[Jobs] Job at UCSB (fwd)

[Ron Lee]

We are searching for a Population Geographer in the Department of Geography at UCSB. The job ad is pasted below.
Please note that we are not seeking specific theoretical or methodological backgrounds. We are searching for
candidates who have the potential for great success in pushing the frontiers of science relating to population,
health, and development broadly construed as they relate to Earth as the home to humanity. Candidates from any
discipline, who complement existing strengths in our department in human-environment dynamic, spatial science, and
physical geography are very welcome to apply.  We recently launched the campus-wide Broom Center for Demography and
hope that this is attractive to potential candidates. The job description is deliberately broad in order to capture
the most talented, compelling candidates.  We anticipate the possibility that interested candidates could fit the
description in ways we can’t yet envision.

I strongly encourage potential candidates on this listserve to consider applying. Again, we are interpreting the
position broadly with the hope that we attract candidates with diverse and novel approaches. I am on the search
committee and am happy to field questions from prospective candidates (see job posting below).

Regards,
David

David López-Carr Director, Latin American and Iberian Studies Professor, Department of Geography Human-Environment
Dynamics Lab 4836 Ellison Hall UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4060 805-456-2830
http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/~carr/

Job Announcement





UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA, Department of Geography, invites applications for a tenure-track position in
Human Geography at the rank of Assistant Professor. The successful candidate will exhibit clear potential for a robust
extramurally funded research program in Population, Development, and/or Health that is empirically grounded and
informed by social science theory. Candidates will preferably have research programs that integrate at least two of
these domains. A Ph.D. is required by the date of appointment. Current human geography faculty members are active
participants in the Broom Center for Demography, the Center for Spatial Studies, and graduate emphases in Cognitive
Science and Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences. We welcome candidates who are willing to collaborate with
departmental faculty in spatial science and physical geography, and/or with faculty from other research units and
departments across campus. To learn more about the department, visit our website at www.geog.ucsb.edu. The application
deadline is November 30, 2013; the starting date is July 1, 2014.



To apply, please log in to https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/apply/JPF00215 to submit your cover letter, curriculum vitae,
statements of research and teaching interests, and names of three referees with their contact information. For more
information, please contact the search committee chair Dr. Stuart Sweeney (sweeney at geog.ucsb.edu).



The department is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the
academic community through research, teaching, and service. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity /
Affirmative Action employer.