Assistant or Associate Professor, Transportation Planning
The Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Florida State University seeks candidates for a tenure line faculty position at the rank of assistant or associate professor to begin August 2025. Rank will be determined based on qualifications. Applicants must hold (or be expected to receive prior to August 2025) a doctorate in urban and regional planning, or an equivalent degree in a related field, and must demonstrate potential for excellence in teaching and research.
The successful candidate for this position is required to have a transportation planning focus. Specific research and teaching areas that would complement our existing faculty expertise include, but are not limited to, travel demand modeling (including activity-based simulation modeling), transportation equity, and active transportation.
The successful candidate will teach at least two existing graduate courses in our transportation specialization: Transportation Planning Process, Methods of Transportation Planning, Pedestrian-Oriented Communities, Transportation and Land Use, and International Transportation. Further, they will design at least one new transportation course based on their expertise that complements and advances our transportation curriculum. They may also teach courses in our graduate core curriculum or our undergraduate minor.
The successful candidate must also demonstrate that they will contribute to our commitment to multi-culturalism, equity, and cultural competency.
Administratively housed within the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy, the Department includes 10 faculty and 90 graduate students and offers a PAB-accredited professional master's degree, a Ph.D., and an undergraduate minor. The Department offers joint graduate pathways in Planning/Demography, Planning/International Affairs, Planning/Geographic Information Science, Planning/Law, Planning/Public Administration, and Planning/Public Health. The PhD program has research emphases in planning for an aging population; healthy and resilient communities; sustainable communities; transportation, land use, and accessibility; collaborative and participatory governance; community neighborhood change; and human settlements and institutions in the context of global change. College and university partners include the Center for Disaster Risk Policy, the Pepper Institute for Aging and Public Policy, and the Center for Demography and Population Health.
Founded in 1965, we have awarded more than 1,800 graduate degrees. The Department also includes the award-winning Mark and Marianne Barnebey Planning and Development Lab and Studio, an entity designed to provide planning services to communities in Florida, the southeastern U.S., and Latin America. For further information, visit the Department’s website at: https://coss.fsu.edu/durp/
Applications must be submitted by November 18, 2024 and should include a cover letter that addresses your teaching and research interests, a CV, and the names and contact information for three references.
Questions should be submitted to Search Committee Chair Tisha Holmes at ttholmes@fsu.edu.
Florida State University is a An Equal Opportunity/Access/Affirmative Action/Pro Disabled & Veteran Employer. FSU's Equal Opportunity Statement can be accessed here: https://hr.fsu.edu/sites/g/files/upcbnu2186/files/PDF/Publications/diversity/EEO_Statement.pdf