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'm including some international studies/global studies jobs here, because Human Geography is a closely related discipline.
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| 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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AAA University of Brilliant Thoughts
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Dept. of Random Thoughts
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- 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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| Arizona State University
| Assistant Professor GIS
| 2011-12-01 |
- 2011-12-01 - Application Deadline
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| Arizona State University, Barrett Honors College
| Lecturer
| 2012-01-21 |
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| Boston University
| Assistant Professor Geography & Environment
- remote sensing AND ecosystem modeling (2 positions)
| 2011-12-21 |
- 2011-11-25 - Application Deadline
- 2011-12-21 - Letters of reference requested
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| Claremont Colleges
| Assistant Professor Physical Geography
| Week Dec 12-16 |
- Week Dec 12-16 - Interviews done
- Any news???
- offered.
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| California College of the Arts
| Assistant Professor Critical Studies (Geographers solicited, among other fields; race focus)
| 2012-01-02 Application Deadline |
- Any news?
- 1/27/12 - Nope
- 1/30/12 - Diversity information requested (x2)
- they received more than 300 apps
- 2/6/12 - short list has been selected (rumor: all Anthropologists)
- 2/15/12 - Rejection received via e-mail x2
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| CSU, Northridge
| Assistant Professor Geography
| 2011-12-09 |
- 2011-12-09 - Application Deadline
- 2012-01-06 - Rejection by post. x2
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| CUNY
| Postdoc - Geography - Center for Place, Culture and Politics
| 2012-03-01 |
- 2012-03-01 - Application Deadline
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| Dartmouth
| Postdoc Human Geography
| 2012-2-23 |
- 2012-2-20 - Application Deadline
- 2012-2-23 - Interviews scheduled (x2)
- They scheduled interviews the same day as the deadline? Really?
- Deadline was 2-20, interviews scheduled by 2-23. Not sure what you mean.
- 2012-4-9 - Rejection received via e-mail
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| George Washington University
| Assistant Professor Geospatial Techniques Geographer
| 2011-11-01 |
- 2011-11-01 - Application Deadline
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| Georgia Southern University
| Assistant Professor Geography
- human-environment interactions
| 2011-11-21 |
- 2011-11-21 - Application Deadline
- 2012-1-23 - Rejection notice
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| Harvard University
| Assistant or Associate Professor
- Geographic Representation
| --
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- No fixed application deadline
Any news about this position?
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| Hunter College
| Assistant Professor
| 2011-03-05 |
- 2011-03-05 - Application Deadline
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| MIT
| Assistant Professor in Urban Studies and Planning
| 2011-11-01 |
- 2011-11-01 - Application Deadline
what's going on with this one? (x2)
- 2012-01-23 Still no news (other than that they received my application, long ago) -- anyone??
- According to the Urban Studies[1] section writing samples and reference letters have been requested already
- 2012-03-08 rejection, by email. They had 500+ apps, but did not hire all that they expected (was part of a cluster hire); more hires to come, next year
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| Michigan Technical University
| Assistant Professor Geography
| 2011-12-01 |
- 2011-12-01 - Application Deadline
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| Nipissing University
| Assistant Professor Physical Geography
| 2012-03-09 |
- 2012-01-20 - Application Deadline
- 2012-02-17 - Phone interviews scheduled
- 2012-03-09 - Short list made
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| Univ of Montreal
| Assistant Professor Urban/Economic Geography
| 2011-12-20 |
- 2011-11-15 - Application Deadline
- 2012-02-06 - rejection, in lovely French, by post
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| Penn State
| Assistant/Associate Professor
| 2012-01-03 |
- 2012-01-03 - Application Deadline
- 2012-01-28 Rejection letter x2
- 2012-03-07 Any news?
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| Rowan University
| Assistant Professor GIScience
| 2011-12-20 |
- 2011-11-30 - Application Deadline
- 2011-12-20 - Email: "We expect to have a short list by second week of January with the process culminating with on-campus interviews in early February"
- 2011-1-04 - Letters requested from references x2
- 2012-03-20 - Rejection notice received through email.
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| Rutgers
| Assistant Instructor Human Geography
| 2011-2-15 |
- 2012-2-15 - Job notice posted
- Note: This is listed as a 2/3 NON tenure track position, 2/3 teaching load, for a whopping 30k/year. Disgusting.
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| Simon Fraser University
| Assistant Professor School for International Studies
- politics/sociology of development
| 2011-10-31 |
- 2011-10-31 - Application Deadline
- Any news here?
