Job description

Salary: $78,467.35 Annually

Location: Governors State University, IL

Job Type: Faculty

Job Number: FAC202500096

Division: Division Of Arts And Letters

Department: Div Of Arts And Letters

FLSA: Exempt

Bargaining Unit
9

Description

• Teach introductory and advanced courses related to Non-Western Geography:
  1. GEOG-1100-01 Geography, Non-Western World
     • Examines the ways in which location, climate, resources, and cultural factors promote and inhibit change in the developing areas of Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
  2. GEOG-2100-01 Physical Geography
     • Features investigations into the natural systems of the earth and their relationship to human activities. Includes examinations of the earth’s energy, water, and nutrient balances and how these balances influence and are influenced by human activities. Examines soils, climates, hydrology, tectonic activity, landforms, and vegetation from a global as well as urban perspective. Emphasizes understanding the various natural systems and how they relate to the built environment.
  3. GEOG-2500-01 World Regional Geography
     • This teleclass, produced by PBS and Annenberg/CPB, builds an understanding of geography by examining the eleven regions of the world, their characteristics, and their interconnections. Perspectives from physical, political, historical, economic, and cultural geography are used. It also provides an examination of the many geographic forces currently at work in shaping the complex features of the world’s civilizations and environments and insights into a range of global geographic issues and global change.
  4. GNSX – 3600 Politics Of Reproduction
     • Examines the various ways that power shapes human reproductive rights and behavior from an historical, contemporary, national and global perspective.
  5. POLS – 2950 Transformation of Global System
     • Integrated analysis of processes, structures, and issues in international politics, with emphasis on substantive topics in selected sections of the world.
  6. POLS-4460-01 Urban Politics cross-listed with PSJS 8160-01 Comparative Urban Development
     • Analyzes the redevelopment of American cities in comparative context, drawing upon examples of non-American cities for theoretical understanding and conceptual clarity.
  7. GEOG-4470-ADC01 Human Geography (7.5 week course)
     • Examines methods and approaches in human geography. This enables an understanding of human geography concepts such as place, space, scale, nature, culture, sustainability – as they apply to the analysis of human settlement patterns, social, economic, and cultural development, and socio-environmental changes.
  8. PSJS – 8160 Comparative Urban Development
     • Analyzes the redevelopment of American cities in comparative context, drawing upon examples of non-American cities for theoretical understanding and conceptual clarity.
  9. PSJS – 8990 Graduate Final Project
     • Provides a forum for in-depth analysis of the selected topics of master’s degree candidates. Hypothesis formation, operational procedures, and the foundation of each student’s project are presented and discussed.
• Prepare course materials and syllabi.
• Teach classes, provide individual assistance to students;
• Prepare and administer examinations.
• Provide curricula input.
• Prepare lectures, class discussions, course materials, and writing assignments to educate students in the field of research designated by the course title.
• Hold formal exam during the university-determined exam period during the week immediately following the semester.
• Hold regular office hours for consultation with students.
• Participate both on campus and off campus activities through the provision of professional expertise to others.

Requirements:

The position requires a PhD degree or its foreign equivalent in Geography. Additionally, applicants must have experience with inquiry-based and student-centered pedagogical approaches.

Rate of Pay: $78,467.35/year

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