Good luck to everyone again this year! I'm hoping to put very broad geography positions here, so please feel free to include physical and human geography and everything in between. I know some environmental science positions are posted on biology, but let's try to add them here, too, since environmental science and geography are often paired. Thanks!
You can add positions to this page or edit positions that are already posted clicking the above "Edit Page" link.
The purpose of this page is for job applicants to anonymously inform others of the status of positions for which they have applied, interviewed or been offered.
This should be for positions that begin Fall 2011 (maybe Spring 2011 if those happen to come up).
| University
(alphabetical order)
| Job Title Specialty - Department
(# of positions if >1)
| Date of Most Recent News
| Application Deadline (always first)
Updates (date - update)
Other Job Details
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!! Example - do not erase
AAA University of Brilliant Thoughts
| !! Example - do not erase
Thinker -
Dept. of Random Thoughts
(2 positions)
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YYYY-MM-DD |
- !! Example - do not erase
- YYYY-MM-DD - Application deadline (job posting on dept. website, Science Careers, etc)
- YYYY-MM-DD - Application deadline extended (original 2998-01-01, new 2999-01-01)
- YYYY-MM-DD - Short/long list made or contacted by email or telephone
- YYYY-MM-DD - References contacted by email or telephone
- YYYY-MM-DD - Phone interviews scheduled (May 2-4, 10 candidates)
- YYYY-MM-DD - Campus interviews scheduled (late May, 4 candidates, job talks)
- YYYY-MM-DD - Rejection letter (notified by snail mail or email, 100+ applicants)
- YYYY-MM-DD - Search canceled, failed, or deferred to next year
- YYYY-MM-DD - Offer made, rejected, or accepted
- Open until Filled
- Tenure-track (assistant or associate professor)
- Lecturer or non-tenure track (one semester, 10 months, 2 years)
- Appointment (8, 9, 10 or 12 months)
- Teaching load (2 classes/semester, 4hrs/wk)
- Jane Smith hired (background in environmental policy)
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| University of Otago (New Zealand)
| Lecturer in Physical Geography (i.e., equivalent to American assistant professor)
- Appointment is tenure-track with a hydrology or biogeography focus
| 2011-08-22 |
- 2011-7-15 - Priority Application Deadline
- 2011-08-22 - Made the long list and reference letters requested, search committee hoping to collate all reference letters by September 13, 2011
- 2011-09-21 - Made the short list, four candidates have been invited to campus for interviews
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| Ball State University
| Tenure-track Assistant Professor GIS + Human Geography
| 2011-03-07 |
- 2011-03-16 - Reference letters requested
- 2011-03-07 - (Notice on AAG website)
- Applications Accepted until Filled
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| Brown University
| Tenure-track Assistant Professor or tenured Associate Professor of Human Geography
- Appointment in Urban Studies Program and Department of American Civilization
| 2011-02-22 |
- 2010-11-01 - Priority Application Deadline (Notice on AAG website)
- Also posted at American Studies 2011-2012
- 2011-02-22 Lovely rejection letter (x1)
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| UCLA
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
| 2011-01-01 |
- 2011-01-01 Application deadline
- Notice on AAG website
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| California State University- Los Angeles
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
| 2011-03-11 |
- 2010-11-22 Priority application deadline
- 2011-03-11 Rejection letter received (snail)
- Notice in AAG newsletter
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| California State University - Northridge
| Assistant Professor - Tenure Track
- Focus in GIS / cartography
| 2010-07-03 |
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| Central Michigan University
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
| 2011-01-24 |
- 2010-11-01 Application Deadline (Notice in AAG newsletter and Chronicle)
- 2010-11-04 Letters of reference requested
- 2011-01-24 Any news?
- 2011-03-03 Job offer made, accepted back in Feb.
