Thursday, December 6, 2007

Vacancy at the university of New Hampshire

The University of New Hampshire Department of Geography (www.unh.edu/geography>) invites applications for a full-time, tenure
track Assistant Professor in Climatology to begin in August 2008. A
Ph.D. in Geography is preferred; ABD candidates nearing completion
will also be considered. Teaching responsibilities will include
weather, climatology, and other courses in the candidate's
specialty. Teaching load is four courses per academic year.
Additional responsibilities will include serving as New Hampshire
State Climatologist.

The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the
growth and development of a small undergraduate department that
places a high value on both research and teaching excellence. The
potential exists to develop research relationships with other
university units, such as the Institute for Earth, Oceans, and
Space; University Office of Sustainability; the Department of Earth
Science, and the Department of Natural Resources. UNH is a Land,
Sea, and Space Grant institution and top 50 public university that
promotes interdisciplinary research and undergraduate scholarship.

Please send a letter of application that highlights research and
teaching interests, a curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching
quality if available, and the names and addresses (including e-
mail) of three references by January 15, 2008 to Professor Blake
Gumprecht, Search Committee Chair, Department of Geography, James
Hall, 56 College Road, University of New Hampshire, Durham,
03824-3589. UNH supports diversity among its faculty and strongly
encourages women and minority candidates to apply.

The University of New Hampshire is a major research institution,
providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate programs and
graduate programs of distinction. The University actively promotes
a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of
differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds
pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry. UNH
is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of
Boston, 8 miles from the Atlantic coast, and is convenient to New
Hampshire's lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of
13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600. The
University offers 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs.

The University seeks excellence through diversity among its
administrators, faculty, staff, and students. The university
prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion,
sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or
expression, disability, veteran status, or marital status.
Application by members of all underrepresented groups is encouraged.

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