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Faculty Position in the Sustainable Built Environment

Location: University of Michigan
Source: The University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) is seeking a candidate to fill a full time, nine-month, tenure track assistant professor position to contribute to research and teaching on the Sustainable Built Environment, with a particular emphasis on Ecological Assessment and Design of urban environments, structures and infrastructure. We seek candidates with expertise in theories and methods of assessment, modeling, performance measurement, visualization and other approaches that can help decision makers in urban areas achieve higher levels of sustainability. We are purposely casting a broad net recognizing that important perspectives are provided by a wide range of expertise, including -- but not limited to -- industrial ecology, ecological planning and design, ecosystem services and valuation, and systems engineering.

The School of Natural Resources and Environment is a research-oriented interdisciplinary professional school focused on the development of new knowledge, policies, designs and management strategies for the protection and stewardship of the Earth's resources. Our common mission is to contribute new science, visionary leadership and trained professionals to help societies move in a more sustainable direction. Set within a major research university, SNRE provides a model of interdisciplinary applied research and a focal point of research and teaching on sustainability. The faculty of the School is diverse, with natural scientists, social scientists, engineers, planners and designers working together in an integrative setting. Our current student body includes 450 M.S. students and 70 doctoral students.

This position is being created through the President's new Interdisciplinary Junior Faculty Initiative which created a cluster of three positions focusing on the Sustainable Built Environment within SNRE, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning (TCAUP). More information can be found at: http://www.sbe.umich.edu.

Responsibilities

Research: The successful candidate is expected to establish a strong program of scholarship that contributes to expanding knowledge in the faculty member's discipline and to the interdisciplinary problem-focused mission of both the School and the built environment cluster.

Teaching: Two courses plus a graduate seminar. The position allows some latitude for the candidate to innovate the topic and design of those courses. While teaching responsibilities are primarily at the graduate level, undergraduate teaching is also encouraged.

Guiding and mentoring graduate students: The new faculty member will participate in the academic counseling of graduate students and supervise doctoral and master's students including those involved in integrative, group-based master's projects.

Service and collaboration: The new faculty member will contribute to the stewardship of SNRE, the built environment cluster, the University and relevant professions.

Qualifications

Applicants should have completed a Ph.D. in architecture, economics, engineering, environmental and ecological sciences, landscape architecture, or related interdisciplinary fields. A record of independent peer-reviewed scholarship is important; postdoctoral and teaching experience is preferred. Evidence of prior work in ecological assessment and design is desired.

Application materials should include a letter of application, statements of research and teaching interests and experience, curriculum vitae, up to three publications or working papers, and three letters of reference.

Materials should be addressed to Jennifer Knauf, Sustainable Built Environment Search Committee, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, 440 Church St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1041 or via email: SustainableBuiltEnvSearch@umich.edu.

Deadline: 01 December 2009: Review of applications begins and continues until suitable candidate is found

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