Summary
The Bro Professor of Sustainable Regional Development is made possible by an endowment that establishes, to quote the Memorandum of Understanding creating the professorship, “an outreach professorship at the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute to assist north country communities to develop sustainably.” The holder will be jointly appointed to an academic department and to the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute. The appointment will be tenure-track.
Qualifications
Ph.D. required. Preference will be given candidates whose training enables them to support the environmental liberal arts mission of the college. Candidates must have outstanding communication and organizational skills and the ability to extend the boundaries of the campus into community relationships that enhance sustainable regional development. A proven track record of establishing experientially-based outreach courses and programs with successful outcomes assessment is strongly preferred. Evidence of success in matching students with opportunities for skills development, managing logistics and risk management of learning contracts, tracking and assessment of student and partnership outcomes, and grant writing is sought.
Responsibilities
The Bro Professor for Sustainable Regional Development will:
- teach four courses or course equivalents per year, to be determined in consultation with the Provost of the College
- extend the outreach of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute in the human dimensions of natural resources and in sustainable community development
- provide new experiential opportunities for students to be determined in consultation with the Director of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute and the Provost of the College
- identify, initiate, and develop opportunities for the support of collaborations that advance combinations of the following priorities: personal research program, Sigurd Olson Environmental outreach goals, expansion of student experiential opportunities, and sustainable regional development
- participate in college and Institute governance as determined in consultation with the Director of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute and the Provost of the College
Position Description
To Apply:
A completed application includes 1) a letter of application, 2) a teaching statement on experience in, or work with, diverse communities, and 3) a curriculum vitae which includes contact information for three professional references in PDF format.
Northland College
1411 Ellis Avenue
Ashland, Wisconsin 54806-3999
(715) 682-1699