Assistant Professor of Housing/Transportation and Applied Methods, Occidental College Department of Urban and Environmental Policy

Los Angeles, CA

Position Title: Assistant Professor of Housing/Transportation and Applied Methods

Organization: Occidental College Department of Urban and Environmental Policy

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Position Overview: The Urban and Environmental Policy Department at Occidental College invites applications for Assistant Professor in the field(s) of housing and/or transportation related to race, place, inequality, and urban policy. We are interested in candidates who are scholar teachers who understand urban and environmental problems as deeply linked with increased inequality and how these stresses exacerbate existing social, economic, and political divisions. Our ideal candidate will be committed teachers, able to teach undergraduate students how to analyze and utilize relevant data sets and generate community relevant research questions and policy approaches necessary to address existing inequities while simultaneously ensuring a long-term approach to the environmental and economic sustainability that has equity and democratic governance at its core.

Qualifications:

We seek applications from candidates whose expertise, research, and teaching interests focus in the area of housing and/or transportation and use quantitative/mixed methods (for example, use of big data, AI, machine learning, and other methods) and/or spatial methods in applied and/or community engaged research. We seek candidates who demonstrate promise of successful scholarship and dedication to teaching excellence in the context of a global and inclusive liberal arts education. Successful candidates will possess the following qualifications:

  1. Demonstrated experience and interest in teaching housing and/or transportation related to race, place, inequality, and urban policy

  2. Ability to teach undergraduates quantitative/mixed methods and/or spatial methods in applied and/or community engaged research

  3. Ability to teach several required courses: Urban Data Analysis (UEP 305) as well as Environment and Society (UEP 101) and the Senior Policy Seminar (UEP 410/UEP 411), as well as courses of your own design

  4. A clear pedagogical approach and a demonstrated record of effective teaching and advising, particularly teaching and mentoring underrepresented and historically marginalized students

  5. Demonstrated experience in applied and/or community-engaged/community-based learning and research

  6. A clearly articulated research agenda and demonstrated potential for research and publication, particularly

    involving undergraduate researchers

  7. An expressed interest and commitment to teaching in an urban liberal arts college in Los Angeles

Salary/Pay:  $85,000 – $92,000

Application Deadline: Oct 18, 2024 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

How to Apply: Please use the online application to view the full job description as well as how to apply.