About this position

The School for the Environment seeks a full-time non-tenure track position as a Visiting Assistant Professor in Coastal Engineering to contribute to teaching in the environmental sciences and research in coastal engineering to begin January 1, 2027. The position is for one year with a potential for a second-year contingent upon performance and funding. This position offers an opportunity to work at the interface of engineering, ecology, and applied coastal management, contributing to research that directly informs planning, policy, and implementation in Boston Harbor and beyond. The candidate will be expected to make significant contributions in the field of coastal engineering for the Stone Living Lab. The teaching load is one class per semester, and the candidate will be expected to mentor students across the Environmental Studies and Sustainability BA and/or Environmental Science BS, MS and PhD programs. The candidate will be expected to contribute to the research program in the Stone Living Lab with a focus on coastal processes, flooding from e.g. storm surges, wave overtopping etc., nature-based/hybrid infrastructure and climate adaptation. The Visting Assistant Professor will be expected to contribute to and help lead interdisciplinary Stone Living Lab research projects and produce peer-reviewed publications and collaborate on translational outputs including reports, datasets and decision-support tools. The candidate will be expected to participate in relevant Stone Living Lab working groups and committees and serve on committees within the university and develop strong engaged scholarship with their scientific community. The candidate must have a PhD in Coastal Engineering, Civil Engineering, Ocean Engineering, or a related field by the start date of appointment. Demonstrated expertise in measurement/interpretation of coastal processes and coastal engineering. Experience applying coastal engineering principles to real-world challenges involving coastal flooding, shoreline change, nature-based infrastructure, and climate adaptation. Evidence of interdisciplinary research, collaboration, and publication. Experience teaching/TAing in relevant courses. Professional engineering licensure (PE) or eligibility for licensure. Experience planning, designing, implementing, monitoring, or evaluating coastal engineering or nature-based infrastructure projects. UMass Boston is an urban public research university with a teaching soul, whose impact is both local and global. We are the third most diverse university in the country - more than 60% of our undergraduate students come from minority communities and groups and more than half of our students are the first in their families to attend a college or university. Thus, our students come to us from richly diverse life experiences and backgrounds; they bring to our classrooms and research settings the robust range of perspectives growing out of the socio-cultural, economic, and historical contexts in wh

Requirements

The candidate must have a PhD in Coastal Engineering, Civil Engineering, Ocean Engineering, or a related field by the start date of appointment
Demonstrated expertise in measurement/interpretation of coastal processes and coastal engineering
Experience applying coastal engineering principles to real-world challenges involving coastal flooding, shoreline change, nature-based infrastructure, and climate adaptation
Evidence of interdisciplinary research, collaboration, and publication
Experience teaching/TAing in relevant courses

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