Assistant or Associate Professor in Tribal Forest Systems Management, Fire, and Ecology

St. Paul, Minnesota UMN Forest Resources

Job Ref:	Ref_131504
Employer:	UMN Forest Resources
Category:	Environmental Science and Ecology
Job Type:	Full Time
Location
City:	St. Paul
State:	Minnesota
Post Code:	55108
Map:	United States, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55108 (Show on map)
Description
The Department of Forest Resources at the University of Minnesota invites qualified candidates to apply for a nine-month, full-time, tenure-track professor position specializing in Tribal Forest Systems Management, Fire, and Ecology with responsibilities for research (40%), teaching (50%), and outreach-service (10%). The successful candidate will establish a nationally recognized research program that addresses important issues affecting tribal natural resources management. This research would be undertaken in collaboration with Minnesota tribal natural resource managers, students and communities, other faculty located at the University of Minnesota, as well as scientists and practitioners locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally. Additionally, this position will teach and develop two new undergraduate and/or graduate courses choosing from a variety of modalities and formats in topics such as fire ecology, forest dynamics, dendrochronology, Indigenous land relationships and land use practices, and others as assigned. The position is in the Department of Forest Resources and located on the St. Paul Campus. The successful candidate will have access to the Department’s research facilities in St. Paul and Grand Rapids, MN. The position is available beginning August 2024, with review of applications beginning March 29, 2024.