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| University of Central Washington
| Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies
| 2011-02-01 |
- 2011-02-01 Position Posted (higheredjobs.com)
- 2011-03-13 Application Deadline
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| Chatham University
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
- Social Justice and Sustinability (announcements 1317 and 1319)
| 2010-12-01 |
- 2010-12-01 Application Deadline
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| University of Connecticut
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
| 2011-03-01 |
- 2010-11-15 Application deadline (Notice in AAG newsletter)
- 2011-01-04 Rejection Letter
- 2011-03-01 Offer made and accepted
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| University of Delaware
| DENIN Environmental Studies Cluster Hire
| 2011-01-20 |
- 2010-12-15 Application deadline (Notice in Chronicle of Higher Education)
- 2011-01-20 Reference letters requested
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| Dickinson College
| Assistant Professor
| 2011-03-25 |
- 2010-12-15 Application deadline
- 2011-01-17 Phone interviews requested
- 2011-03-25 Rejection letter
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| Florida State University
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
| 2011-03-06 |
- 2011-02-15 Application deadline (Notice on AAG website)
- 2011-02-15 Acknowledgement of Application (replied email)
- 2011-03-06 Rejection email ("Search has closed.")
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| Fresno City College
| Instructor, Geography
- Department of History & Geography
| 2011-02-21 |
- 2011-01-24 Posted on Chronicle.com
- 2011-02-21 Application Deadline
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| Georgia State University
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
| 2011-03-04 |
- 2011-03-04 Posted on Chronicle, AAG
- 2011-04-01 Application Deadline
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| Georgia State University
| Lecture, Non Tenure Track
- Physical Geography / Geosciences / Geology
| 2011-03-04 |
- 2011-03-04 Posted on Chronicle, AAG
- 2011-04-01 Application Deadline
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| Gustavus Adolphus College
| VAP, Two-Year
| 2011-03-04 |
- 2011-03-04 Posted on Higheredjobs.com
- 2011-04-08 Application Deadline
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| Humboldt State University
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
| 2011-03-25 |
- 2010-11-15 Application deadline
- Notice in AAG newsletter
- Any News? (1/24/11)
- Letters requested - sometime in Jan (1/24/11)
- Thanks for the news, but dammit... wasn't me. (1/31/11)
- 2011-02-15 Phone interviews completed
- 2011-03-25 Rejection letter
- 2012-02-23 What happened with this position? An almost identical one was posted for this year. Was it not filled, or did the person leave?
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| University of Iowa
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
- Human-Environment Interactions
| 2011-02-07 |
- 2010-10-15 Application deadline (Chronicle of Higher Education)
- 2010-10-20 received letter encouraging to apply for water resources position
- 2010-12-20 - Campus interviews completed (3 conducted in total)
- 2011-02-07 Any news on who was hired?
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| University of Iowa
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
- Sustainability and water resources (part of a water cluster hire)
| 2011-02-07 |
- 2010-11-01 Application deadline (Chronicle of Higher Education)
- 2011-02-07 Interviews complete (3)
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| Kennesaw State University
| Assistant Professor - Tenure Track
| 2010-10-15 |
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| Loyola Marymount University
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
- Environmental Justice and Policy
| 2011-03-25 |
- 2010-12-17 Application deadline (Notice in AAG newsletter)
- 2011-01-24 Any news?
- 2011-03-25 Rejection letter
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| University of Massachusetts
| Human Dimensions of the Environment
- Department of Natural Resources Conservation
| 2011-01-10 |
- 2010-12-03 Application deadline
- 2011-01-10 Letters requested
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| University of Massachusetts
| Geosciences and Extension
- Department of Geosciences
| 2010-12-21 |
- 2010-12-21 Application deadline
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| University of Maryland - Baltimore County
| Natural Resources - Human Geography
| 2011-01-24 |
- 2010-12-01 Application deadline
- 2011-01-24 Campus interviews scheduled
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| University of Maryland - College Park
| Department of Geography - Climate Change
| 2011-03-01 |
- 2011-03-01 Campus interviews scheduled
- 2010-12-01 Application deadline
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| McGill University
| Urban Sustainability
- Department of Geography and School of Environment
| 2011-03-21 |
- 2010-09-15 Application deadline
- 2011-01-04 Rejection email
- 2011-03-21 Job filled
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| University of Memphis
| Assistant Professor of Geography, Tenure Track
- Department of Earth Sciences
| 2010-10-29 |
- 2010-10-15 Application deadline (Notice on AAG website)
- 2010-10-29 Letters of reference requested
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| University of Minnesota
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Urban Geography
| 2011-02-17 |
