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Assistant Professor - Urban Planning Apply now Job no: 528766 Position Type: Faculty Full Time Campus: UMass Boston Department: SFE - Dean's Office Pay Grade: 03 Date opened: 21 Oct 2025 Eastern Daylight Time Applications close: The Department of Urban Planning and Community Development (UPCD) in the School for the Environment (SFE) at the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB) seeks candidates for a full-time,
tenure-track Assistant Professor position to begin September 1, 2026. We invite scholars who can contribute to our environmental planning concentration, specializing in the interconnectedness of environmental and public health in cities and coastal areas. Candidates with expertise in areas such as climate resilience, environmental justice, green infrastructure, disaster planning, or health equity are especially
encouraged to apply. We are committed to sustainability, equity, and community engagement, and we seek scholars who share these values and can incorporate them into their scholarship, teaching, and service. The School for the Environment SFE’s mission is to examine and explore diverse challenges in the natural, built, and social environments and their intersections. Using transdisciplinary and equity-informed
approaches to research, teaching, and action, we expand environmental knowledge and understanding and create cutting-edge solutions to environmental and social problems in Boston and beyond. SFE pursues its environmental health and justice research, teaching, and outreach agenda designed to enhance the problem-solving capacity of local communities and institutions. Therefore, the preferred candidate should be able to
work within and complement the activities and interests of the core and affiliate faculty. We particularly welcome community-based participatory research approaches, as well as candidates who employ methodologies for transdisciplinary problem-solving. SFE faculty support undergraduate (community development, environmental science, environmental studies, and sustainability), master’s (urban planning and community
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