[Jobs] Tenure-track position in Demography or Epidemiology Using Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (fwd)

[Liz Ozselcuk]

Hi Liz,
Can you please post to jobs list? Tx.
Sarah


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Sarah E. Staveteig
Ph.D. Candidate
Graduate Group in Demography & Sociology
University of California - Berkeley
http://demog.berkeley.edu/~sarahs

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From: holly.reed at qc.cuny.edu
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:43:38
To: <holly.reed at qc.cuny.edu>
Subject: Fw: Tenure-track position in Demography or Epidemiology Using Advanced
  Cyberinfrastructure

Hi there,
 
We are hiring at Queens College/CUNY again--please forward to any interested colleagues!  Thanks.
 
Best regards,
Holly Reed

 
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Job Description:

Queens College seeks an Assistant, Associate or Full Professor with expertise in Cyberinfrastructure as applied to population, demographic or epidemiological studies. This is one of a cluster of hires supported by the CUNY Central Office, as such, the incumbent will be expected to interact and cooperate in this initiative to enhance the use of Cyberinfrastructure in Research at CUNY. Appointment will be in the one of the following: Sociology, Computer Science, Urban Studies Departments or School of Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Qualifications Ph.D. with significant research experience in applying cyberinfrastructure, especially high performance computing, to problems arising in the fields of population, demography and epidemiology. Examples might include, modeling the impact of spatial patterns and/or the use of very large and diverse data sets. An established research agenda with substantial outside funding support is highly desirable. The successful applicant will be placed in the appropriate department by mutual agreement. This is a tenure track line; and initial tenure may be possible for exceptional candidates. Appointment to the Doctoral Faculty at the Graduate Center of CUNY is open to professors at all ranks, upon review of publication record. Queens College, located in Flushing, New York has a diverse student body of 20,000 students, and is one of the Senior Colleges in the CUNY system. More information is available at www.qc.cuny.edu  <http://www.qc.cuny.edu/>

At Queens there is an active research group of demographers and others, who use a variety of complex statistical and other methods, while the Center for the Biology of Natural Systems is engaging in a number of projects using spatial analysis.  There also the CUNY  Institute for Demographic Research at Baruch, which has a number of demographers doing research in various areas.  There is a strong computer science program at Queens, and a Ph.D. program in computer science at the Graduate Center.  All these associations would be open to the successful candidate.  

In all cases applicants should send (1) curriculum vitae, (2) samples of scholarly writing, including published papers and/or funded research proposals; (3) a statement outlining research agenda and teaching interests, and (4) three current confidential letters of recommendation.

Andrew A. Beveridge
Chair, Cyberinfrastructure Search
Department of Sociology
252A Powdermaker Hall
Queens College/CUNY
65-30 Kissena Blvd
Flushing, NY 11367

Applications should be submitted on line. Please go to http://www.cuny.edu/jobs/index.html  <http://www.cuny.edu/jobs/index.html> and click on the link CUNYFirst for instructions. You may need to search for the job listing, it is Jobid 1956. References and other materials should be sent, via email to QCCyberInfrasearch at gmail.com  <mailto:QCCyberInfrasearch at gmail.com> or by mail or delivery service to the address given above. When submitting any of the other material, please also include your complete application materials. Interfolio applications also welcome. If you have any difficulties submitting on-line please use one of the other means outlined.

Any questions or problems, please call Professor Beveridge at 718-997-2852

Open until filled, application review will begin on January 15, 2010

The City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity Employer which complies with all applicable laws and regulations, and encourages inclusive excellence in its employment practices.


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