CareerPlan

Tenure-Line Asst. Professor of RPTM

Penn State University Park, USFull-time2026-10-07 → 2026-11-10
On-site

Core

Tenure-track faculty role focused on research, teaching, and outreach in outdoor recreation management, visitor use management, and nature-health intersections.

Role type

Tenure-track Assistant Professor (Research & Teaching)

Builds

Graduate student research programs, undergraduate and graduate curricula, community partnerships with land management agencies.

Domain

Higher Education / Outdoor Recreation & Environmental Management

Required skills

Research program design, graduate student supervision, quantitative/qualitative/mixed-methods research, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, community engagement, inter/transdisciplinary collaboration

Preferred skills

Machine learning applications, wearable sensors, environmental sensors, GPS tracking, agent-based modeling, scenario modeling, nature-based health interventions

Technologies

Machine learning, wearable sensors, environmental sensors, GPS tracking, agent-based modeling, scenario modeling

Responsibilities

Conduct programmatic research in outdoor recreation or nature-health; supervise and fund M.S./Ph.D. student research; teach undergraduate core and graduate courses; engage with community organizations and cross-campus entities; serve the department and profession.

Seniority

Assistant Professor (Tenure-track)