Associate or Full Professor, Director, and Chair Department of Integrated Environmental

Associate or Full Professor, Director, and Chair of the Department of Integrated Environmental Science (IES)

Location: Daytona Beach, FL

Bethune‑Cookman University invites applications for a tenure‑eligible Associate or Full Professor to serve as Chair of the Department of Integrated Environmental Science (IES) and Director of its graduate program. The University seeks a collaborative, student‑centered, and data‑informed academic leader with expertise in interdisciplinary environmental science, sustainability, or a related field.

The successful candidate will provide visionary leadership for a distinctive department grounded in systems thinking and interdisciplinary approaches to complex environmental challenges, while advancing excellence in student learning, faculty development, and program effectiveness.

We are particularly interested in candidates whose academic preparation and scholarship reflect interdisciplinary or higher‑order, systems‑based approaches to environmental science or sustainability. A strong background in applying systems theory to complex environmental issues at landscape scales or larger using conceptual or quantitative tools such as artificial intelligence, statistical modeling, GIS, or related approaches is preferred. Candidates with the ability to teach across scientific and social dimensions of environmental issues, as well as those with field or applied experience related to coastal environmental systems, are especially encouraged to apply.

The Department of Integrated Environmental Science was designed using early recommendations from the Sustainable Human and Environmental Systems Roundtable and reflects a deeply interdisciplinary vision. Students in IES examine environmental issues through a foundation in the natural and physical sciences while also integrating social, ethical, economic, and political perspectives to develop systems‑based responses to complex environmental challenges. The department offers the BS and MS in Integrated Environmental Science, as well as undergraduate minors in IES and Environmental Ethics.

• Serve as Chair of the Department of Integrated Environmental Science and provide leadership for the administration, planning, assessment, and continuous improvement of the department and its graduate program.
• Promote student learning, academic quality, and student success across all department programs, with attention to retention, progression, graduation, and post‑graduate outcomes.
• Oversee departmental operations, including faculty assignments, course scheduling, budgeting, reporting, and long‑range planning.
• Use data to inform decisions related to enrollment trends, course offerings, student achievement, faculty workload, resource allocation, and overall program effectiveness.
• Support, supervise, and evaluate faculty in ways that promote excellence in teaching, scholarly productivity, service, and professional growth.
• Foster a collaborative and supportive departmental culture that values interdisciplinary teaching, faculty development, and shared responsibility for student success.
• Lead curriculum review and development for the BS and MS programs in Integrated Environmental Science, as well as related minors, to ensure academic rigor, relevance, and alignment with institutional goals.
• Oversee student advising processes, including upper‑level undergraduate advising and graduate student support, to help students progress effectively through their programs.
• Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in areas consistent with the candidate's expertise and departmental needs.
• Maintain an active scholarly agenda in the candidate's area of expertise, with an emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration and student engagement in research.
• Work with current faculty to strengthen and expand research opportunities involving undergraduate and graduate students.
• Support the department's efforts in recruitment, retention, community engagement, grant development, and external partnerships.
• Represent the department effectively within the College, across the University, and with external stakeholders and partners.
• Participate in college‑ and…