Job Announcement: Assistant Professor and Extension Wildlife Specialist Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

[Meredith Gore]

*Position Announcement*

*Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist*

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

*Position Description:* The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Sciences seeks an Assistant Professor and Extension Wildlife Specialist
(non-tenure track) to fill a 100% Extension appointment with Texas A&M
AgriLife Extension Service. The area served includes portions of the
Edwards Plateau and South Texas Plains ecological regions with the
candidate housed at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center,
in Uvalde, Texas.

*Duties and Responsibilities: *The successful applicant will be
responsible for development and delivery of Extension programming in
wildlife management. Duties include (1) providing support to County
Extension Agents and the development of County-level programming; (2)
development of innovative Extension education materials directed at
enhancing wildlife resources in Texas – programs of focus will include
native game and non-game species of economic importance, and
wildlife-livestock interactions; (3) collaborating with a network of
wildlife biologists and other natural resource managers and scientists
within state and federal agencies and non-governmental conservation
groups; (4) contribute to expansion of youth conservation education
programs; (5) development of external funding sources for supporting
Extension and applied research activities in faculty member’s area of
expertise; and (6) Provide general support to the land grant mission of
the Texas A&M University System 7) design and conduct applied research
projects as necessary to address wildlife management issues.

*Administrative Relationships: *The Extension Wildlife Specialist will
report administratively to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and will
respond to Extension Administration through the Department Head and
Associate Department Head for Extension in the Department of Wildlife
and Fisheries Sciences.

*Qualifications: *Completed Ph.D. in Wildlife Science or closely related
discipline; record of experience with educational outreach programs
preferred.

*Salary: *Commensurate with experience and education.

*Application Process: *Must post application, curriculum vitae,
transcripts, 3 letters of recommendation, and supporting materials by
*September 21, 2015* via Great Jobs at:

http://greatjobs.tamu.edu/ and searching by NOV # *08786*

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Meredith L. Gore, PhD
Associate Professor
Academy for Global Engagement Fellow
President, Social Science Working Group, Society for Conservation Biology
Michigan State University
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
School of Criminal Justice
AgBioResearch
Natural Resources Building
480 Wilson Road, Room 13
East Lansing, MI 48824
p: 517.432.8203
f: 517.432.1699
www.conservationcriminology.com