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The School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning (SGSUP) at Arizona State University (ASU) invites applications for a full-time benefits-eligible tenure-eligible or tenured Assistant or Associate Professor position in Geography GIS/Remote Sensing or Urban Planning with a research focus on urban climate. The position is designated as in-person and is located on the Tempe campus. ASU has established an exceptional reputation for urban climate research and leadership with many notable urban climate scientists placed within SGSUP and across the university. We are looking for applicants to strengthen this reputation and contribute to teaching and scholarship in one of the following areas: GIS/Remote Sensing Meteorology/Climate Science and Urban Environmental Planning. The successful candidate may bring expertise in a wide range of relevant methodological approaches including those rooted in physical observations atmospheric modeling dynamics of human-environment interactions and/or planning/governance analysis.
The successful candidate will be a key contributor to the Urban Climate Research Center () participating in center leadership at a level consistent with their prior experience and career stage. They will also contribute to teaching in SGSUPs Geography GIS and/or Urban Planning undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a variety of modalities (in-person hybrid and online). The typical workload distribution for tenure-related faculty in SGSUP is 50% research 30% teaching (3 courses/year) and 20% service.
About The School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning
SGSUP is proudly transdisciplinary. The mission of SGSUP is to advance geospatial knowledge for a complex world emphasizing education research and applied solutions to urban and environmental problems.
- We are a distinctive community of social and physical scientists whose blended expertise is producing breakthroughs in urban planning and geography.
- We are committed to the social and environmental well-being of communities places and people.
- We are world leaders in spatial science and urban climatology.
- We are emerging leaders in transportation housing urban systems analysis human-environmental systems sustainability resilience and earth surface processes.
With 38 full-time faculty over 100 graduate students and approximately 900 undergraduate majors SGSUP offers degrees in planning geography and GIS as well as graduate certificates in social science research methods transportation and GIS.
About The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the academic heart of Arizona State University committed to improving communities on a local national and global scale. We support the professional development and growth of our faculty and staff in their cutting-edge research to advance these aims. Within The College our faculty engage with a large and curious student body guiding them as they grow into socially aware critical thinkers and writers able to succeed in a wide range of careers and to address the challenges of the twenty-first century. Advancing the success of our students remains our top priority. To learn more about The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences please visit .
About Arizona State University
ASU exemplifies a new prototype for the American public research university. As articulated in the ASU Charter ASU is a comprehensive public research university measured not by whom it excludes but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic social cultural and overall health of the communities it serves.
Essential Functions:
- Conduct research in support of the mission of the Urban Climate Research Center and the school more broadly
- Teach courses in multiple modalities at the undergraduate and graduate level that support the needs of our students in Geography GIS and/or Urban Planning.
- Participate in the leadership of the Urban Climate Research Center
Required Qualifications
- A PhD or terminal degree in geography GIS/remote sensing urban planning or a related field by the time of appointment.
- Evidence of research interests and methodological strengths relevant to the missions of the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning and the Urban Climate Research Center.
- Evidence of effective teaching and mentoring of undergraduate and/or graduate students in geography GIS/remote sensing urban planning or related disciplines.
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience participating in supporting and/or leading cross-university multidisciplinary research initiatives.
- Demonstrated success in developing competitive external funding proposals as appropriate to the candidates career stage.
- Experience teaching online and/or developing online educational materials.
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