Position Announcement
Sherman Fairchild Chair in Sustainability Science
Dartmouth College
Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Application Review Begins: 10 January 2008
For further information, please contact:
Ross A. Virginia
E-mail: Ross.A.Virginia [at] Dartmouth.edu
Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, invites applications for a
newly endowed Chair in Sustainability Science, an emerging field that
examines the dynamic interactions between environment and society. The
successful candidate will be committed to interdisciplinary research and
teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Dartmouth seeks
candidates with outstanding records in a relevant field in the natural
sciences. Candidates in the social sciences with crosscutting expertise
will also be given strong consideration. Research areas might include:
global environmental change, Earth systems science, conservation ecology
or resource ecology, biocomplexity, environmental health or other
relevant topics. The Sherman Fairchild Professor will have a leading
role in developing new research and curriculum initiatives as part of an
expanding program in the study of human-environment relations reaching
across several departments and involving the professional schools of
engineering, medicine, and business. Strong preference will be given to
those candidates with proven leadership skills as well as experience in
the application of scientific knowledge in policy making and problem
solving at the intersections of environmental, technological, and social
change. Dartmouth intends to hire at the rank of associate or full
professor with tenure, and the successful candidate will be located in
Environmental Studies (with possible affiliation with another department
or program).
The Search Committee will begin reviewing applications after 10 January
2008. Applications will be considered until the position is filled.
Applicants should send letter of application, CV, and the names of three
references to:
Ross A. Virginia
Chair, Search Committee in Sustainability Science
Environmental Studies Program, 6182 Steele Hall
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755 USA
Dartmouth is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, has a
strong commitment to diversity, and welcomes applications from a broad
spectrum of people, including women, persons of color, persons with
disabilities, and veterans.