Environmental Policy Scholar — Research & Teaching Leader

Utah State University; Logan (UT); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Utah State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in environmental and natural resources policy at the main campus in Logan. The role emphasizes a research program at the science-policy interface, and teaching across environmental studies, environmental science, sustainability, geography, and recreation resource management.

Start date August 2027, with 50% research, 40% teaching, and 10% service.

Qualifications

• An earned PhD (or JD with academic experience) in a field related to environmental or natural resources policy or science.
• Demonstrated application of research to environmental and natural resource policy.
• Familiarity with policy-related research methods, accompanied by the instructional capacity and willingness to teach coursework in this area.
• Demonstrated potential to build and maintain a productive research program, including ability to secure external funding.
• Evidence of successful collaboration with natural and social scientists as well as practitioners across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• The successful candidate will lead a research program that investigates environmental and natural resources policy.
• Teaching includes courses that contribute to the Department's curriculum areas in environmental studies, environmental science and sustainability, geography, and recreation resource management.
• Courses may be taught at both undergraduate and graduate levels and may be delivered in person, via virtual or online learning, or in a blended format.
• Student advising includes mentoring undergraduate researchers and advising graduate students in a supportive learning environment that promotes the success of all students.
• Community engagement, broadly defined, is encouraged and integrated into our mission, climate, and culture.
• Service includes participation in faculty duties on campus as well as professional involvement off campus.

Education

PhD in environmental or natural resources policy or related field

Job description

Utah State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in environmental and natural resources policy at the main campus in Logan. The role emphasizes a research program at the science-policy interface, and teaching across environmental studies, environmental science, sustainability, geography, and recreation resource management.

Start date August 2027, with 50% research, 40% teaching, and 10% service.