Tenure-Track Geography Professor: GIS, GPS & Drone Tech

Contra Costa Community College District

Pleasant Hill (CA)

On-site

USD 70,000 - 100,000

Full time

45 hours ago
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Job summary

Diablo Valley College, part of the Contra Costa Community College District, is seeking a full-time tenure-track assistant professor in Geography to begin August 2027. The program offers lower division transfer courses, associates degrees, and CE certificates in GIS, GPS, and Drone Technology, with a fully equipped GIS-GPS lab.

The successful candidate will teach all lower division geography courses, lecture and lab, and CE courses in geospatial technology, and engage in collaborative projects

Qualifications

  • Master’s in geography or equivalent per the minimum qualifications.
  • Ability to teach both lecture and lab Geography courses.
  • Experience with CE courses in geospatial technology recommended.

Responsibilities

  • In addition to contractual duties, all full-time faculty are expected to participate actively in their disciplines, department activities, and governance of the college.
  • Duties include teaching lower division geography courses, lecture and lab, CE courses in geospatial technology.
  • Participating in curriculum development, program review, assessment of student learning outcomes, and governance.

Skills

Teaching geography
Curriculum development
Student assessment

Education

Master’s in geography
Bachelor’s in geography AND Master’s in geology, history, meteorology or oceanography
the equivalent
Interdisciplinary studies described below

Tools

GIS software
GPS

Job description

Diablo Valley College, part of the Contra Costa Community College District, is seeking a full-time tenure-track assistant professor in Geography to begin August 2027. The program offers lower division transfer courses, associates degrees, and CE certificates in GIS, GPS, and Drone Technology, with a fully equipped GIS-GPS lab.

The successful candidate will teach all lower division geography courses, lecture and lab, and CE courses in geospatial technology, and engage in collaborative projects

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