Guarini Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, Geospatial Science

Description
Dartmouth College invites applications for the Guarini Dean's Postdoctoral Fellowship. We seek qualified applicants working in geography and related disciplines whose research falls within the field of Geospatial Information Science, with priority for applications related to environmental health and equity issues more broadly. Particular attention will be given to candidates whose work augments and complements current faculty in the Department of Geography. Applicants will be selected on the basis of their academic achievement, promise in both research and teaching, and their demonstrated commitment to educational diversity. Applications from candidates who are underrepresented in their fields are especially welcome.

This is a two-year residential fellowship in which the fellow is focused on their research and writing. We seek scholars who can contribute to building the intellectual life of the Geography Department and Dartmouth College. Fellows receive an annual stipend of approximately $60,000 plus benefits and an allocation for research expenses (exact funding levels will be set at the time of offer). Fellows will teach one course in the second year.

Pre-doctoral fellows may transition into a postdoctoral fellowship. Fellows are expected to complete the dissertation at the end of their first year and then transition to a postdoctoral appointment for the second year. In the first year, predoctoral fellows receive an annual stipend of approximately $42,000 plus benefits and an allocation for research expenses. In the second year, postdoctoral fellows receive a stipend of approximately $60,000 plus benefits and an allocation for research expenses (exact funding levels for 2024-26 will be set at the time of offer). Fellows will teach one course in the second year. Predoctoral fellows have the opportunity to work with a dissertation-completion coach as part of a cohort with other predoctoral fellows in the PROF program.

The Guarini Dean's Postdoctoral Fellows are part of the Provost’s Fellowship Program, a multidisciplinary cohort of approximately ten predoctoral and postdoctoral scholars who share a commitment to increasing diversity in their disciplines. Fellows participate together in mentoring and professional development programming, including guidance in preparing for faculty careers.

The Department of Geography and Dartmouth are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive population of students, faculty, and staff. Dartmouth recently launched a new initiative, Toward Equity, that embraces shared definitions of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as a foundation for our success in institutional transformation. We are especially interested in applicants who are able to work effectively with students, faculty, and staff from all backgrounds and with different identities and attributes. Applicants should address in their fellowship statement how their teaching, research, service, and/or life experiences prepare them to advance Dartmouth’s commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion. This statement will be evaluated as part of the selection process.

Qualifications
PhD degree, or ABD with degree received before the start date, in geography or a related discipline with focus on Geospatial Science.

Application Instructions
Please submit all materials electronically through Interfolio (apply.interfolio.com/138304).

1. Research statement outlining completed research (including dissertation), work in progress, and plans for publication (maximum two pages single spaced);
2. Teaching statement outlining past and future teaching interests (maximum one page single spaced);
3. Fellowship statement describing motivations to join a multidisciplinary cohort as well as how the applicant's teaching, research, service, and/or life experiences prepare them to advance Dartmouth’s commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion (maximum one page single spaced);
4. Curriculum vitae.

Review of applications will begin February 15, 2024 and continue until the position is filled. The review is ongoing. Three confidential letters of recommendation, one of which must be from the dissertation advisor and address the projected timeline for completion (for ABD applicants), will be requested of semi-finalists.