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Penn State Geography has a faculty position at the Assistant Professor level for an urban geographer. This is a great opportunity for a junior level faculty member to join a dynamic department that is well resourced. We've made several hires in the last couple of years and you would be joining a group of young and committed scholars.
Assistant Professor in Urbanization
The Department of Geography at The Pennsylvania State University invites applicants for a tenure track human geography faculty position in Urbanization at the assistant professor level. We seek a candidate whose research analyzes and addresses the global challenges of urbanization, including topics such as urban social inequality, urban political mobilization and conflict, urban planning in the 21st century, or the challenges of urban sustainability. We encourage applicants who use a range of methodological approaches and scales of analysis, and who have the potential and desire to collaborate with colleagues across disciplines engaged in understanding the fundamental reshaping of physical and human environments brought by urbanization.
Applicants should upload the following materials: 1) a letter describing how they would contribute to the Department's research and teaching program; 2) a complete curriculum vitae; 3) a maximum of five reprints; and 4) the names and addresses (including e-mail) of three references. Review of applications will begin September 30, 2017, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Applications from women and under-represented groups are encouraged.
Questions about the position should be directed to the search committee chair, Dr. Roger Downs; Phone: (814) 865-1915; E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Apply online at https://psu.jobs/job/73992
Joshua Inwood, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geography and
Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute.
Affiliate Faculty Department of African American Studies.
Department of Geography
The Pennsylvania State University
311 Walker Building
University Park, PA 16802
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814-863-4894
Twitter: @JoshGeog
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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