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Assistant Professor Position Available
Physical Geography
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, Colorado

Application deadline: 11 December 2023

For more information and to apply, go to:
https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Assistant-Professor/52806

The Department of Geography at the University of Colorado Boulder invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in Physical Geography. This full-time position will be located in Boulder, Colorado.

The Department seeks to hire a physical geographer who pursues societally relevant questions that help better understand environmental and Earth systems, including how they are transformed by human-induced or other disturbances.

Specific areas of research include, but are not limited to, soil science, biogeography, climatology, watershed science, and cryosphere science. The applicant should have training and experience in relevant research methods such as field methods, modeling, or remote sensing. As part of the normal teaching load of three courses per year, the successful candidate will rotate regularly into a large introductory physical geography class as well as upper division classes in the candidate’s area of expertise. The successful candidate is expected to show promise in raising external research funding and will demonstrate success supporting diversity and inclusive excellence through research, teaching, mentoring, or sponsoring relevant initiatives related to their scholarship or work.

Applications must be submitted online and include:

  • Cover letter;
  • Resume or curriculum vitae;
  • Professional publications: up to three relevant reprints of publications combined into a single PDF document;
  • Statement describing teaching related goals: one- to two-page statement of research plans and effectiveness;
  • Statement describing research related goals: one- to two-page statement of teaching plans and effectiveness; and
  • One- to two-page Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement: articulate how your efforts or experience would help achieve campus and departmental inclusive excellence.

During the application process applicants will need to enter contact information for three references. The Department will request letters of recommendation and additional materials, if needed, as the search progresses.

Full consideration will be given to applications that are submitted by 11 December 2023. Applications will continue to be reviewed until the position is filled.

For more information and to apply, go to:
https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Assistant-Professor/52806

For questions, contact:
Mark Serreze
Email: mark.serreze [at] colorado.edu