[STS-Africa] Tenure Track/Tenured Position on Racial Justice Approaches to Environmental Racism and Social Inequality, University of Michigan

[Yousif Hassan]

***PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY**University of MichiganFord School of Public
PolicyRacial Justice Approaches to Environmental Racism and Social
InequalityAssistant, Associate or Full Professor Rank 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.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 <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.  (fordschool.umich.edu/dei
<http://fordschool.umich.edu/dei>)EEO/AA Statement:Women and minorities are
encouraged to apply.  The University of Michigan is an AA/EO employer and
is supportive of the needs of dual career couples.---Yousif
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