Description

Job Summary
Kennesaw State University is now accepting applications for a full-time, tenure track faculty position as Assistant Professor of Geography and Geospatial Sciences in the Department of Geography and Anthropology with a preferred start date of August 2026. This is a nine-month contracted position. This position is for work to be performed in the state of Georgia.

Responsibilities
Teaching responsibilities will align with department needs and include instructional support for (1) lower and upper-level undergraduate courses in geography and geospatial sciences; (2) developing and teaching upper level GeoAI (Geospatial Artificial Intelligence) courses, and (3) mentoring students in the candidate's field(s) of research and scholarship.
Faculty are expected to teach courses of variable size and modalities, including large class sizes.
Scholarship in GeoAI is expected, with the successful candidate committed to developing scholarship that engages collaboratively with faculty and students and reinforces a robust curriculum.
Service to the degree programs, department, college, university, and professional community is also expected.
Teaching assignments will be based on earned degrees and SACSCOC Faculty Credentials Guidelines.

Requirements

Required Qualifications
A Terminal/Doctorate degree, or the foreign equivalent, in Geography, Geospatial Sciences, Geographic Information Science (GIS), or a related discipline, is required at the time of hire.
Evidence of expertise in the development and/or application of GeoAI in one or more fields of geographic/geospatial research (e.g., natural disasters, climate change, public health, environmental studies, economic development, urbanization, population dynamics, or cultural diffusion).  
 

Preferred Qualifications
Experience in teaching lower-division general education courses in geography and geospatial sciences
Experience in developing and teaching advanced courses in GeoAI and other fields of geospatial sciences
Experience in upper-division courses in one of the following fields: environmental geography, sustainability, regional geography, and/or systematic geography
Demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in teaching in different course sizes, including large classes
Experience in teaching on-line, hybrid, in-person large section courses.
Evidence of scholarship in other areas of geography and/or geospatial sciences in addition to expertise in GeoAI