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Type: Faculty Department: LSUAM HSS - School of Geography and Anthropology (Jill C Trepanier (00002085)) Work Location: W0227 Howe Russell Kniffen West Geoscience Complex Pay Grade: Academic Job Description: The Department of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Human Geography specializing in Geographic Information Science and
Technology (GISc&T) and geospatial data science. We seek a scholar with strong expertise in GISc&T and advanced geospatial methods to answer complex societal and human-environment questions. Relevant methodological expertise may include spatial-temporal analysis, geospatial data science, remote sensing, GeoAI, WebGIS, geovisualization, or related computational approaches. Candidates are not expected to specialize in
all these areas. We are particularly interested in candidates who can expand the department's methodological capacity and contribute to innovative applications of geospatial technologies in research and teaching. The substantive area of specialization is open, but the successful candidate's scholarship must have a strong human-geographic dimension . Research areas may include, but are not limited to, health and
well-being, population and inequality, food systems, energy and infrastructure, environmental change, hazards and disaster vulnerability, community resilience, critical GIS, or other societally relevant dimensions of human-environment interaction. We welcome scholarship that uses geospatial methods not simply as technical tools, but to advance understanding of important social, spatial, and environmental problems.
The successful candidate will contribute to undergraduate and graduate instruction in GISc&T, spatial-temporal analysis, and environmental studies , while developing courses in their areas of methodological and topical expertise. The position will also offer opportunities to contribute to and collaborate with the department's Environmental Studies and Disaster Science and Management areas and to strengthen
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