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Associate/Full Professor - (School for the Environment) Apply now Job no: 529465 Position Type: Faculty Full Time Campus: UMass Boston Department: SFE - Dean's Office Pay Grade: 04 Date opened: 15 Jan 2026 Eastern Standard Time Applications close: Job Description The School for the Environment (SFE) at the University of Massachusetts Boston invites applications for the position of Chair of a new academic department
focusing on environmental sciences and sustainability to begin September 1, 2026. We seek an outstanding leader with organizational leadership experience and demonstrated transdisciplinary expertise in topics including but not limited to environmental science and health, climate change, environmental sustainability and management. The Chair will provide visionary leadership to co-create the new department’s mission
and vision, emphasizing transdisciplinary collaboration, transparency, and excellence. We seek a candidate with experience as a department chair or other relevant academic/organizational leadership roles who can bring people together to cultivate a culture of excellence, innovation, and collaboration in support of the School’s broader goals. The recent and future growth within SFE has driven the need for a new
Department that will build on the success of SFE. Together with Faculty, the Chair will maintain the core strengths of SFE (transdisciplinary culture, high quality research, complex systems thinking, and a problem-solving approach), while leveraging new opportunities as a Department. The Chair will advance and administer the innovative teachers and researchers in the new Department who are addressing the
environmental challenges facing our region and the world. The new department contains seventeen tenured and tenure-track faculty, sixteen affiliated faculty, and offers undergraduate (B.S, B.A.) and graduate (M.S., PhD) programs serving 300 students. Our programs prepare the next generation of environmental scientists and professionals committed to advancing science-informed solutions across diverse communities and
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