Multiple Open Rank, Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in Environment/Climate Impacts on Health and Wellbeing at Indiana University Bloomington

Submitted: 09/23/2024
Submitted By: Cindy Broderick
Department: Interdisciplinary
Institution: Indiana University Bloomington
Job type: Tenure-track
Apply by: 10/18/2024
Application Email:
Application URL: https://provost.indiana.edu/initiatives/faculty-100.html

Indiana University Bloomington (IUB) invites applications for multiple open rank (tenured/tenure-track) faculty positions as part of a multidisciplinary cluster hire in environment/climate impacts on health and wellbeing to begin as early as the Fall of 2025. While ultimate tenure homes (departments, schools) will be determined in accordance with qualifications and interests, we seek faculty with a research focus related to the health and wellbeing consequences and drivers of a wide variety of environmental and climate issues, including pollution, climate change, environmental/climate policy; environmental justice and inequities in exposure, emerging diseases or adverse effects related to the environment and climate.

The search is part of Indiana University’s Faculty 100 initiative, which seeks to expand on the wide range of existing research strengths at IUB to help foster research teams to compete successfully for large-scale research programs such as through the National Science Foundation (NSF) or the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Qualifications: Applicants must have a doctoral degree in anthropology, demography, economics, epidemiology, geography, law, public health, public policy, political science, sociology, or a related field. Applicants for tenured positions are expected to have a record of or a demonstrated capacity for successfully contributing to IUB’s goals of increasing large-scale externally funded federal research grants, such as from NSF, NIH, and the Department of Defense. Applicants with a record of collaborative research across disciplines, schools, or departments are encouraged.

Responsibilities: Candidates are expected to sustain an active, externally funded research program, to engage undergraduate and graduate students through effective teaching, and to participate in service to the university and the profession.

Application Procedures: Applicants should apply online and submit a letter of application and CV, along with research and teaching statements. IUB faculty members are expected to interact with our diverse student and faculty community. As such, we are especially interested in applicants with a record of successful teaching and mentoring of students from diverse backgrounds (including first-generation college students, low-income students, racial and ethnic minorities, women, LGBTQ, etc.), and an interest in contributing to IUB programs, curricular offerings, and service portfolio in ways that enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion; applicants are encouraged to address these topics in their letter of application.

Applicants seeking appointment at the assistant professor ranks should apply at https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/25853 and provide names of three letters of reference. Applicants seeking appointment with tenure at the associate or full professor rank should apply at https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/25852 and be prepared to provide the names of six references. Review of applications will begin immediately and for full consideration, applications should be received by October 18, 2024. Applications will continue to be accepted until all positions are filled. Queries about the position or the application procedures may be address to faculty2@iu.edu

Before any conditional offer of employment with tenure is finalized, candidates will be asked to disclose any pending investigations or previous findings of sexual or professional misconduct. They will also be required to authorize an inquiry by Indiana University Bloomington with all current and former employers along these lines. The relevance of information disclosed or ascertained in the context of this process to a candidate’s eligibility for hire will be evaluated by Indiana University Bloomington on a case-by-case basis. Applicants should be aware, however, that Indiana University Bloomington takes the matters of sexual and professional misconduct very seriously.

Indiana University is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on individual qualifications. Indiana University prohibits discrimination based on age, ethnicity, color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status.

About Indiana University Bloomington: Founded in 1820, Indiana University-Bloomington (IUB) is the flagship campus of Indiana University. Located in Bloomington, IN., IUB constantly strives to embody its mission to create, disseminate, preserve, and apply knowledge. It does so through its commitments to cutting-edge research, scholarship, arts, and creative activity; inspired and challenging undergraduate, graduate, professional, and lifelong educational programs; meaningful experiences outside the classroom; expansive global educational opportunities while fostering a culturally diverse campus environment; first-rate library and museum collections; and far-reaching economic development and impact in the state and region.

IUB is a member of the prestigious Association of American University (AAU) since 1909, is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association. With over 47,000 undergraduate and graduate students, the campus has 16 degree-granting colleges and schools offering 300+ undergraduate majors, 300+ Master’s degrees, and 150+ doctoral and professional degree opportunities. Known for its Indiana limestone facades and green spaces throughout, IUB is widely considered one of the country’s most beautiful college campuses.

The College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University offers over 225 academic programs rooted in three broad areas of study—Arts and Humanities, Natural and Mathematics Sciences, and Social and Historical Studies. The College is home to over 70 departments and programs and three schools—the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, and The Media School. Over 900 faculty members serve within the College and form an extraordinary teaching and learning community at the heart of a world-class university. Members of the College’s faculty are continually recognized as elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academies, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and include MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellows, Fulbright Award winners, and Pulitzer Prize, Oscar, and Emmy winners.

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