Geography 2010-2011

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Good luck to everyone again this year! I'm hoping to put very broad geography positions here, so please feel free to include physical and human geography and everything in between. I know some environmental science positions are posted on biology, but let's try to add them here, too, since environmental science and geography are often paired. Thanks!

You can add positions to this page or edit positions that are already posted clicking the above "Edit Page" link. The purpose of this page is for job applicants to anonymously inform others of the status of positions for which they have applied, interviewed or been offered.

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This should be for positions that begin Fall 2011 (maybe Spring 2011 if those happen to come up).

 Job Table

University (alphabetical order)	Job Title Specialty - Department (# of positions if >1)	Date of Most Recent News	Application Deadline (always first) Updates (date - update) Other Job Details
!! Example - do not erase AAA University of Brilliant Thoughts	!! Example - do not erase Thinker - Dept. of Random Thoughts (2 positions)	!! Example YYYY-MM-DD	!! Example - do not erase YYYY-MM-DD - Application deadline (job posting on dept. website, Science Careers, etc) YYYY-MM-DD - Application deadline extended (original 2998-01-01, new 2999-01-01) YYYY-MM-DD - Short/long list made or contacted by email or telephone YYYY-MM-DD - References contacted by email or telephone YYYY-MM-DD - Phone interviews scheduled (May 2-4, 10 candidates) YYYY-MM-DD - Campus interviews scheduled (late May, 4 candidates, job talks) YYYY-MM-DD - Rejection letter (notified by snail mail or email, 100+ applicants) YYYY-MM-DD - Search canceled, failed, or deferred to next year YYYY-MM-DD - Offer made, rejected, or accepted   Open until Filled Tenure-track (assistant or associate professor) Lecturer or non-tenure track (one semester, 10 months, 2 years) Appointment (8, 9, 10 or 12 months) Teaching load (2 classes/semester, 4hrs/wk) Jane Smith hired (background in environmental policy)
University of Otago (New Zealand)	Lecturer in Physical Geography (i.e., equivalent to American assistant professor) Appointment is tenure-track with a hydrology or biogeography focus	2011-08-22	2011-7-15 - Priority Application Deadline 2011-08-22 - Made the long list and reference letters requested, search committee hoping to collate all reference letters by September 13, 2011 2011-09-21 - Made the short list, four candidates have been invited to campus for interviews
Ball State University	Tenure-track Assistant Professor GIS + Human Geography	2011-03-07	2011-03-16 - Reference letters requested 2011-03-07 - (Notice on AAG website) Applications Accepted until Filled
Brown University	Tenure-track Assistant Professor or tenured Associate Professor of Human Geography Appointment in Urban Studies Program and Department of American Civilization	2011-02-22	2010-11-01 - Priority Application Deadline (Notice on AAG website) Also posted at American Studies 2011-2012 2011-02-22 Lovely rejection letter (x1)
UCLA	Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Population Geography	2011-01-01	2011-01-01 Application deadline Notice on AAG website
California State University- Los Angeles	Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Urban Geography	2011-03-11	2010-11-22 Priority application deadline 2011-03-11 Rejection letter received (snail) Notice in AAG newsletter
California State University - Northridge	Assistant Professor - Tenure Track Focus in GIS / cartography	2010-07-03	2010-10-15 - Priority Application Deadline Information found on Chronicle of Higher Ed. http://chronicle.com/jobs/0000640032-01 2010-12-01 - Rejection letter (notified by snail mail)
Central Michigan University	Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Human Geography	2011-01-24	2010-11-01 Application Deadline (Notice in AAG newsletter and Chronicle) 2010-11-04 Letters of reference requested 2011-01-24 Any news? 2011-03-03 Job offer made, accepted back in Feb.
University of Central Washington	Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies	2011-02-01	2011-02-01 Position Posted (higheredjobs.com) 2011-03-13 Application Deadline
Chatham University	Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Social Justice and Sustinability (announcements 1317 and 1319)	2010-12-01	2010-12-01 Application Deadline
University of Connecticut	Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Human Geography	2011-03-01	2010-11-15 Application deadline (Notice in AAG newsletter) 2011-01-04 Rejection Letter 2011-03-01 Offer made and accepted
