"Assistant Professor of Geography and Geospatial Sciences"

Assistant Professor of Geography and Geospatial Sciences

Kennesaw State University is now accepting applications for a full-time, tenure track faculty position as Assistant Professor of Geography and Geospatial Sciences in the Department of Geography and Anthropology with a preferred start date of August 2026. This is a nine-month contracted position. This position is for work to be performed in the state of Georgia.

Responsibilities

• Teaching responsibilities will align with department needs and include instructional support for (1) lower and upper-level undergraduate courses in geography and geospatial sciences; (2) developing and teaching upper level GeoAI (Geospatial Artificial Intelligence) courses, and (3) mentoring students in the candidate's field(s) of research and scholarship.
• Faculty are expected to teach courses of variable size and modalities, including large class sizes.
• Scholarship in GeoAI is expected, with the successful candidate committed to developing scholarship that engages collaboratively with faculty and students and reinforces a robust curriculum.
• Service to the degree programs, department, college, university, and professional community is also expected.

Teaching assignments will be based on earned degrees and SACSCOC Faculty Credentials Guidelines.

Required Qualifications

• A Terminal/Doctorate degree, or the foreign equivalent, in Geography, Geospatial Sciences, Geographic Information Science (GIS), or a related discipline, is required at the time of hire.
• Evidence of expertise in the development and/or application of GeoAI in one or more fields of geographic/geospatial research (e.g., natural disasters, climate change, public health, environmental studies, economic development, urbanization, population dynamics, or cultural diffusion).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in teaching lower-division general education courses in geography and geospatial sciences
• Experience in developing and teaching advanced courses in GeoAI and other fields of geospatial sciences
• Experience in upper-division courses in one of the following fields: environmental geography, sustainability, regional geography, and/or systematic geography
• Demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in teaching in different course sizes, including large classes
• Experience in teaching on-line, hybrid, in-person large section courses.
• Evidence of scholarship in other areas of geography and/or geospatial sciences in addition to expertise in GeoAI

For more information, visit https://www.kennesaw.edu/