• Professor of Public Policy, Racial Justice…

    University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)


    Professor of Public Policy, Racial Justice Approaches to Environmental Racism and Social Inequality

     

    How to Apply

     

    First consideration will be given to applications received by October 1, 2024, but applications will be considered until the position has been filled. Interested applicants may upload their application materials to: http://apply.interfolio.com/150983 . The following application materials are required: a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, statements of research and teaching interests, one article-length writing sample, the names of three references, and a statement describing how your work contributes to the Ford School's and University of Michigan's strategic commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. ( https://fordschool.umich.edu/dei )

    Job Summary

    The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan invites applications from well-qualified individuals for a tenure-track or tenured faculty position focused on teaching, research, and public engagement related to the relationships between environmental factors in physical, built, and/or social environments and environmental racism, social inequity, and public policy. Applicants should have expertise focused on structural and other forms of racism-including racism in public policies-that create environmental racism and associated social inequities. Applicants should also be interested in how the tools of community engagement or public policy reform can be used to create racially just and equitable physical/built/social environments or technologies that contribute to reducing social inequities including in public health, housing, transportation, food access, and work/labor.

     

    Applications are welcome from a range of fields, including but not limited to environment and sustainability science, public health science, sociology, anthropology, geography, urban planning, science and technology studies, history, public policy, law, political science, and economics. Applicant interest and expertise can be in environmental justice issues in the United States and/or any other country or region of the world.

     

    The position will have a university year appointment. The Ford School is committed to attracting and retaining a distinguished and diverse faculty. Successful candidates must demonstrate a record of research excellence appropriate to their rank; ability and willingness to teach core and elective courses in undergraduate, master and PhD degree programs in public policy; interest in public and policy engagement; and a keen interest in interacting with students, faculty, staff, and policy practitioners in an interdisciplinary professional school environment. We are open to negotiating joint appointments with other units at the university, such as the School of Environment and Sustainability, the School of Public Health, the college of Literature, Sciences, and the Arts, the Institute for Social Research, and any other unit on campus.

     

    This position is part of a faculty cluster focused on addressing environmental racism and promoting health and social equity, and includes faculty hires at the Ford School of Public Policy, the School of Environment and Sustainability, the School of Public Health, and/or the Institute for Social Research, with additional support for cross-school collaborations within the cluster. The cluster is part of a university-wide faculty hiring initiative in anti-racism. Over a 3-year period, the university will hire at least 20 faculty members with scholarly expertise in racial inequality and structural racism.

     

    Modes of Work

     

    Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about thework modes (https://hr.umich.edu/working-u-m/my-employment/ways-we-work-resource-center/ways-we-work-implementation-group/modes-work) .

     

    Background Screening

     

    Employment will require both a criminal background check and an institutional reference check regarding any misconduct. Candidates will be required to submit a self-disclosure form as well as an authorization to release information form.

     

    U-M EEO Statement

     

    The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.

     

    Job Detail

     

    Job Opening ID

     

    253134

     

    Working Title

     

    Professor of Public Policy, Racial Justice Approaches to Environmental Racism and Social Inequality

     

    Job Title

    PROFESSOR

    Work Location

     

    Ann Arbor Campus

     

    Ann Arbor, MI

     

    Modes of Work

     

    Hybrid

     

    Full/Part Time

     

    Full-Time

     

    Regular/Temporary

     

    Regular

     

    FLSA Status

     

    Exempt

     

    Organizational Group

     

    School Pub Policy

    Department

    G. Ford Sc Pub Pol

     

    Posting Begin/End Date

     

    8/14/2024 - 5/31/2025

     

    Career Interest

     

    Instructional - Regular