[Air-L] Fwd: geohumanities position in dept of geography & environmental sustainability at Univ of Oklahoma

[Darren Purcell]

I would encourage anyone with interests in space, place, humanities
approaches and digital methods to consider this post. The University of
Oklahoma is putting resources into a digital humanities center and the
successful applicant can help build this.

Feel free to contact me offlist.

Best wishes,

Darren
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Darren Purcell

Associate Professor
Dept. of Geography and Environmental Sustainability
Affiliate Faculty, OU Film and Media Studies

University of Oklahoma

Email: dpurcell at ou.edu
Skype: profpurcell
(405) 325-9193
http://ou.academia.edu/DarrenPurcell
Google Scholar Profile
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*Tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor in Geohumanities *

OKLAHOMA, NORMAN 73019. The Department of Geography and Environmental
Sustainability at the University of Oklahoma (http://geography.ou.edu/
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is an actively growing and dynamic department. Over the past 5 years,
undergraduate enrollment has more than tripled, research expenditures have
doubled and the department has quintupled its computer resources for
research and teaching. As part of our ongoing growth, applications are
being solicited for a tenure-track assistant or associate professor
position in human geography with a geohumanities focus.

We seek a geohumanities scholar who studies environment-society relations,
utilizes critical theory, and incorporates stakeholder/community
engagement. An urban or regional specialization would be welcome. The
successful candidate will have an opportunity to participate in new and
established campus-wide efforts to support humanities scholarship. To raise
our research profile, we desire faculty members who are strong in research
in terms of suitable publications and grant success, as well as active
within both professional and stakeholder communities and effective at
bringing research insights into the classroom.

Teaching duties would include introductory geohumanities courses as well as
a course on environment and society, and possibly regional courses within
the candidate's expertise.

Candidates are expected to have attained a doctoral degree in geography or
related field by the start date. Persons from under-represented groups are
strongly encouraged to apply. Initial appointment to this position will
begin August 2016. Salary and remunerations are competitive and
commensurate with qualifications.

Application Process: Candidates are invited to submit a statement of
interest and qualifications, a full curriculum vita, up to five scholarly
publications, and a list of three references. Screening will begin
September 15th, 2015. To apply, please submit applications electronically
in one PDF file to Dr. Laurel Smith, Chair, Human Geography Search
Committee at laurel at ou.edu. Please copy Ms. Deborah Marsh at dmarsh at ou.edu.

Candidates interested in collaborative research will find many exciting
opportunities on the campus. The University hosts the History of Science
Collections, Digital Scholarship Lab in the Bizzell Memorial Library,
Western History Collections, Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies
Center, and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. The College of Atmospheric
and Geographic Sciences hosts the National Weather Center, South Central
Climate Science Center, Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program, and the
Center for Spatial Analysis. The Department is home to the Oklahoma Wind
Power Initiative and the Land Use Land Cover Institute.

The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Carnegie-R1 comprehensive public
research university known for excellence in teaching, research, and
community engagement, serving the educational, cultural, economic and
health-care needs of the state, region, and nation from three campuses:
Norman, Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City and the Schusterman Center
in Tulsa. OU enrolls over 30,000 students and has more than 2700 full-time
faculty members in 21 colleges. In 2014, OU became the first public
institution ever to rank #1 nationally in the recruitment of National Merit
Scholars, with 311 scholars. The 277-acre Research Campus in Norman was
named the No.1 research campus in the nation by the Association of Research
Parks in 2013. Norman is a culturally rich and vibrant town of around
113,000 inhabitants located just outside Oklahoma City. With outstanding
schools, amenities, and a low cost of living, Norman is a perennial
contender on "best place to live" rankings. Visit
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more information.

The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution
www.ou.edu/eoo.