{"159101":{"#nid":"159101","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Seeks Applications for Assistant\/ Associate Professor of Transportation Planning","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAssistant\/Associate Professor: Transportation Planning\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of City and Regional Planning\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe School of City and Regional Planning (SCaRP) at Georgia Tech invites applications for a tenure track nine-month position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor with an expected start date of August 2013.\u0026nbsp; While the tenure home of the position will be in the School of City and Regional Planning, the successful candidate may be jointly appointed with the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, if appropriate.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe seek candidates who will contribute to the teaching of our core courses as well as expand course offerings in transportation planning.\u0026nbsp; Specific interest areas might include: transportation planning methods; urban modeling and simulation; decision and planning support systems; policy analysis; travel behavior and forecasting; transportation and land use interactions; non-motorized transportation; public transit; transportation economics; and transportation risk and security.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EApplicants must have a doctorate in City and Regional Planning, Civil and Environmental Engineering or a closely related field. Candidates must show promise of significant scholarship, and should be able to contribute to the University\u2019s major strategic investment in transportation planning and engineering.\u0026nbsp; This may include focused contributions to existing joint degree programs; the newly designated National Center for Transportation System Productivity and Management; the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development; the Center for Geographic Information Systems and\/or other academic and research initiatives. The successful candidate should demonstrate the ability or clear promise to develop a successful program of sponsored research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Search Committee will begin screening applications 16 November 2012 and will continue to accept applications until the position is filled. Applicants should submit the following materials, scanned in order into one PDF, to: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:scarp-tp-app@t-square.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Escarp-tp-app@t-square.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E1.\u0026nbsp; A letter of interest\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E2.\u0026nbsp; Curriculum Vitae including record of publications and grant-funded research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E3.\u0026nbsp; Statement of teaching philosophy\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E4.\u0026nbsp; Contact information for three referees.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOther communication may be addressed\u0026nbsp; to:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESubhro Guhathakurta, Chair\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETransportation Planning Search Committee\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor of City and Regional Planning\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDirector, Center for Geographic Information Systems\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E280 Ferst Drive NW\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAtlanta, GA 30332-0695 USA\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:subhro.guha@coa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Esubhro.guha@coa.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPhone: +1.404.385.0900\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA research-led and highly interdisciplinary community of scholars, the School of City and Regional Planning is a global leader in fostering sustainable, resilient and just communities. Faculty include the current editors of the Journal of Planning Education and Research; the former chief planning officials of the City of Atlanta, the Georgia Regional Transportation Agency, and the Atlanta Regional Commission; three former presidents of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning; and six Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners. They are responsible for an average of more $2 million per year of externally funded research, serve on eighteen editorial boards, and are widely sought after to frame and advise on local, state, federal, and international human settlements policy, research foundations, private developers, and learned societies. School research is augmented by the Center for Geographic Information Systems, the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development, and the National Center for Transportation Productivity and Management.\u0026nbsp; Georgia Tech is one of the world\u2019s premier research universities, consistently ranking among U.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u2019s top 10 public universities and the Times Higher Education\u2019s world top 10 technology universities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAtlanta is an unparalleled planning laboratory illustrating both the best and the worst of late twentieth\/early twenty-first century urban development.\u0026nbsp; As one of America\u2019s fastest growing metro areas, it \u201cleads\u201d in sprawl, traffic congestion, public service privatization, and long-term water supply concerns. At the same time, it is an increasingly diverse region with a growing international presence that has a rich history of pioneering social justice and pulling together for a common purpose.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology is an equal opportunity employer committed to expanding the educational diversity of its faculty and students and encourages applications from a broad variety of candidates.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe School of City and Regional Planning (SCaRP) at Georgia Tech\u0026nbsp;invites applications for a tenure track nine-month position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor with an expected start date of August 2013.\u0026nbsp; While the tenure home of the position will be in the School of City and Regional Planning, the successful candidate may be jointly appointed with the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, if appropriate.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27714","created_gmt":"2012-10-03 23:23:12","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:54","author":"Kyle James","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-10-03T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-10-03T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"71910":{"id":"71910","type":"image","title":"Teaching with simulation","body":null,"created":"1449177414","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:16:54","changed":"1475894647","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:07"}},"media_ids":["71910"],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"45191","name":"assistant professor"},{"id":"45451","name":"associate professor"},{"id":"45471","name":"available position"},{"id":"4776","name":"civil and environmental engineering"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"167110","name":"SCaRP"},{"id":"167159","name":"school of city and regional planning"},{"id":"3855","name":"tenure"},{"id":"45271","name":"transportation planning"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESubhro Guhathakurta, Chair\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETransportation Planning Search Committee\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["subhro.guha@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}