JOB OPPORTUNITY
Job title: Assistant Professor in Planning, Public Policy and Management, Environmental Management (University of Oregon)
Hiring institution: University of Oregon
Location: Eugene, Oregon | United States
Application deadline: 10/15/2023
Required Application Materials
To ensure consideration, please submit your application by December 1, 2023, including the following:
1) Cover letter describing research interests and teaching interests*
2) Curriculum Vitae
3) Statement on diversity, equity, and inclusion
4) Evidence of teaching excellence
5) Scholarly writing sample
6) Contact information for three references
Find the full ad here: https://careers.uoregon.edu/cw/en-us/job/531976?lApplicationSubSourceID=
The School of Planning, Public Policy, and Management at the University of Oregon is accepting applications for a tenure-track faculty position (Assistant Professor Rank) with a start date of September 15, 2024. The position is a 1.0 FTE, 9-month, full-time faculty position. Candidates must have both research and teaching interests in either the government or nonprofit sector. We seek candidates with demonstrated scholarly potential and strong teaching skills.
This position, part of the UO Provost’s Environmental Initiative, addresses the critical issues of environmental and climate change from the policy administration perspective. Central to environmental resilience but often ignored by academia is the implementation end of the environmental policy spectrum. Although federal policy is a critical first step, environmental solutions are implemented locally, with state and local governments, tribal nations, and other community organizations innovating and collaborating to forge on-the-ground solutions. These solutions, if practical and well-designed, can spread widely to other jurisdictions as they are copied by other states and cities.
We seek an environmental scholar with a deep interest in how policy is implemented in situ – that is, an environmental administration scholar. This scholar may conduct research in one or more of several environmental areas, including community preparedness and climate resilience, local coordination and response to environmental hazards and disasters, environmental community engagement and policy advocacy, and local implementation of environmental regulation and policy. They may have expertise in local/state government, tribes, or nonprofit organizations. Environmental administration has a very high potential to be the focal point of collaborative externally-funded research across several departments at UO. We anticipate this faculty member may partner on federal grants with UO faculty from environmental studies, earth sciences, landscape architecture, geography, law, and other disciplines.
Primary teaching responsibilities will be focused on core classes in the Master of Public Administration, Master of Nonprofit Management program, and environmental elective courses in the undergraduate program. We are particularly interested in candidates who would be able to teach some of the following courses: public policy analysis, public sector economics, quantitative methods, program evaluation, financial management, public management, philanthropy, nonprofit management consultancy, project management, fundraising, board governance, and strategic planning. Environmental elective courses may include environmental policy, natural resources policy, climate change policy, and environmental impact assessment, among other possibilities. All faculty in the School of Planning, Public Policy, and Management report to the School Head and Director of the Master of Public Administration Program and/or Master of Nonprofit Management.
The University of Oregon operates on a system of three 10-week quarters with a typical load of five courses per year. Service responsibilities include committee contributions, advising, and participation in shared governance. In addition to teaching and service responsibilities, the successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate a commitment to sustained and developing research, with an active and ongoing professional record.
A core value throughout the department is respect for individuality and diversity, as we recognize that such a commitment will enhance excellence in both our educational and research missions. Therefore we seek candidates who will help create an educational environment supportive of staff, students, and faculty inclusive of race, culture, (dis)ability, gender, sexuality, religion, or other aspects of human diversity. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented and historically excluded groups.
