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Associate/Full Professor-Department Chair Department of Environmental, Geographic, and Geological Sciences Lehman College of The City University of New York Bronx, New York 10468 The Chairperson is expected to provide the leadership necessary to develop and expand the Department, such as implementing new academic programs and recruitment to the departmental majors. The Chair's duties entail fostering an environment that promotes excellence in faculty teaching, significant extramurally-funded research, and service to the profession and the community, as well as managing and/or supervising the majority of the administrative tasks in the department. It is expected that the successful candidate will participate fully in the life of the Department, College, and University, including teaching, committee work, obtaining grants, publishing in refereed professional journals, and mentoring junior faculty. Candidates must have a Ph.D. with a specialization in Environmental Science or Environmental Geography and an emphasis on Geographic Information Science applications and research required. The successful candidate will have an established record of nationally-recognized scholarship in these areas, and will have demonstrated effectiveness in teaching that merits appointment as an Associate Professor or Professor. Substantial administrative experience, as well as experience in the development and management of interdisciplinary academic and research programs, particularly those related to environmental issues, preferred. Submit a letter of application indicating specialty area, Curriculum Vitae, and the names and contact information for three professional references by December 31, 2009 to: Search Committee of the Chair for the Department of Environmental, Geographic, and Geological Sciences, Lehman College/CUNY 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West Bronx, NY 10468. Please also submit these materials electronically to: e-mail: Juliana.Maantay@Lehman.cuny.edu. Visit our website at www.lehman.edu for upcoming vacancy announcements. Lehman College is an AA/EEO/ADA/IRCA Employer. Assistant Professor in Environmental Health The MPH Program, Lehman College, the senior college of The City University of New York in the Bronx, which specializes in community-based public health and health equity, invites applications for a tenure track position at the Assistant Professor rank to begin Fall 2010 to teach graduate and undergraduate courses in environmental health. The MPH Program is situated in the Department of Health Sciences, but the candidate will also be expected to teach courses in Environmental Geography and Geographic Information Science in the Geographic Information Science (GISc) Program in the Department of Environmental, Geographic and Geological Sciences (EGGS) which specializes in health and environmental spatial science with a strong emphasis on quantitative analysis and modeling. In addition to teaching, the candidate is also expected to advise students, engage in scholarly research and publication, seek outside funding, collaborate in developing a research agenda for the Programs and actively participate in Departmental and College committees and professional organizations. Candidates must have a doctoral degree in public health, environmental hearth/geography (with a GISc research focus) or a related field by time of appointment and evidence of the potential for active research and publication. We are seeking candidates who desire to contribute to the creation of dynamic, growing public health and GISc programs with a diverse student body and strong commitment to working with communities. Please submit a print and electronic CV,. and a letter identifying relevant teaching and research interests and experience, and the names and contact information for three professional references by December 31, 2009, to: Jane Levitt, Ph. D., Department of Health Sciences, Gillet 431, Lehman College, CUNY, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West Bronx, NY 10468, Jane.Levitt@lehman.cuny.edu. Visit our website at www.lehman.edu for upcoming vacancy announcements. AA/EEO/ADA/IRCA Employer.
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