Seattle, Washington- The Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington invites applications for a full-time, tenure track position as Assistant Professor in environmental geography or nature-society relations. The successful candidate will also possess a strong background in GIS (Geographic Information Science) and geovisualization, and will augment existing departmental strengths in critical development studies and/or geographies of food and agriculture. The successful candidate will lead us into important new areas in political ecology and environmental science, including questions of energy resources and climate change. University of Washington faculty engage in teaching, research and service. The normal teaching load in the Department of Geography is four courses per year.