University of Delaware	DENIN Environmental Studies Cluster Hire	2011-01-20	2010-12-15 Application deadline (Notice in Chronicle of Higher Education) 2011-01-20 Reference letters requested
Dickinson College	Assistant Professor Environmental Policy	2011-03-25	2010-12-15 Application deadline 2011-01-17 Phone interviews requested 2011-03-25 Rejection letter
Florida State University	Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Urban Geography	2011-03-06	2011-02-15 Application deadline (Notice on AAG website) 2011-02-15 Acknowledgement of Application (replied email) 2011-03-06 Rejection email ("Search has closed.")
Fresno City College	Instructor, Geography Department of History & Geography	2011-02-21	2011-01-24 Posted on Chronicle.com 2011-02-21 Application Deadline
Georgia State University	Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Urban Geography	2011-03-04	2011-03-04 Posted on Chronicle, AAG 2011-04-01 Application Deadline
Georgia State University	Lecture, Non Tenure Track Physical Geography / Geosciences / Geology	2011-03-04	2011-03-04 Posted on Chronicle, AAG 2011-04-01 Application Deadline
Gustavus Adolphus College	VAP, Two-Year Human Geography & GIS	2011-03-04	2011-03-04 Posted on Higheredjobs.com 2011-04-08 Application Deadline
Humboldt State University	Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Human/Cultural Geography	2011-03-25	2010-11-15 Application deadline Notice in AAG newsletter Any News? (1/24/11) Letters requested - sometime in Jan (1/24/11) Thanks for the news, but dammit... wasn't me. (1/31/11) 2011-02-15 Phone interviews completed 2011-03-25 Rejection letter 2012-02-23 What happened with this position? An almost identical one was posted for this year. Was it not filled, or did the person leave?
University of Iowa	Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Human-Environment Interactions	2011-02-07	2010-10-15 Application deadline (Chronicle of Higher Education) 2010-10-20 received letter encouraging to apply for water resources position 2010-12-20 - Campus interviews completed (3 conducted in total) 2011-02-07 Any news on who was hired?
University of Iowa	Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Sustainability and water resources (part of a water cluster hire)	2011-02-07	2010-11-01 Application deadline (Chronicle of Higher Education) 2011-02-07 Interviews complete (3)
Kennesaw State University	Assistant Professor - Tenure Track Geography	2010-10-15	2010-10-15 - Application Deadline (To apply: http://www.kennesaw.edu/facultypositions)
Loyola Marymount University	Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Environmental Justice and Policy	2011-03-25	2010-12-17 Application deadline (Notice in AAG newsletter) 2011-01-24 Any news? 2011-03-25 Rejection letter
University of Massachusetts	Human Dimensions of the Environment Department of Natural Resources Conservation	2011-01-10	2010-12-03 Application deadline 2011-01-10 Letters requested
University of Massachusetts	Geosciences and Extension Department of Geosciences	2010-12-21	2010-12-21 Application deadline
University of Maryland - Baltimore County	Natural Resources - Human Geography	2011-01-24	2010-12-01 Application deadline 2011-01-24 Campus interviews scheduled
University of Maryland - College Park	Department of Geography - Climate Change	2011-03-01	2011-03-01 Campus interviews scheduled 2010-12-01 Application deadline
McGill University	Urban Sustainability Department of Geography and School of Environment	2011-03-21	2010-09-15 Application deadline 2011-01-04 Rejection email 2011-03-21 Job filled
University of Memphis	Assistant Professor of Geography, Tenure Track Department of Earth Sciences	2010-10-29	2010-10-15 Application deadline (Notice on AAG website) 2010-10-29 Letters of reference requested
University of Minnesota	Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Urban Geography Department of Geography	2011-02-17	2010-09-15 Application deadline (Notice in AAG Newsletter) 2010-11-04 Interviews scheduled 2011-02-17 No hire
University of Minnesota Morris	Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Environmental Studies Division of Social Science	2011-01-30	2011-01-05 Review of Applications Begins (Notice in October 29th Chronicle of Higher Education) 2011-01-30 Interviews scheduled
Mount Holyoke College	Assistant Professor, Three Year Visiting Position Division of Social Science	2011-02-15	2011-01-15 Review of Applications Begins (Notice in October 19th Chronicle of Higher Education) 2011-02-15 (estimated) Interviews scheduled 2011-02-18 Interviews scheduled (per call)
