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Subject: Director-Center for Environmental Studies/Environmental Change Initiative

Brown University: Rhode Island Date posted: 5/9/2003

Brown University seeks a distinguished senior scientist with broad interests in environmental issues to lead a major new academic initiative in Environmental Change and to serve as Director of the Center for Environmental Studies (CES). The goal of the Environmental Change Initiative (ECI) is to forge intellectual connections among academic units in the natural and social sciences to address the most compelling scientific and policy issues facing humanity today. Brown is making major investments in this Initiative, including additional faculty appointments, new resources for interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate training, and a new cooperative graduate program with the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole (MBL). The ECI will build on several existing strengths, including an established record of interdisciplinary environmental education in the CES, outstanding environmental science research groups in Geological Sciences and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology as well as at MBL, and environmentally relevant social science research spanning Economics, Sociology, and the Watson Institute for International Studies. The potential also exists to create new environmental research connections with other units in the natural and health sciences. The ECI will integrate and build on these multidisciplinary strengths to create new interdisciplinary research and training interactions and opportunities. The Director will report directly to the Provost, and will receive the resources to build the ECI while leading and strengthening existing programs in the CES. S/he will coordinate recruitment of new faculty, build links among existing graduate programs to create interdisciplinary doctoral training opportunities, obtain external funding for environmental programs, maintain an active research and teaching program, and play a visible leadership role in addressing important environmental issues. The Director will also be responsible for overseeing CES faculty and programs, building on the CES record of innovative environmental education, promoting outreach and interaction between the CES and other units, and maintaining its active presence in the community. Requirements include an outstanding record of externally funded research and peer reviewed publication meriting a tenured appointment at the rank of Professor; commitment to excellence in graduate and undergraduate teaching; demonstrated leadership, vision, and communication skills in environmentally-related areas; and potential for scholarly interaction with faculty in the CES and cooperating departments. To apply, please send a letter of interest, a current CV, and names of 5 references, to: Search Committee, Environmental Change Initiative/CES Director, Office of the Provost, Box 1862, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912. Further inquiries are encouraged. Please contact Johanna_Schmitt@brown.edu. Applications will be reviewed starting August 1, 2003 and accepted until the position is filled. Brown University is an EEO/AA employer. Visit our website at: www.brown.edu

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