Assistant or Associate Professor of Physical Geography - Department of Geography and Environmental

Department:
Geography and Environmental Studies

Faculty Hire Number: #27-12

Rank:
Assistant or Associate Professor

Effective Date of Appointment:
August 19, 2027(Subject to Budgetary Approval)

Anticipated Hiring Range: $74,652 - $80,004.00(Dependent upon qualifications)

CSUN is committed to achieving excellence through teaching,scholarship, learning and inclusion. Our values include a respect for all people, building partnerships with the community and the encouragement of innovation, experimentation, and creativity. CSUNstrives to cultivate a community in which a diverse population canlearn and work in an atmosphere of civility and respect. CSUN is especially interested in candidates who make contributions toequity and inclusion in the pursuit of excellence for all membersof the university community.

As a Hispanic-serving Institution (HSI), inclusiveness and diversity are integral to CSUN's commitment to excellence in teaching, research, and engagement. As of Fall 2025, CSUN enrolls
36,960 students, where 57.5% are Latinx, 18.4% are White, 8.5% are Asian-American, 5.5% are Black/African American, 0.1% are Native American, and 0.1% are Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.

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The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) is seeking a tenure-track faculty member broadly trained in Physical Geography at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor.

The successful candidate will teach a wide range of undergraduate and graduate level physical geography courses and have research interests in field-based approaches to understanding earth systems.

In addition to teaching, the position requires weekly office hours,attending faculty meetings, participation in assessment of student learning, and service to the department, college, and university.

The successful candidate may be required to teach on weekdays,evenings, weekends, and/or online and will be held to the standard sand requirements of the college and department in which he/she/theyis/are housed for recommending tenure and promotion. Given CSUN'scommitment to excellence in teaching, research, and engagement in adiverse environment, the successful candidate will help the Department achieve equitable academic outcomes for all students through teaching, student mentorship, scholarship, and service.

The ideal candidate is a field-oriented, broadly trained physical geographer who is deeply committed to teaching excellence,demonstrates versatility in the classroom and field, and engages inapplied, student-centered research. Areas of expertise particularly desired include climatology, meteorology, geomorphology, or integrative physical geography, and who situate their work within contemporary environmental challenges.

Candidates should have demonstrated excellence or potential for excellence in teaching, scholarly research, and professional and community service.

Preference will be given to candidates who can develop field-based research projects analyzing environmental or physical geography topics in Southern California and engage in fieldwork with students with a demonstrated commitment to student success. Demonstrated useof GIS, spatial analysis, UAVs, drones or other advanced data instrumentation are especially encouraged to apply.

Teaching responsibilities will include our upper-division course sand any of our graduate courses in the candidate's area of expertise. Teaching lower- and upper-division GIS courses may be required. In addition, candidates may be expected to teach lower-and upper-division physical/environmental geography courses such as coursework in climate science, geomorphology and field and laboratory techniques courses.

Successful applicants will also be encouraged to develop newupper-level coursework in their area of expertise. Normal teaching load is 12 units per semester, with opportunities for reduction in teaching load for funded research. There will be a…