Rutgers Faculty Position Announcement: Assistant or Associate Professor - Climate, Society, and Environmental Change

The Department of Human Ecology is a dynamic group of social scientists within the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers the State University of New Jersey. We wish to hire an active scholar and effective teacher in the area of climate, society, and environmental change. This person will be expected to develop courses that support and complement the offerings of the Department of Human Ecology and to take a leading role within an emerging multi-disciplinary Climate Change, Social Policy, and Politics Initiative at the University. Disciplinary area is open; the Human Ecology Department currently consists of anthropologists, communication researchers, psychologists, and sociologists and has strong linkages with geography, public policy, and ecology and natural resources. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D degree, show ability to teach and to work across disciplines both within the social sciences of the environment and with physical and life scientists working on environmental problems, and have experience obtaining competitive grants and/or working with diverse organizations and publics, as appropriate to a Land-Grant Institution.

This is an academic year tenure-track position at the assistant to associate professor levels. Salary will be competitive and commensurable with qualifications. Excellent personal benefits package is provided, including one month of annual leave per year, health insurance, retirement program and other institutional benefits. Interested persons should submit a letter of application and curriculum vitae and arrange to have letters of recommendation sent directly by three (3) professional references. The deadline for applications is December 5th, 2007 or until a suitable candidate is found. Nominations are also invited. The position is expected to be filled by September 1, 2008, pending university approval. Applications should be sent to:

Dr. Bonnie J. McCay, Chair of Search Committee
Chair, Department of Human Ecology
School of Environmental & Biological Sciences
Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
55 Dudley Road
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520
Tel: 732-932-9153 x 314
HEsearch@SEBS.rutgers.edu