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Assistant Teaching Professor of Spatial Data Science

The Pennsylvania State University  ·  University Park, PA
Assistant ProfessorNon-TenureSpatial Data Science

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APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process . Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday. CURRENT PENN STATE STUDENT (not employed previously at the university) and seeking employment with Penn State, please login to Workday to complete the student application process. Please

do not apply here, apply internally through Workday. If you are NOT a current employee or student, please click “Apply” and complete the application process for external applicants . Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location. For additional information on remote work at Penn State, see Notice to Out of State Applicants . POSITION SPECIFICS The Department of Geography at The

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, invites applications for a new full-time, non-tenure line faculty position focused on spatial data science at the Assistant Teaching Professor rank to teach and advise students for Penn State's online geospatial education programs: https://geospatial.psu.edu . This is a 36-week non-tenure line academic appointment, funded for three years from the date of hire with the

strong expectation of continuation for subsequent years, pending satisfactory performance. The University provides a clear pathway for professional advancement for its teaching faculty through its non-tenure line promotion process. We seek candidates with professional and/or academic experience (preferably both) in spatial data science, with an emphasis on one or more key focus areas, including: geospatial

intelligence, spatial statistics, geographic visualization, GeoAI, cartography, and web mapping. University teaching experience, in particular with online learning, is strongly preferred. The candidate will contribute to graduate teaching and advising in spatial data science topics. In addition, the candidate may contribute to the administration and leadership of Penn State's online geospatial education programs.

Teaching responsibilities will be with Penn State's online geospatial education programs, with opportunities to teach in other Penn State resident education programs and to engage in externally-funded research based on candidate expertise and program needs. A total of six courses will be taught each year, although a combination of course development and preparation, course teaching, and program administration tasks

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