Position ID: | Cornell-CRP-CRPCHAIR [#17287, WDR-00024145] |
Position Title: | Chairperson - Department of City and Regional Planning |
Position Type: | Tenured/Tenure-track faculty |
Position Location: | Ithaca, New York 14853, United States [map] |
Subject Areas: | Sustainable Critical Infrastructural Planning / Sustainable Critical Infrastructural Planning Community Development Urban Studies / International Development, Quantitative analysis, Social Demography, Social Sciences, Spatial analysis/GIS, Urban analysis Environmental Economics and Policy Sustainability / Sustainability (more...) |
Starting Date: | 2021/07/01 |
Appl Deadline: | 2021/01/31 11:59PM** finished (2020/10/26, finished 2021/07/20) |
Position Description: |
Chairperson - Department of City and Regional PlanningThe Department of City and
Regional Planning (CRP) in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning at
Cornell University invites applications for a dynamic, visionary leader to
serve as the Department Chair for a renewable three-year term, to be appointed
at the associate or full professor level. Areas of specialization are open. The
faculty in CRP are committed to teaching and scholarship that values diversity,
equity, social justice, environmental sustainability and furthers these values
in the planning, design, and governance of cities. The next Chairperson will be an internationally known scholar with the ability to be strategic about CRP’s future opportunities, who can build on the record for scholarly and professional excellence that CRP has established since its inception more than 80 years ago. We seek a scholar and administrative leader committed to supporting innovative research and scholarship, engaged learning and community outreach, professional excellence and service, and who is supportive of partnerships and collaborative work both inside and outside the college and university. The qualifications of the candidate should be consistent with a tenured appointment at the level of an associate or full professor, with a Ph.D. in urban planning or a related field. The Chair is responsible for providing leadership and oversight of the department’s academic programs and budgets and working with the department’s administrative manager to ensure a workplace that is supportive of faculty, staff, and students. In fulfilling these responsibilities, the chair will work in close collaboration with the department faculty and the college dean. The ideal candidate will help create an environment of collaboration, transparency, and shared governance.
CRP is a top-ranked
planning department with a full-time faculty of 17. Our faculty ranks among the
top in the country for scholarly productivity and influence, with pre-eminence
in many areas, including regional development, land-use and environmental
dynamics, international development, historic preservation, and urban history. The
new chair will lead a Department of City and Regional Planning that draws
students from across the U.S. and the world. Our students earn: a Bachelor of
Science in the liberal-arts Urban and Regional Studies program; a professional
Master of Regional Planning; a Master of Arts in the Historic Preservation
Planning Program; a Master in Regional Science; a Masters in the Baker Program
in Real Estate; and Ph.D. degrees in City and Regional Planning and Regional
Science. While the principal locus of academic and administrative activity is
in Ithaca, NY, the Department has innovative study programs in Rome and New
York City. CRP also offers students
and faculty exciting research and professional opportunities in collaboration
with Cornell’s Atkinson Center for Sustainable Futures, the Einaudi Center for
International Studies, Engaged Cornell, Center for the Study of Inequality, and
the Public Service Center, among other multi-disciplinary venues. The Chair
will play a key role in campus-wide initiatives related to environmental
sustainability, international development, data analysis, public policy and the
social sciences. Diversity and inclusion are a part of Cornell University’s heritage. We are a recognized employer and educator valuing AA/EEO, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. Cornell is committed to hiring faculty who share its historical commitment to educating and pursuing knowledge for any person in any study. We require that every applicant for an academic appointment provide a Statement of Contribution to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. This statement offers candidates an opportunity to describe their potential contributions to diversity and inclusion at Cornell and our legacy of “. . . any person . . . any study.”
Application Process
Interested individuals should submit a letter of interest (that includes a discussion of the candidate’s academic leadership, scholarly and research interests, and teaching experience); curriculum vitae; and Statement of Contribution to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion using the university’s online application tool: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/17287. Nominations and applications will be reviewed beginning January 15, 2021 and will be accepted until the position is filled. The department chair appointment is expected to begin July 1, 2021. The successful candidate will undergo an expedited review process for indefinite tenure as a departmental faculty member at the associate or full professor level; whereas the appointment to the chair position is for 3 years with the possibility of being renewed for an additional 3-year term. For questions and additional information, please send an email to crpsearch@cornell.edu.
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