Assistant/Associate Professor of Geography - GIScience
- Employer
- University of Arkansas
- Location
- Fayetteville, Arkansas
- Closing date
- Oct 20, 2019
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- Discipline
- Biogeosciences, Earth and Space Science Informatics, Natural Hazards, Planetary Sciences, Social Sciences
- Career Level
- Faculty
- Education Level
- PhD
- Job Type
- Tenure Track
- Relocation Cost
- Negotiable
- Sector Type
- Academia
The Department of Geosciences at University of Arkansas invites applications for a 9-month tenure-track Assistant Professor of Geography – GIScience with an anticipated start date of August 2020. Highly qualified applicants for Associate Professor with tenure will also be considered. We seek an outstanding individual with skills in geospatial data science and/or spatial data analytics, and systematic expertise that supports some combination of the University’s three signature research areas (https://researchfrontiers.uark.edu/signature-research-areas/). Systematic areas might include, for example, geospatial intelligence, augmented reality and holographic GIS, economic geography, transportation analysis and logistics, urban and rural design, medical geography, social networks and sharing economy, etc. The successful candidate will be expected to develop an independent, externally-funded research program and complement ongoing collaborative and interdisciplinary research in the Department of Geosciences and the University. Teaching duties may include introductory GIScience, geospatial computational tools, geodatabases, and/or upper-division undergraduate or graduate courses in the candidate’s field of interest.
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