Fwd: IBES VAP search: energy, sustainable design, the built environment, and/or environmental justice

[Roberts, J. Timmons]

FYI, please direct questions to Mindi.  And share with your great grad students/recent PhDs.  Thanks! Timmons

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From: Schneider, Mindi Leigh <mindi_s...@brown.edu>

IBES just launched a Visiting Assistant Professor search in the areas of energy, sustainable design, the built environment, and/or environmental justice. This is a two-year termed appointment with the possibility of renewal. The Interfolio job ad is here. Please spread the word in your networks.

All the best,

Mindi

(as Chair of, and on behalf of, the hiring committee)

Mindi Schneider, PhD (she/her; settler) 

Associate Teaching Professor in Environment and Society

Director of Undergraduate Studies - Environmental Sciences and Studies

85 Waterman Street, Room 202

401-863-5909

Click here to make an Office Hours appointment 

Commodity Frontiers Initiative

Visiting Assistant Professor, Environment & Society

Brown University: DOF: Environment and Society

Location

Providence, Rhode Island

Open Date

Oct 31, 2025

Description

Topic Areas: Energy, sustainable design, the built environment, environmental justice

 

Position Description: The Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES) invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor for the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 academic years with the possibility of renewal. IBES faculty have training across a wide variety of disciplines, from humanities to natural sciences, to social sciences, and public health. While the Visiting Assistant Professor position is open to scholars in any discipline, candidates with expertise in one or more of the following are particularly encouraged to apply: energy, sustainable design, the built environment, and/or environmental justice. The successful candidate will teach two (2) courses per semester and contribute to student advising and university service. Principal criteria for evaluating performance are based on teaching excellence. However, the Visiting Assistant Professor is also expected to make other professional contributions, for example, through the development of advanced pedagogical approaches, community engagement, or research.

 

Note: For this position, Brown does not sponsor the H-1B visa classification to scholars who need immigration sponsorship in order to enter the U.S. and commence lawful employment under the terms of their appointment.

Qualifications

PhD in relevant field.

Application Instructions

Please submit the following:

• Curriculum vitae (CV)
• Coverletter
• Three Reference Contacts
• Teaching Statement

 

Candidates should address in their materials (cover letter or statements) how they would contribute to the research and/or teaching missions of our diverse and inclusive university community.