Assistant Professor - Fisheries Stock Assessment

Assistant Professor - Fisheries Stock Assessment

Special Instructions: Applications must include 1) a cover letter, 2) a CV, and 3) a candidate statement that outlines your research and teaching interests and accomplishments. Candidates are encouraged to reflect on their past experiences or future plans to foster an inclusive and welcoming climate within their classrooms and research lab in any of the aforementioned required documents. Please upload your candidate statement under applicant documents listed as "other".

Candidates will be prompted to submit the names and email addresses of three professional references who will be contacted by the system with instructions for how to submit a letter of reference if the candidate advances in the search. For priority consideration, submit application materials by the review date of January 6, 2025.

Position Information

Position Number: F0148V

Position Title: Assistant Professor - Fisheries Stock Assessment

Unit Mission Statement: William & Mary's Batten School & VIMS have a three-part mission to conduct research in coastal and marine sciences, educate students and the public, and provide advisory service to policy-makers, industry, and the public. We provide these services to Virginia, the nation, and the world.

The strategic sections of the Batten School of Coastal & Marine Sciences & VIMS are committed to the development of resilient systems through a focus on three grand challenges, ensuring science for stewardship of:

• Ecosystem Health: connecting physical, chemical, biological, and socioeconomic systems to address environmental and community vulnerabilities.
• Natural Resources: providing translational science for sustainable management of coastal socio-ecological systems, especially fisheries and aquaculture.
• Coastal and Ocean Processes: connecting global trends and local drivers to understand and address environmental change.

Position Summary

William & Mary's Batten School and VIMS invite applications for a full-time (12-month), tenure-eligible, faculty position to be stationed at the VIMS campus in Gloucester Point, Virginia. Rank of Assistant Professor is preferred, but higher ranks may be considered. The position is anticipated to begin in Fall 2025.

The primary responsibility of this position will be the development of a vibrant extramurally funded program that supports production of scholarly products. The selected candidate will be expected to contribute to our very successful and growing academic program by teaching at least one course, Stock Assessment Methods, for graduate students or for a combination of graduate and advanced undergraduate students. In addition, the successful candidate will complement existing scholarly expertise at VIMS and the Batten School, mentor and advise graduate students, and contribute to our advisory service role.

Preference will be given to candidates with expertise in one or more of the following areas (listed alphabetically):

• Development and application of novel stock assessment and modeling approaches.
• Quantitative methods supporting ecosystem-based approaches to fisheries management.
• Simulation modeling.

Required Qualifications

• Ph.D., at the time of appointment, in a related field.
• Demonstrated commitment to producing high-level scholarship through innovative and impactful research.
• Experience mentoring student research or conducting collaborative research with students.
• Ability to teach a course in Stock Assessment Methods, and another course of the candidate's choosing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in science for solutions in coastal and marine systems focused on strategic priorities identified in the VIMS strategic plan.
• Expertise in one or more of the areas listed in the position description above.
• Experience translating research results into advisory service products for policy makers, industry, and/or the public.
• Experience interacting with fisheries management agencies at national and/or international levels.
• Record of external funding to support research activities.
• Postdoctoral experience in a field relevant to this position.
• Demonstrated teaching experience.
• Demonstrated student mentorship.
• Demonstrated commitment to providing inclusive and impactful teaching, mentoring, and research activities.

Conditions of Employment

Department: Natural Resources

Location: VIMS - Gloucester

Job Open Date: 11/20/2024

Review Begin Date: 01/06/2025

Job Close Date: Open Until Filled

Employment Category: Faculty

Special Application Instructions

Applications must include 1) a cover letter, 2) a CV, and 3) a candidate statement that outlines your research and teaching interests and accomplishments. Candidates are encouraged to reflect on their past experiences or future plans to foster an inclusive and welcoming climate within their classrooms and research lab in any of the aforementioned required documents. Please upload your candidate statement under applicant documents listed as "other".

Candidates will be prompted to submit the names and email addresses of three professional references who will be contacted by the system with instructions for how to submit a letter of reference if the candidate advances in the search. For priority consideration, submit application materials by the review date of January 6, 2025.

William & Mary is committed to providing a safe campus community. W&M conducts background investigations for applicants being considered for employment. Background investigations include reference checks, a