of the Black Studies program and the planned BA Minor/General in Black Studies given its longstanding commitment to questions in social, environmental, and racial justice. Radical Black Ecologies represents an expanding interdisciplinary field dedicated to the study of ecological crises and ecological futures that center the struggles of Black communities across the Black diaspora. The preferred starting date is July 1, 2021 but is flexible. Further information on the Queen’s National Scholar Program can be found on the website of the Office of the Vice-Principal (Research) at: https://www.queensu.ca/vpr/prizes-promotions/national-scholars-program.

Applicants must self-identify as Black persons including those from Africa or of the African diaspora (e.g. African and Africa descended people from the Caribbean, North America, Europe, or Latin America). 

GPPL at Queen's University has 27 faculty members working in diverse areas of both human and physical geography as well as urban and regional planning. GPPL hosts a range of undergraduate and graduate programs, including PhD offerings. The successful candidate will be able to offer undergraduate and graduate courses that will serve the Black Studies program as well as Geography and Planning. With this appointment, we seek to augment Queen’s expertise in Black studies, and particularly seek candidates who explore the interconnections of race, oppression and resistance while paying close attention to the production of place and space. We expect that candidates will bring expertise that not only examines the racial contours of pressing global issues such as environmental catastrophe, climate change, settler colonialism, extractionism, pollution, and urbanization, but also address questions of local community survival and social justice.

We particularly welcome applications in this field who focus on a range of socio-natural processes that shape Black life across the diaspora, including (but not limited to): environmental racism and health; Black environmental activism; Black conservation traditions and forest management; Black food geographies; just sustainabilities; climate justice; animal geographies; and Indigenous-Black solidarities. The successful candidate will be expected to initiate a high quality, independent research program that is competitive for funding through Canada’s Tri-Council Funding Agencies. GPPL is well equipped with and has established long-term research relationships with other universities around the world, which will give the candidate opportunities to fast track their research ideas and to build collaborations with colleagues within the Department.

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