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Urban Sustainability Faculty Cluster Initiative: The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF) in Syracuse, NY seeks to accelerate transdisciplinary innovations in Urban Sustainability through the addition of three new faculty positions. These new faculty will work with an existing team who are committed to generating actionable science, offering experiential student learning opportunities, and advancing the socio-ecological paradigm as applied to urban sustainability. With robust mentoring and research infrastructure support, new hires will be able to establish interdisciplinary connections, link with community groups and policymakers, and work within new research paradigms. We invite applications for the following tenure-track (10 month) positions: atmospheric science (Department of Chemistry), climate justice (Department of Environmental Studies), and climate-adaptive design (Department of Landscape Architecture).
Successful candidates for these three positions will be expected to participate actively and sustainably in this interdisciplinary initiative, “the Urban Sustainability Cluster.” Participation in the Cluster will be an important criterion in performance evaluations.
The Department of Environmental Studies (EST) is seeking candidates for an academic year, tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor rank, starting in the fall of 2022. As part of the Urban Sustainability Cluster, this faculty member will advance scholarship in Climate Justice. This faculty member will contribute an understanding of the social forces that bolster and/ hinder scientific solutions to urban sustainability, within an action-oriented education and social change framework. This person’s expertise will be at the intersection of climate/energy justice and urban sustainability, teaching classes of broad appeal, and in support of the new online master’s in professional studies (MPS) degree in environmental justice. Priority will be given to scholars whose fields of expertise include climate adaptation and resilience through a lens of social justice, inequality, and differing vulnerabilities. This faculty member will engage with local communities, expanding experiential learning opportunities in environmental health, STEM education, and community resilience (e.g., via initiatives such as the I-81 project and/or NY State’s climate initiative). The ideal candidate will have interdisciplinary training that emphasizes the human dimensions of environmental problems.
Responsibilities: The successful candidate will be expected to build a strong, extramurally funded, research program in socio-environmental science. They will teach undergraduate and graduate course(s) in their field and more specific seminars within their areas of expertise. The typical teaching load is two courses per semester. The selected candidate will be expected to collaborate with colleagues and students across other disciplines at the College, and within the broader academic community. Fields of expertise could include environmental, urban, or social justice education, climate adaptation and justice, energy justice, decolonization approaches, indigenous environmental justice, environmental ethics, geographic information systems, and environmental health. This person will contribute to the Environmental Education major within the Environmental Studies department and could teach courses, such as: science Education, a climate mitigation and adaptation course, environmental values and attitudes, ethics/philosophy of community-engaged resolution of climate, urban justice, and health issues. This person will mentor graduate and undergraduate students. We are particularly interested in candidates with a commitment to diversity and inclusiveness.
Requirements:
Required Qualifications: Ph.D. or equivalent degree in Environmental Social Science or a related discipline by date of appointment.
Preferred Qualifications: An established record of excellence in sponsored research, peer-reviewed publication, and graduate teaching. A strong theoretical grounding in one or more disciplines. Interdisciplinary research experience. A scholar with experience using mixed methods, and quantitative methods, potentially with a spatial focus. Scholars with international research experience.
Starting Salary: commensurate with experience
Additional Information:
Location: SUNY ESF is a dynamic and diverse community with plentiful natural, cultural, and civic opportunities. “The Places Rated Almanac” ranks Syracuse among the top 10 percent of “Best Places to Live.” Located on the eastern edge of the Finger Lakes, Syracuse is within easy travel to New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Montreal, and Toronto as well as the High Peaks Region of the Adirondack Mountains. SUNY ESF is one of eight colleges and universities located in Onondaga County. The Syracuse University campus is immediately adjacent to SUNY ESF, and SUNY Upstate Medical University is located within easy walking distance.
The Syracuse area, location of our main campus, is home to many cultural events, museums, state and local parks and numerous festivals throughout the year along with a growing downtown in the city of Syracuse. Onondaga County provides a variety of neighborhoods including urban, rural, and suburban with strong schools, affordable housing, and supportive communities.
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