Urban Ecosystems, Green Infrastructure, and Urban and Community Forestry
Twelve-month, tenure-track, assistant/associate professor in Urban Ecosystems, Green Infrastructure, and Urban and Community Forestry.
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
Deadline: 2005/12/05
Faculty Position Announcement
Urban Ecosystems, Green Infrastructure, and
Urban and Community Forestry
DESCRIPTION: Twelve-month, tenure-track, assistant/associate professor in Urban Ecosystems, Green Infrastructure, and Urban and Community Forestry. Fifty-fifty teaching and research. Undergraduate course in urban and community forestry; graduate course in specialization; advise students; develop externally funded research; work with department on developing undergraduate major concentration.
QUALIFICATIONS: Doctorate in appropriate field by July 2006; demonstrated teaching and advising competence; expertise in urban ecosystems, urban and community forestry, or green infrastructure; interdisciplinary approach; outstanding problem-solving, oral and written communication; capacity to secure external funding.
CLOSING DATE: Application deadline is open until filled with review of applications beginning December 5, 2005, and continuing until a suitable candidate is identified. Starting date for position is July 1, 2006.
CONTACT: Submit letter of application, including description of current research program and teaching interests, curriculum vitae, transcripts, and names and contact information for at least three references to: George Hess and Toddi Steelman, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, Box 8008, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-8008. Contact Toddi_Steelman@ncsu.edu (919-513-0408). Additional information is available at http://www.cfr.ncsu.edu/for/ under Job Opportunities or at http://jobs.ncsu.edu
SALARY: Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES is a unit in the College of Natural Resources. The Department offers undergraduate (@205 students) and graduate degrees (@280 graduate students). It has 58 faculty in forestry, natural resources management, environmental technology, fisheries and wildlife, policy, economics, tree improvement, silviculture, forest biotechnology, international forestry, biodiversity, geographic information systems, and conservation and restoration ecology. Additional information is available at http://www.cfr.ncsu.edu/for/.
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY has a current enrollment of 29,900 students (about 7,000 graduate students). NC State is located in the capital city of Raleigh, in close proximity to the Research Triangle Park, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. NC State welcomes all persons without regard to sexual orientation, and is an EOE/AA employer. For ADA accommodations, contact Eileen Broderick, Eileen_broderick@ncsu.edu (Phone: 919-515-2893, fax: 919-515-6193).
