Tenure-Track: Assistant Professor Geography of Energy
Texas A&M University - Faculty
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The Department of Geography at Texas A&M University seeks a tenure‑track Assistant Professor specializing in the geographies of energy demand, production, or transitions. The role involves research, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, supervising graduate students, and contributing to departmental service and committees, supporting multiple degree programs and a graduate certificate.
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Tenure-Track: Assistant Professor Geography of Energy Geography
Location College Station, TX
Open Date 9/16/2026
Position ID 191233
Description
The Department of Geography in the College of Arts & Sciences at Texas A&M University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor whose research advances energy and human-environmental geography. We seek applicants who focus on the geographies of energy demand, production, or transitions against the background of changing environmental, economic, or geopolitical forces. This position will support our B.S. degree programs in Geography and Geographic Information Science and Technology, M.S. and Ph.D. degree programs in Geography, the online Master’s of Geoscience program, the B.S. degrees in our college-level Environmental Programs, and a graduate certificate program in Geospatial Intelligence. The successful candidate must have a proven research record and a strong commitment to education and professionalization of undergraduate and graduate students. This is a nine-month full-time annual appointment with an anticipated start date of August 1, 2027.
In addition to research expectations, the successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses and supervise graduate students. Candidates should be dedicated to providing high-quality education for a range of students. Faculty are also expected to participate in appropriate disciplinary service and contribute to departmental and university committees.
The Department of Geography (artsci.tamu.edu/geography) has thirty faculty members with strengths in biogeography, climatology, geographic information science and technology (GIST), geomorphology, human geography, and human-environment relationships. We are one of eighteen departments in the College of Arts & Sciences (http://artsci.tamu.edu).
Texas A&M University, a land-, sea-, and space-grant university, is located in a metropolitan area with a dynamic and international community of over a quarter million people.
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Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Geography or related field at the time of appointment.
The successful candidate will have demonstrated potential for excellence in research, with a record of scholarly publications. We also expect that successful candidates will have experience in or demonstrated potential for securing external research funding.
Application Instructions
Initial review of applications will begin on November 1, 2026, and continue until the position is filled.
To apply, please submit a cover letter; a complete CV; a personal statement to include philosophy and plans for research, teaching, and service (not to exceed 2 pages in length); and the names and contacts of three references to https://apply.interfolio.com/192961
Informal inquiries or requests for more information may be sent via email to the search committee chair Dr. David Cairns at [email protected].
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