Professor of Sustainability and Conservation

Michigan State University is seeking a Professor of Sustainability and Conservation for its Department of Community Sustainability in East Lansing, MI. This tenure-track position involves teaching, conducting research, and engaging with communities to address sustainability challenges. The role includes developing high-quality publications, collaborating with stakeholders, and promoting sustainability in natural resource policy. Candidates should have a passion for sustainability and natural resources conservation.
About the Department

The Department of Community Sustainability is a vibrant, interdisciplinary community of scholars who engage with colleagues, students, stakeholders, and communities to address sustainability challenges within many environmental, economic, and cultural contexts. We do this by focusing on sustainability engagement that embraces the decisions inherent in the transition to a more sustainable future, creating and supporting a faculty working on sustainability-related issues, incorporating a systems-thinking view of sustainability into curricula at the undergraduate, graduate, and lifelong learner levels, and conducting sustainability scholarship that has value in international, national, regional, and local contexts.

Our Mission

We seek to understand the dynamic interactions in communities, ecosystems, and the world, as well as opportunities for sustainable development. This work is rooted in our view of a just, engaged, and dynamic society. Toward that end, we are guided by an ethic of responsible and responsive scholarship that engages people and communities. Consistent with its mission to contribute to the development of sustainable communities, the Department offers three undergraduate majors linked by a common core in community sustainability: (1) Environmental Studies and Sustainability (ESS); (2) Sustainable Parks, Recreation and tourism (SPRT); and (3) Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Education (AFNRE). The Department offers graduate degrees in Community Sustainability (CSUS, M.S. and Ph.D.), Sustainable Tourism and Protected Areas Management (STPAM, M.S. and Ph.D.), Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Education (AFNRE, M.A.). In both undergraduate and graduate programs, the Department of Community Sustainability embraces international as well as domestic applications, engagement, and opportunities.

About the Position

This tenure-track position is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic department that values community engagement, sustainability, and interdisciplinary collaboration. As a member of our faculty, you will be part of a vibrant community of scholars who share a passion for addressing complex sustainability challenges. You will have the opportunity to develop and lead innovative research projects, teach courses that integrate sustainability and natural resources conservation, and contribute to the growth and development of our department and university. If you are a dedicated scholar and educator with a passion for sustainability and natural resources conservation, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be expected to:
• Develop and maintain an active record of high-quality publications and competitive grants.
• Design and deliver high-quality classroom instruction.
• Collaborate with stakeholders on initiatives designed to address critical natural resources issues.
• Cultivate leadership in organizational and civic environments.
• Promote an ethic of sustainability in natural resources policy making and management.
• Influence the development of future natural resources conservation practitioners and academicians.
• Administer the Guyer Public Policy Internship endowed scholarship program.