Geography 2011-2012

This page is for ongoing Geography Searches for 2011-2012
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.

 Job Table
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 * 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)


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 * 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


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 * 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


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 * 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)


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 * UCLA
 * Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
 * Population Geography
 * 2011-01-01 ||
 * 2011-01-01 Application deadline
 * Notice on AAG website