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Description
The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and College of Engineering & Engineering Technology at Northern Illinois University anticipate hiring the first director of the university's new Institute for Environment. The Institute is one of NIU's strategic planning initiatives, a new interdisciplinary unit that involves multiple departments and colleges.
The goal of the program is to meet pressing social and scientific needs for a workforce with an understanding of environmental and energy-related issues. The program will take a comprehensive approach, educating students to apply foundational and theoretical knowledge from the natural and social sciences, engineering, and the humanities to current environmental issues and policies.
Position Overview:
Working with faculty associates in Anthropology, Biology, Engineering, Geography, Geology, History, Law, Political Science, Technology, and other fields, the director will provide leadership in the creation of an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary undergraduate degree program, to be followed by a graduate program in Environmental Studies. The director will also maintain an active research program in a field within one of the participating colleges and will have teaching responsibilities primarily in Environmental or Energy Studies. For more information about this new unit at NIU, contact Carl N. von Ende.
Qualifications:
This position requires a Ph.D. and a research record appropriate for appointment as a full or associate professor with tenure in an existing department at NIU; the field of scholarship is open. Other requisites include evidence of outstanding teaching; research and scholarly publications related to environmental studies; a strong record of extramural funding; experience in working cooperatively with a broad, multi-disciplinary constituency; and demonstrated skills in organization, program development and management, and leadership.
To Apply:
Candidates must send a statement of professional interest in the position and current curriculum vitae. Please list, with contact information, 3 people qualified to independently assess your candidacy. Applications may be submitted electronically, or sent by mail to Carl N. von Ende.
Department of Biological Sciences
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
Review of the complete applications will begin on February 1, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled.
NIU values diversity in its faculty, staff, and student body. In keeping with this commitment, we strongly encourage applications from diverse candidates and candidates who support diversity and understand the interrelationship of environmental issues and such factors as race, class, and gender. NIU is an AA/EEO institution.