Assistant Professor in Earth Sciences – Geography (Global Change, Risk, and Resilience)

Location: Bozeman, Montana, United States; full-time campus-based faculty position with a 2/1 teaching split across semesters.

Company

hirify.global is a public research university whose Department of Earth Sciences offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral education in Earth Sciences and Geography.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain an independent, externally funded research program in environmental geography, global change, environmental hazards, risk, and resilience.
• Teach undergraduate and graduate Geography and related Earth Sciences courses, including Human Geography, World Regional Geography, Geographic Thought, and Data Science for Climate and Sustainability.
• Develop curricula combining quantitative geospatial analysis with qualitative and mixed-methods approaches.
• Advise undergraduate students and recruit, supervise, and mentor M.S. and Ph.D. students.
• Publish peer-reviewed research, seek external funding, and collaborate with academic, governmental, and professional partners.
• Participate in departmental, college, university, and professional service.

Requirements

• PhD in Earth Sciences, Geography, Environmental Sciences, or a related discipline by the start date, with research focused on global change, environmental hazards, social vulnerability, or related fields.
• Evidence of potential for effective teaching at lower-division, upper-division, and graduate levels, including large introductory courses.
• Peer-reviewed publications appropriate to career stage and demonstrated potential to establish a competitive externally funded research program.
• Potential for excellence in undergraduate and graduate mentoring.
• Expertise or demonstrated potential in quantitative and programmatic approaches, including geospatial methods, GIS, remote sensing, spatial statistics, geospatial data science, or artificial intelligence and machine learning.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and a commitment to supporting students from all backgrounds.

Nice to have

• Experience teaching large lower-division classes or using computational methods and emergent learning platforms.
• Research relevant at international and regional scales.
• Experience integrating multiple research and teaching areas related to global change, risk, resilience, and environmental hazards.

Culture & Benefits

• Tenure-track, benefits-eligible faculty appointment on an academic-year contract.
• Collaborative, interdisciplinary, collegial, and student-focused department.
• Opportunities to collaborate across the university and with partners in natural resources, emergency management, climate science, public health, planning, and environmental management.
• Research and teaching in a region featuring the Rocky Mountains, Northern Great Plains, and Missouri River headwaters as living laboratories.
• Opportunities to participate in field-based learning and research in mountainous and rural environments.

Hiring process

• Submit a curriculum vitae, cover letter addressing the required and preferred qualifications, research statement, and teaching statement.
• Provide at least three references during the application process.
• Screening begins October 29, 2026; references for finalists may be contacted by email and phone after the initial interview stage.