Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Remote Sensing of the Built Environment
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Job Location:
College Station, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
12 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The Department of Geography in the College of Arts & Sciences at Texas A&M University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Remote Sensing of the Built Environment. The Department views remote sensing of the built environment (broadly understood as critical physical infrastructure and urban areas) and related applications as an important growth area. This position will support our B.S. degree program in Geography and Geographic Information Science and Technology M.S. and Ph.D. degree programs in Geography the online Masters of Geoscience program the B.S. degrees in our College-Level Environmental Programs and a graduate certificate program in Geospatial Intelligence. The successful candidate will have a proven research record and a strong commitment to education and professionalization of undergraduate and graduate students and will have demonstrated potential for excellence in teaching and research with a record of scholarly publications both relative to their career stage. We also expect that successful candidates will have experience in or demonstrated potential for securing external research funding. This is a nine-month full-time annual appointment with an anticipated start date of August 2026.
In addition to research expectations the successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses and supervise graduate students. Faculty are also expected to participate in appropriate disciplinary service and contribute to departmental and university committees.
The Department of Geography ( has twenty-eight faculty members with strengths in biogeography climatology geographic information science and technology (GIST) geomorphology human geography and human-environment relationships. We are one of eighteen departments in the College of Arts & Sciences ().
Texas A&M University a land- sea- and space-grant university is located in a metropolitan area with a dynamic and international community of 273000 people. The university is aware that attracting and retaining exceptional faculty often depends on meeting the needs of two careers and therefore implements policies that contribute to work-life balance including the dual career program.
Required: Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Geography or related field with a research focus on remote sensing of the built environment.
Preferred: Professional experience in the area of Geospatial Intelligence is preferred but not required.
Key Skills
- Experience Working With Students
- Classroom Experience
- Medical Management
- Library Services
- Pharmacy Residency
- Research Experience
- Teaching
- Higher Education Teaching
- Curriculum Development
- Grant Writing
- Mentoring
- Research Laboratory Experience
About Company
Texas A&M University is a public research university founded in 1876 and located in College Station, Texas. In 1948, Texas A&M University became the founding member of the Texas A&M University System. As of 2017, Texas A&M's student body is the largest in Texas and one of the largest ... View more