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| Syracuse University
| Assistant Professor Geography
| 2011-12-10 |
- 2011-12-10 - Application Deadline
- 2012-1-30 - Any news?
- 2012-2-02 - short list has been notified, interviews soon
- 2012-2-22 - offered.
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| UC Boulder
| Assistant Professor Human Geography
| 2011-12-01 |
- 2011-12-01 - Application Deadline
- 2011-12-06 - Letters Requested From Referees
- 2012-1-26 - Invitation for campus interview
- 2012-2-15 - Failed search
- 2012-2-21 - Why failed search?
- Rumor - Departmental politics (x2)
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| University of Georgia
| Assistant Professor GIScience and Remote Sensing
| 2011-11-30 |
- 2011-11-30 - Application Deadline
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| University of Iowa
| Assistant Professor Global Health
| 2011-11-01 |
- 2011-11-01 - Application Deadline
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| University of Iowa
| Assistant Professor Spatial Demography
| 2011-11-01 |
- 2011-11-11 - Application Deadline
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| UNC - Greensboro
| GIS VAP
| 2012-02-01 |
- 2012-02-01 - Application Deadline
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| University of Southern Mississippi
| Assistant Professor Physical Geography
| 2011-11-21 |
- 2011-11-21 - Application Deadline
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| Clark University
| Assistant Professor GIScience and Environmental Science
| 2011-10-31 |
- 2011-10-31 - Application Deadline
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| Temple University
| Assistant Professor, Geography and Urban Studies
| 2011-10-31 |
- 2012-01-04 - Application Deadline
- 2012-01-25 - Application Deadline extended
- 2012-02-15 - Campus visit stage
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| Texas State University
| Assistant Professor Physical Geography (Biogeography)
| 2011-11-01 |
- 2011-11-01 - Application Deadline
- 2011-12-08 - Rejection letter (short list made?)
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| University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
| Assistant Professor Physical Geography
| 2012-01-17 |
- 2012-01-17 - Application Deadline
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| University of Alaska Anchorage
| Assistant Professor Environmental Sciences
| 2012-02-21 |
- 2012-02-09 - Application Deadline
- 2012-02-21 - Rejection email
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| University of North Alabama
| Assistant Professor Physical/Environmental Geography
| 2012-01-09 |
- 2012-01-9 - Application Deadline
- 2012-01-22 - Phone interviews scheduled
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| University of Missouri - Columbia
| Assistant Professor Physical Geography
| 2011-11-15 |
- 2011-11-15 - Application Deadline
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| University of Nebraska - Lincoln
| Assistant Professor Remote Sensing
| 2011-12-01 |
- 2011-12-01 - Application Deadline
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| North Dakota State University
| Assistant Professor Applied Geospatial Research
| 2011-12-02 |
- 2011-12-02 - Application Deadline
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| University of Denver
| Assistant Professor GIS
| 2012-01-16 |
- 2012-01-16 - Application Deadline
- 2012-01-31 - Letters of reference requested
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| UMichigan Ann Arbor
| Assistant Professor Sustainability and Behavior; Sustainable Food Systems; and Urban Studies (3 positions)
| 2011-9-01 |
- 2011-9-01 - Application Deadline
got rejection email mid December -- they said they had 92 applicants (I applied for the Urban Planning job)
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| University of Washington Tacoma
| Assistant Professor International Studies - Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Program
| 2011-11-16 |
- 2011-11-16 - Application Deadline
- Any news? (3/28)
- Position was cancelled in February. From Academicjobsonline: 'We regret to inform you that the search for a tenure-track position in International Studies in Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at the University of Washington Tacoma has been cancelled.' (4/19)
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| University of Victoria
| Assistant Professor Geography: International Development, Disasters
| 2012-1-09 |
- 2012-1-09 - Application Deadline
- 2012-1-20 - Invitation for campus interview
- 2012-1-24 to 2012-2-08 - 3 candidates interviewed
- 2012-3-06 - Offered
- 2012-3-30 - Accepted. Simon Springer was hired
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| York University
| Assistant Professor in International Development Studies
| 2011-11-08 |
- 2011-10-31 - Application Deadline
- 2011-11-08 - Receipt of application, request for writing sample and diversity information
- 2012-1-15 - Any news on this one?
- 2012-2-08 - Rejection
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| York University
| Assistant Professor in Faculty of Environmental Studies (Race, Gender, and the Environment)
| 2011-12-22 |
- 2011-11-30 - Application Deadline
- 2011-12-21 - Request for letters
- 2011-12-21 - Rejections sent
- 2012-1-10 - 'short-list' emailed for interviews. Interviews are on-campus.
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