Lecturer, Environmental Analysis

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Claremont, CA

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Visiting Lecturer in GIS

The Environmental Analysis Program is seeking a one-course lecturer to teach a Geographical Information Systems (GIS) course for the 2025 spring semester.

The course, EA101, JustGIS! uses a critical geography lens to analyze how GIS might be used to promote social justice outcomes in policy. This course provides an introduction and overview of GIS – specifically, ESRI WebGIS and ArcGIS mapping software – to demonstrate the basic analysis of spatial data for those interested in answering questions about the spatial significance of environmental justice, racial inequality, hazard exposure, and health equity. This introductory course will teach students how to use ESRI ArcGIS mapping software to create and analyze digital maps to highlight disparities that are often hidden. By engaging with critical geography theory, this course, provides students with the capacity to evaluate the processes of map making, as a dialectic that can encourage discourse into the complexities of spatially explicit physical, cultural, and political processes that may improve or worsen environmental outcomes.

Pomona’s Environmental Analysis (EA) Program is one of the most highly ranked programs among liberal arts colleges. In collaboration with the other Claremont Colleges, the EA Program provides opportunities for students to study environmental issues from a range of disciplinary perspectives such as economics, sustainability planning and design, environmental biology, and geology and the critical zone. Students in the major have a wide range of interests and appreciate faculty who can move between disciplines with some facility.

To apply for this position, upload as one PDF file (5MB): a cover letter, CV, and teaching evaluations. Direct questions to the Program Coordinator, Marc Los Huertos. This position is not eligible for travel and moving expenses, nor visa sponsorship. You must show proof of authorization to work in the U.S.Compensation for this class is commensurate with rank and years of experience and can start at $8500-$9300. The review of candidates will begin on Oct 15, 2024.