Posting Details
Posting Details
Position Number: | 106278 |
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Title: | Professor & Chair |
Functional Title: | Professor & Chair |
Category Status: | 01-Faculty Tenured |
Applicant Search Category: | Faculty |
University Authorized FTE: | 1.000 |
Unit: | CMNS-Entomology |
Campus/College Information: | Founded in 1856, University of Maryland, College Park is the state’s flagship institution. Our 1,250-acre College Park campus is just minutes away from Washington, D.C., and the nexus of the nation’s legislative, executive, and judicial centers of power. This unique proximity to business and technology leaders, federal departments and agencies, and a myriad of research entities, embassies, think tanks, cultural centers, and non-profit organizations is simply unparalleled. Synergistic opportunities for our faculty and students abound and are virtually limitless in the nation’s capital and surrounding areas. The University is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding and diverse faculty and staff that will enhance our stature of preeminence in our three missions of teaching, scholarship, and full engagement in our community, the state of Maryland, and in the world. |
Background Checks | Offers of employment are contingent on completion of a background check. Information reported by the background check will not automatically disqualify you from employment. |
Position Summary/Purpose of Position: | The Chair is the chief administrative officer of the Entomology department. The department is housed within the College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences, and the Chair directly reports to the Dean of the College. Due to the breadth of faculty research interests and their strong engagement in extension activities, many faculty and staff members have partial appointments through University of Maryland Extension and the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station. The Chair of Entomology maintains strong connections to Extension and the Agricultural Experiment Station through extensive interaction with the Dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and participation in the administrative councils and programs of that College. The Department Chair is expected to: |
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Minimum Qualifications: | Education:
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Additional Information: | For more than 100 years, the University of Maryland Department of Entomology has been committed to excellence in research, teaching, and extension. Faculty, students, and staff are strongly engaged in (1) instruction in the science of Entomology and broader areas of the biological sciences at the undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels; (2) meeting the long term need to maintain and extend the frontiers of scientific knowledge through basic and applied research; and (3) fulfilling the land grant mission of the University of Maryland to provide research-based information and solutions to serve the agricultural and urban/suburban communities of Maryland. While the unit maintains an historical focus on insects and their relatives, the academic interests of Department members span a diversity of sub-disciplines, including ecology, aquatic biology, molecular and developmental biology, genetics, biological control of insects and weeds, systematics, evolutionary biology, integrated pest management, toxicology, and insect pathology. Application Instructions: Submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement on leadership experience and vision, and the names and addresses of four references. |
Posting Date: | 04/11/2023 |
Closing Date: | |
Open Until Filled | Yes |
Best Consideration Date | 06/01/2023 |
Physical Demands | |
Diversity Statement: | The University of Maryland, College Park, an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, creed, marital status, political affiliation, personal appearance, or on the basis of rights secured by the First Amendment, in all aspects of employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions. |
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