The New School - Milano, The New School for Management and Urban Policy	Milano, The New School for Management and Urban Policy Assistant Professor in the Environmental Policy and Sustainable Management Program	2010-12-01	2010-12-01 Application deadline
Northeastern State University	Assistant Professor, Geography Department of History & Geography	2011-01-24	2011-01-24 Listed on higheredjobs.com http://www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?JobCode=175494514 2011-04-08 Telephone interview
Oberlin College	NTT VAP, Environmental Studies Department of Environmental Studies	2011-02-15	2011-01-12 Ad bounced around on Listservs 2011-02-15 Application Deadline
Ohio State University	Assistant Professor - Tenure Track Physical Geography	2010-12-15	2010-12-15 - Application Deadline (Information found on Earthworks http://www.earthworks-jobs.com/geography/ohio10071.html) 2011-02-17 - Any news?
Old Dominion University	Assistant Professor - Tenure Track Environmental Geography	2011-02-17	2010-09-15 Application Deadline (Information found on Higher Ed Jobs: http://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=175452113) 2010-11-30 On campus interviews scheduled 2011-02-17 Offer made and accepted. (Who?)
Rutgers University	Assistant Professor - Tenure Track Environmental Health and Policy	2010-12-20	2010-12-20 - Application Deadline 2010-12-20 ??????
Santa Clara University	Assistant Professor - Tenure Track Environmental Studies	2010-11-15	2010-09-15 - Application Deadline 2010-11-15 - saw on biology wiki that phone interviews are occuring
Southern Illinois University- Edwardsville	Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Human Geography & GIS	2011-01-25	2010-10-15 Application deadline (Notice in AAG newsletter) 2010-10-19 Notification of application received 2011-01-25 Rejection letter received (snail)
SUNY Cortland	Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Human Geography	2011-01-12	2010-10-15 Application deadline (Notice in AAG newsletter and Chronicle) 2010-10-19 Letters of reference requested 2011-01-12 Rejection E-Mail Received
Texas State University – San Marcos	Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Department of Geography	2010-12-16	2010-10-11 Application deadline (Notice in AAG Newsletter) 2010-12-16 Rejection letter received (email)
Temple University	Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Department of Geography	2011-03-25	2011-01-21 Application deadline Question (Jan 11): is this an inside hire? There are four VAPs in the department and it's a very broad ad. - It is not an inside hire (from a very reliable source). 2011-02-17 has the first cut been made for this position? 2011-02-17 Was deadline extended or is there a second position? Another ad appeared on Chronicle this week. 2011-02-22 Campus interviews scheduled (x3). 2011-03-25 Campus interviews completed 2011-04-11 Offer made and accepted
University of Utah	Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Urban/Economic Geography	2011-01-21	2010-10-01 Application deadline (Notice in AAG newsletter) 2011-01-21 Rejection letter received (email)
University of Utah	Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Physical Geography	2010-10-01	2010-10-01 Application deadline (Notice in AAG newsletter)
University of Vermont	Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Critical Human Geography, New England Regional Specialty	2011-01-05	2011-01-05 Reference letters requested 2010-12-15 Application deadline (Notice in AAG newsletter and Chronicle)
University of Washington	Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Environmental Geography + GIS	2011-02-14	2011-01-15 Application deadline (Notice in AAG newsletter) 2011-01-31 Request for letters, chapter, diss table of contents 2011-02-14 Campus visits scheduled (3 in total)
University of Wisconsin, Fox Valley	Assistant Professor, Geography	2011-04-02	2011-01-17 Application Deadline 2011-01-21 Application Acknowledged 2011-02-23 Interviews Scheduled (x3), alternates named 2011-03-29 On-Campus Interview Scheduled 2011-04-02 Offer made and accepted
University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire	Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Human-Environment-GIS	2011-03-04	2011-03-04 - Ad appears in Chronicle 2011-03-28 - Application Deadline
University of Wisconsin, Lacrosse	Assistant Professor, Tenure Track Geography / Earth Science	2010-08-01	2010-08-01 - Application deadline (Notice in AAG Newsletter)