Job Description

The School for the Environment at the University of Massachusetts Boston invites applications for a tenure track faculty position in water resources sustainability and hydrologic sciences at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin September 1, 2025. We seek a hydrologic scientist with broad expertise that complements current faculty expertise and who will build an externally funded research program that will attract high caliber PhD- and MS-level graduate students. Possible areas of core expertise include, but are not limited to, hydrologic impacts to coastal environments and communities from flooding owing to rising sea level and/or storm water and climate change, river and stream discharge, submarine groundwater discharge and related fluxes of nutrients, carbon, metals or other pollutants to coastal environments, and/or seawater intrusion effecting freshwater resources that are of particular importance to the resiliency of Northeast coastal environments and coastal communities. We welcome applications from scholars with research interests on conserving clean water resources, including, but not limited to, sustainable solutions and justice-based practices. Applicants must hold a doctorate in an appropriate field and have a demonstrated ability to conduct outstanding research.  Applicants should be committed to mentoring undergraduate and graduate students as teaching duties are at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. An interest in collaborative team-based and transdisciplinary research is also highly desirable. The School for the Environment comprises a diverse and dynamic core and affiliate faculty with research expertise in toxicology, coastal ecology, climate adaptation, coastal sensor networks, coastal zone management, coastal planning and law, marine geology, biological oceanography, physical oceanography, hydrogeology, geochemistry, urban planning, and community engagement. 

Application instructions:

Interested individuals can initiate the application process by visiting the UMB’s Career Portal at:

https://employmentopportunities.umb.edu/boston/en-us/listing/. After completing the University’s basic employment application, candidates can upload the following documents: 1) cover letter (2 pages maximum); 2) CV; and 3) complete contact information for three academic references.  If selected to advance as a potential candidate, we will later request statements of teaching and research interests.

For full consideration, applications should be received by November 17, 2024, but the position will remain open until filled.  Inquiries should be directed to Dr. Karen Johannesson, School for the Environment, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02125 (karen.johannesson@umb.edu).

For more information about the School for the Environment, please visit https://environment.umb.edu.  UMass Boston is an urban public research university with a teaching soul, whose impact is both local and global. We are the third most diverse university in the country - more than 60% of our undergraduate students come from minoritized communities and groups and more than half of our students are the first in their families to attend a college or university. Thus, our students come to us from richly diverse life experiences and backgrounds; they bring to our classrooms and research settings the robust range of perspectives growing out of the socio-cultural, economic, and historical contexts in which they have lived, along with the challenges they encounter, engage, and strive to overcome. We invite applications from candidates who engage the diverse life experiences of our student body, who appreciate that students bring their holistic selves into the academic setting, and who recognize and articulate how their own life experiences and backgrounds have shaped their journeys, practices, and commitments as researchers, scholars, and educators.

UMass Boston is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact HRDirect@umb.edu or 617-287-5150.