Overview
The Department of Environment and Society (ENVS) (), in the. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources (QCNR) () at Utah State University (USU), invites applications for a broadly trained scholar in public lands management/natural resource governance as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. We are especially interested in candidates who are excited to build a robust online and hybrid teaching portfolio from the Moab Campus. We are also interested in candidates capable of supporting the evolution of the Recreation Resource Management degree within ENVS. This full-time (nine-month) faculty position is based at USU’s Moab Statewide Campus () in Moab, Utah, where ENVS currently has a cluster of three other faculty. This is a faculty position with teaching (50%), research (40%), and service (10%) roles. The position starts August 2025. Review of applications begins November 1, 2024. For further information contact Dr. Jordan Smith, Search Committee Chair at
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2. Mentor graduate students in ENVS’s MS and PhD graduate degree programs as well as in QCNR’s Master of Natural Resources program.
3. Participate in faculty duties for USU as well as serve through professional involvement beyond USU.
The successful candidate may also serve as a Faculty Fellow in the Institute of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism (, which provides resource management personnel, elected officials, private industries, and the general public with a better understanding of the social and economic trade-offs faced by communities who manage outdoor recreation resources and tourism destinations. The successful candidate can also