Position Announcement
Director, Environmental Policy Research Program, Public Policy Center and Assistant or Associate Professor, Graduate Program in Urban and Regional Planning.
The University of Iowa Public Policy Center (PPC) and the Graduate Program in Urban and Regional Planning anticipate an opening for a tenure-track faculty position at the mid-career level (assistant or associate professor) beginning as soon as possible. The successful candidate must, at a minimum, have a Ph.D. in environmental policy or planning or a related discipline, demonstrate substantial scholarly research and publication, and be able to teach courses and publish quality research in environmental planning and policy. Ideally this person will collaborate with some of the other world-class faculty on campus including faculty in environmental engineering, geography and environmental health. The positionis envisioned to be 60% in the PPC as the Director of the Environmental Policy Research Program, and 40% in the Graduate Program in Urban and Regional Planning with a reduced teaching load of five courses every two years to provide protected research time to build a personal program of research.
For over 20 years, The University of Iowa Public Policy Center has been the University’s primary center for public policy research. Researchers there conduct first-rate applied research in areas such as transportation, health policy, human factors, social sicence and housing and land use policy. Within the past year, the Public Policy Center has started an environmental policy research program to provide a policy perspective to the outstanding campus-wide research in environmetnal sciences and other aspects of sustainability.
For 46 years, the Graduate Program in Urban and Regioanl Planning ahs offered high quality graduate education in urban and regioanl planning. Located in a vibrant urban and academic setting, the University of Iowa Graduate Program in Urban and Regional Planning offers a fully accredited Master’s degree in Urban & and Regioanl Planning, with areas of concentration in economic development, georgraphic information systems, housing and community development, land use and environmental planning, and transportation. Its nine faculty members are committed scholars and teachers who are also engaged in the community. Many of the program’s faculty members have joint appointments with the PPC.
The University has identified sustainability as an area of strategic emphasis and the PPC and Planning along with the College of Engineering, College of Public Health, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the Public Policy Center have been recently selected to participate in this initiative. As part of that initiative, the PPC, and the Planning, hired an environmental economist and are now looking for a person who can build on their own program to lead an effort in environmental policy.
Initial review of applications will begin on July 15 for an appointment no later than, August 1, 2011. Applications will be accepted until the positiionis filled. The applicant should apply online with a vita, a letter of application, a list of references and at least one publication or other sample of writing. The letter of applicaton should describe the candidate’s research interests, as well as the kinds of courses the candidate would be prepared to teach. We especially encourage applications from minorities and women. To apply for this position, please go to http://jobs.uiowa.eduand search under Requisition #58029 (environmetnal planning and policy). Inquiries should be sent directly to:
Charles Connerly, Professor and Director
Graduate Program in Urban and Regioanl Planning
343 Jessup Hall
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone: 319-339-0039
Fax: 319-335-3330
email: charles-connerly@uiowa.edu
The University of Iowa is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
