The Ohio State University invites applications for a cluster hire of three tenure-track faculty in the area of Climate, Race and Place under the university-wide Race, Inclusion and Social Equity (RAISE) initiative. The University seeks to elevate its globally recognized expertise in the science of climate change and adaptation to a new level through a cluster hire of faculty who can holistically investigate, using climate data analytics, the racial disparities and social inequities of climate impacts and help shape adaptations sensitive to these disparities across various geographic scales. This cluster hire creates an opportunity to disrupt traditional knowledge structures and to transcend disciplinary barriers by re-centering climate science in the broadest sense.
The three positions are:
- Assistant Professor of Data Analytics and Environmental Justice in the Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences: Apply Here
- Assistant Professor of Indigenous Environmental Studies in the School of Environment and Natural Resources, College of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences: Apply Here
- Assistant/Associate Professor of Urban Climate Resilience and Adaptation Disparities jointly appointed in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, College of Engineering, and City and Regional Planning Section, Knowlton School of Architecture: Apply Here
Each of the three positions has the option to be hired into the Provost’s Tenure-Track Fellow to Faculty Program with an appointment to a mentored position as an instructor in the tenure track for up to two years before transitioning to the Assistant Professor position.
Representatives from four units (Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering; City and Regional Planning; School of Environment and Natural Resources; and Geography) in three colleges (Arts and Sciences; Engineering; and Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences) collaborated with support from three interdisciplinary centers/institutes (Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center; Sustainability Institute; and Translational Data Analytics Institute) to develop the proposal to the Office of Academic Affairs that led to this cluster hire.