Chair, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte invites applications
for the Chair of the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences,
effective July 1, 2009. The twelve-month, tenured position is open
to applicants with credentials and experience appropriate for a full
professor at UNC Charlotte. Salary is competitive and commensurate.
Candidates must possess: 1) a doctoral degree in a field relevant to
the five thematic areas framing the department's research; teaching
and outreach mission: Global Change, Sustainability, Human
Environmental Interaction, Hazards, and Geospatial Perspective; 2) a
distinguished record of scholarship and teaching; 3) demonstrated
ability and commitment to provide transformational leadership for a
rapidly growing, highly productive and innovative department
undertaking a move towards greater interdisciplinary activity while
at the same time continuing to build upon core strengths in Earth
and Environmental Science, Geography, Geology, Meteorology, Planning
and Geographic Information Science.

Previous administrative experience is highly desirable, particularly
if it involves interdisciplinary efforts or leadership in one or
more of the department's five focus areas. Candidates with a track
record of securing external funding are also desired. The selected
candidate will have the ability to: work with multidisciplinary
faculty and students; encourage grantsmanship, especially
interdisciplinary proposal writing; provide support to
interdisciplinary programs and centers; develop existing degree
programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels; attract and
retain top-tier faculty; manage the continued growth, success, and
reputation of the department; and perpetuate the department's
tradition of applied research and the University's commitment to
community-based scholarship and outreach.

The Department of Geography and Earth Sciences is currently
comprised of 33 full-time faculty from a variety of disciplinary
backgrounds, with a student population of over 350 undergraduates,
over 70 masters students, and over 25 doctoral students. Our mission
is to create, extend and disseminate applied and theoretical
scientific knowledge of the Earth's physical, natural, and human
systems, and their interactions, through scholarly research,
teaching, and service. The Department hosts a rapidly growing Ph.D.
program in Geography, and is integrally involved in two
interdisciplinary Ph.D. degree programs in Infrastructure and
Environmental Systems and in Public Policy. The Department also
hosts two Master's and several undergraduate degree programs in the
Geographic and Earth Sciences.

UNC Charlotte, the only doctoral intensive university in the
expanding Charlotte urban area, is a dynamic research institution
with approximately 900 full-time faculty and a student population of
over 23,000 that is expected to grow to 35,000 by the year 2020. The
Department of Geography and Earth Sciences is housed in the College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences, whose nineteen departments and twenty-
two interdisciplinary centers and programs play a leading role in
advancing the University's research profile and in fulfilling its
commitment to providing a broad and integrative liberal arts
education. The College is strongly committed to interdisciplinary
research and teaching, supporting a range of interdisciplinary
programs from minors to doctoral programs.

UNC Charlotte strives to create an academic climate in which the
dignity of all individuals is respected and maintained. Therefore,
we celebrate diversity that includes, but is not limited to
ability/disability, age, culture, ethnicity, gender, language, race,
religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status.

Candidates apply online at http://jobs.unc.edu. Please attach the
following documents to your electronic submission: application
letter, statements of research, teaching interests, and leadership
style, current and complete vita, and three representative
publications. Screening of applications will begin November 1, 2008,
and will continue until the position is filled. For more
information, please contact the chair of the search committee, Dr.
Brian Etherton, at 704-687-5984, betherto@....