Instructional Assistant Professor in Coastal Geography (Academic Professional Track, Non-Tenure)

The Department of Marine & Coastal Environmental Science (MCES) in the College of Marine Sciences & Maritime Studies at Texas A&M University located on the Galveston campus invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure accruing academic professional track position, with a 5-month academic appointment beginning January 1, 2027, and a 9-month academic appointment thereafter. Applicants will be considered for the faculty title of Instructional Assistant Professor. The department encourages applications from outstanding candidates who are passionate about teaching undergraduate courses in human-environment geography, with an emphasis on disaster science and/or geography of the world's oceans and coasts. Candidates that can use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in their teaching are preferred. The successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate and/or graduate courses, which may include Marine Geography, courses in human and/or regional geography of disasters, and other courses based on departmental need and candidate interest (e.g., Intro to GIS, Geomorphology, Remote Sensing). The candidate will support MCES degree programs in Marine Sciences (MARS) and Coastal Resilience and Environmental Science (CRES) and is expected to grow the department's instructional capacity in geography and disaster science. Academic Professional Track faculty are typically expected to teach 9 credit hours (typically 3 courses) per long semester, along with service contributions to the department, college, university and profession. APT faculty work under nine-month contracts with the expectation of renewal dependent upon effective teaching and service; multi-year appointments and a promotion ladder are available. Review of applications begins June 15, 2026, and continues on a rolling basis until the position is filled.