Application Deadline: October 25, 2023
The Division of Environmental Sciences and Policy at Duke University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in Environmental Justice. Broadly trained social- scientists whose scholarship is empirically grounded and theoretically informed are invited. More interest is placed on scholars who focus on: the structural, institutional and historical roots of environmental injustices; the processes and mechanisms through which environmental injustices are perpetuated; or policy interventions and other solutions that promote environmental justice.
Competitive applicants will have training and expertise in a relevant social science discipline or interdisciplinary field (including but not limited to: sociology, demography, geography, anthropology, political science, economics, environmental studies, Black studies, LatinX studies, Queer studies, decolonial studies, political ecology, or Indigenous studies), and they will have a demonstrated record of scholarship that engages with and applies theories and dimensions of environmental justice. The successful applicant will be expected to establish an externally funded research program that is widely recognized for both intellectual rigor and societal impacts, including but not limited to community-engaged or policy-engaged scholarship.
The successful applicant will contribute enthusiastically to teaching and advising and to appropriate service activities in the University and the applicant’s professional field. Teaching will consist of 2.5 courses per year, to be assigned by the Division chair, and will serve the Nicholas School’s professional Master of Environmental Management (MEM) and Master of Forestry (MF) degree programs as well as Ph.D. and undergraduate programs. Teaching and mentoring will contribute especially to the School’s new MEM concentration in Community Engagement and Environmental Justice. Participation in doctoral student training will be through the Division’s Environment Program and the Duke University Program in Environmental Policy.
Eligibility
- Ph.D. or equivalent degree, received no later than June 2024.
- Preferred qualifications: Applications should demonstrate exceptional research performance and plans for developing innovative and ambitious externally funded research programs that will advance knowledge on environmental justice.
- Applicants should show potential to become outstanding teachers and advisors and to integrate elements of diversity, equity, and inclusion into their academic portfolio
Application Details
- A one-page cover letter that highlights the applicant’s primary reasons for interest in the position and principal qualifications for it.
- A current curriculum vitae.
- A two-page statement of research accomplishments and interests within the context of knowledge frontiers in the applicant’s discipline, including information about existing or planned research funding.
- A two-page statement on teaching and mentoring philosophy that includes concrete examples of how the applicant has put their philosophy into practice.
- A one-page statement describing contributions to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), including information about understanding of DEI topics, record of activities to date, and ideas for advancing DEI as a faculty member at Duke.
- Up to three representative publications.
- Names and contact information for a minimum of three references.
Questions regarding this position can be addressed to the Search Committee Chair: Dr. Ryan Emanuel, Division of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University; ry**********@du**.edu . or sent to
Box 90329
Duke University
Durham NC 27708
