Postdoc in Environmental History / History of Science /Geography,University of Oregon
Postdoctoral
Fellowship in Environmental History / History of Science
/ Geography, University of Oregon
Applications are sought for a two-year National Science
Foundation (NSF) funded postdoctoral fellowship at the intersection of
environmental history, the history of science, and political ecology at the University
of Oregon. The postdoctoral fellowship is part of Professor Mark Carey's NSF
CAREER grant (#1253779) on "Glaciers and Glaciology: How Nature, Field
Research, and Societal Forces Shape the Earth Sciences" (see links below
for more information).
Applicants should have a research agenda that intersects
with this NSF-funded project by examining historical glacier-society
interactions, the history of glaciology, the history of the earth sciences,
climate-society dynamics, the role of dynamic environmental change in the
evolution of scientific knowledge, or the history of field-based sciences.
Applicants may also have broader or more theoretical connections to the
project, or they may have related regional specializations in the history of
Greenland, the Arctic, Antarctica, or high mountains such as the Himalaya,
Alps, or Andes.
Applicants must have interdisciplinary interests as well
as more specific training in areas such as environmental history, history of
science, political ecology, science and technology studies, human geography,
etc.
The fellow will be expected to pursue her/his own
research, publish, co-author articles, and interact with a dynamic group of
scholars and students across the University of Oregon campus.
In addition to pursuing an active research agenda, the
postdoctoral fellow will also do minimal teaching (1-2 courses total over two
years) to gain additional experience for the job market
as a Teacher-Scholar. This unique appointment will be in the University of
Oregon's Robert D. Clark Honors College, which operates as a liberal arts
college embedded within a major AAU research university. The fellow will thus
gain valuable experience driving her/his research agenda, collaborating with
faculty and students, and teaching some of the university's top undergraduates.
Start date is September 2014. The postdoctoral fellow
will receive an annual salary of $51,724, as well as funds for research and
travel expenses. A Ph.D. in a related discipline completed by September 15,
2014 (and no earlier than September 1, 2009) is required.
Applications must be submitted by email to Mark Carey at carey@uoregon.edu. Applications must
include: (1) cover letter that explains precisely how the
applicant's qualifications and research intersects with this NSF project and
what s/he plans to do during the two-year fellowship; (2) CV; (3) writing
sample (an article or the introduction and chapter of the dissertation); (4)
evidence of teaching effectiveness; and (5) names of three recommenders who
will be asked to provide letters once a "short list" is determined.
Application deadline is December 15, 2013. The position
will remain open until filled. The University of Oregon is an
equal-opportunity, affirmative-action institution committed to cultural
diversity and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Candidates
who promote and enhance diversity are strongly desired. For more information
contact Professor Mark Carey.
Located 110 miles south of Portland, the University of
Oregon has an enrollment of over 25,000 students. The Eugene metro area (pop.
215,000) is in a region noted for its dynamic quality of life and progressive
cultural environment. We are about an hour's drive from the Pacific Ocean and
the Cascade Mountains.
Links:https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=47729
Contact Information:
Mark Carey
Associate Professor of History
Robert D. Clark Honors College
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
(541) 346-8077