job: faculty, planning

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From: janni sorensen <jsorense at students.uiuc.edu>

This letter is to inform you of a unique and exciting job opportunity for 
the right colleague with interests and expertise in community development, 
neighborhood planning or social planning. Our Department of Urban and 
Regional planning at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has a 
tenured or tenure track faculty opening, depending on the level of 
applicant experience, starting in August of 2001.

What makes this job so unique and exciting is that the right person can 
step into an established position in a Department already at the forefront 
of action-research in community based planning. There are five other 
faculty (out of 15 in the Department) with closely related research skills 
and interests to interact with and an established and award winning 
teaching and research program in place. The East St. Louis Action Research 
Project (ESLARP) has received national recognition for pioneering 
campus/community collaboration in plan making and implementation that 
empower neighborhoods and improve the quality of neighborhood life. ESLARP 
includes an on-campus Project Office as well as a Neighborhood Technical 
Assistance Center in East St. Louis with a full time staff of four persons. 
The person hired could take over a significant or leading management role 
in this project.

We are looking for people with excellent scholarly or planning practice 
skills. A description of the position and desired strengths and experience 
is attached for your information.

We need your help in finding the best candidate. Please help us disseminate 
information about this position to the appropriate candidates.

Thank you for your assistance.

Sincerely, Janni Sorensen 
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Department of Urban & Regional Planning College of Fine & Applied Arts 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Faculty Position

The Department of Urban and Regional Planning (DURP), University of 
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), seeks candidates for a tenured or 
tenure-track faculty position in community development and neighborhood 
planning beginning August 2001. This position will involve a key role in 
teaching courses and mentoring students in these areas in the Department's 
two PAB accredited programs (Bachelor of Arts in Urban Planning and Master 
of Urban Planning), as well as in its Ph.D. program in Regional Planning. 
The ideal candidate will have demonstrated excellence in scholarship or 
practice in one or more of the following areas participatory 
action-research, non-profit community organization management, and 
community-based planning.

The Department's action research efforts are focused through the 
award-winning East St. Louis Action Research Project (ESLARP; 
http//www.eslarp.uiuc.edu/) which has a ten-year record of learning through 
service to community groups in East St. Louis and adjacent communities. 
ESLARP maintains an on-campus office as well as a Neighborhood Technical 
Assistance Center in East St. Louis with a full-time staff of four persons, 
and has an operating budget just under $500,000 per year. The person hired 
for this position is encouraged to be involved significantly in ESLARP in a 
leadership role.

Faculty in DURP are expected to demonstrate a strong record of scholarship 
and to maintain an ongoing research agenda in their field, as evidenced by 
peer reviewed publications related to applied or theoretical approaches. 
They also help to secure funding to support masters and doctoral student 
research assistants. The Department places a high value on professional 
applications, especially when they lead to scholarly publication. DURP has 
reinvigorated its longstanding involvement in professional continuing 
education and faculty are encouraged to participate in this endeavor.

The Department of Urban and Regional Planning is a unit within the College 
of Fine and Applied Arts, which also includes the Schools of Architecture, 
Art and Design and Music, and the Departments of Landscape Architecture, 
Dance and Theater, and the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, the 
Krannert Museum and Japan House. Through Department, College and University 
programs and facilities, DURP faculty have access to significant support 
for travel and research. The City Planning and Landscape Architecture 
Library maintains a collection in excess of 120,000 items as part of the 
University's library, which is the largest public university library in the 
nation. The Department's support staff assists faculty in grant preparation 
and management, preparing course materials, utilizing computing and 
audio-visual technology, providing links to the DURP web site, and meeting 
and travel arrangements.

Candidates are required by the time of appointment to hold a Ph.D., or its 
equivalent, in planning or a related field. A degree in Planning or an 
equivalent level of professional planning experience is desirable. It is 
most likely that the appointment will be made at the Assistant or Associate 
Professor level. Salary is commensurate with experience. Women and members 
of minority racial/ethnic groups are encouraged to apply. The University of 
Illinois is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer.

For full consideration, submit a letter describing qualifications and 
interest, a complete curriculum vita, and the names of three references by 
December 1, 2000.

Send materials to:

Dr. Leonard Heumann, Search Committee Chair

Department of Urban and Regional Planning

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

111 Temple Buell Hall

611 Taft Drive

Champaign, IL 61820

phone 217 - 244-5373; fax 217 - 244-1717

lheumann at uiuc.edu