- 2010-09-15 Application deadline (Notice in AAG Newsletter)
- 2010-11-04 Interviews scheduled
- 2011-02-17 No hire
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| University of Minnesota Morris
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Environmental Studies
- Division of Social Science
| 2011-01-30 |
- 2011-01-05 Review of Applications Begins (Notice in October 29th Chronicle of Higher Education)
- 2011-01-30 Interviews scheduled
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| Mount Holyoke College
| Assistant Professor, Three Year Visiting Position
- Division of Social Science
| 2011-02-15 |
- 2011-01-15 Review of Applications Begins (Notice in October 19th Chronicle of Higher Education)
- 2011-02-15 (estimated) Interviews scheduled
- 2011-02-18 Interviews scheduled (per call)
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| The New School - Milano, The New School for Management and Urban Policy
| Milano, The New School for Management and Urban Policy
- Assistant Professor in the Environmental Policy and Sustainable Management Program
| 2010-12-01 |
- 2010-12-01 Application deadline
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| Northeastern State University
| Assistant Professor, Geography
- Department of History & Geography
| 2011-01-24 |
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| Oberlin College
| NTT VAP, Environmental Studies
- Department of Environmental Studies
| 2011-02-15 |
- 2011-01-12 Ad bounced around on Listservs
- 2011-02-15 Application Deadline
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| Ohio State University
| Assistant Professor - Tenure Track
| 2010-12-15 |
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| Old Dominion University
| Assistant Professor - Tenure Track
| 2011-02-17 |
|
| Rutgers University
| Assistant Professor - Tenure Track
- Environmental Health and Policy
| 2010-12-20 |
- 2010-12-20 - Application Deadline
- 2010-12-20 ??????
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| Santa Clara University
| Assistant Professor - Tenure Track
| 2010-11-15 |
- 2010-09-15 - Application Deadline
- 2010-11-15 - saw on biology wiki that phone interviews are occuring
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| Southern Illinois University- Edwardsville
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
| 2011-01-25 |
- 2010-10-15 Application deadline (Notice in AAG newsletter)
- 2010-10-19 Notification of application received
- 2011-01-25 Rejection letter received (snail)
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| SUNY Cortland
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
| 2011-01-12 |
- 2010-10-15 Application deadline (Notice in AAG newsletter and Chronicle)
- 2010-10-19 Letters of reference requested
- 2011-01-12 Rejection E-Mail Received
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| Texas State University – San Marcos
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
| 2010-12-16 |
- 2010-10-11 Application deadline (Notice in AAG Newsletter)
- 2010-12-16 Rejection letter received (email)
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| Temple University
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
| 2011-03-25 |
- 2011-01-21 Application deadline
Question (Jan 11): is this an inside hire? There are four VAPs in the department and it's a very broad ad.
- It is not an inside hire (from a very reliable source).
- 2011-02-17 has the first cut been made for this position?
- 2011-02-17 Was deadline extended or is there a second position? Another ad appeared on Chronicle this week.
- 2011-02-22 Campus interviews scheduled (x3).
- 2011-03-25 Campus interviews completed
- 2011-04-11 Offer made and accepted
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| University of Utah
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
| 2011-01-21 |
- 2010-10-01 Application deadline (Notice in AAG newsletter)
- 2011-01-21 Rejection letter received (email)
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| University of Utah
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
| 2010-10-01 |
- 2010-10-01 Application deadline (Notice in AAG newsletter)
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| University of Vermont
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
- Critical Human Geography, New England Regional Specialty
| 2011-01-05 |
- 2011-01-05 Reference letters requested
- 2010-12-15 Application deadline (Notice in AAG newsletter and Chronicle)
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| University of Washington
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
- Environmental Geography + GIS
| 2011-02-14 |
- 2011-01-15 Application deadline (Notice in AAG newsletter)
- 2011-01-31 Request for letters, chapter, diss table of contents
- 2011-02-14 Campus visits scheduled (3 in total)
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| University of Wisconsin, Fox Valley
| Assistant Professor, Geography
| 2011-04-02 |
- 2011-01-17 Application Deadline
- 2011-01-21 Application Acknowledged
- 2011-02-23 Interviews Scheduled (x3), alternates named
- 2011-03-29 On-Campus Interview Scheduled
- 2011-04-02 Offer made and accepted
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| University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
| 2011-03-04 |
- 2011-03-04 - Ad appears in Chronicle
- 2011-03-28 - Application Deadline
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| University of Wisconsin, Lacrosse
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
- Geography / Earth Science
| 2010-08-01 |
- 2010-08-01 - Application deadline (Notice in AAG Newsletter)
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