"Department Head"

The Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at Texas A&M University invites applications from outstanding candidates for the position of Professor (tenured) and Department Head of Geography at Texas A&M University. This is a full-time, 9-month appointment which includes two months of summer funding. The anticipated start date for the position is Aug 1, 2026, or as otherwise negotiated.

The successful candidate will be expected to maintain an active research agenda, contribute to the teaching mission of the department and fulfill service duties at the department, university, and disciplinary level. As department head, the successful candidate will have full administrative responsibility for the academic programs in the department.

The Department of Geography (artsci.tamu.edu/geography) has twenty-eight faculty members with strengths in biogeography, climatology, geographic information science and technology (GIST), geomorphology, human geography, and human-environment relationships. We are one of eighteen departments in the College of Arts & Sciences (http://artsci.tamu.edu).

Texas A&M University, a land-, sea-, and space-grant university, is located in a metropolitan area with a dynamic and international community of 273,000 people.