Virginia Tech is strategically investing in hiring innovative faculty to advance its vision to grow beyond boundaries as a premier 21st-century global land-grant institution through our Destination Areas initiative. As interconnected areas of strength, Destination Areas facilitate faculty collaborations that bridge disciplines to create innovative and transformative solutions to global issues, while positioning Virginia Tech as a premier destination for talent that seeks to advance the human condition. More information on Virginia Tech's Beyond Boundaries vision can be found online (beyondboundaries.vt.edu).
Building on its motto of Ut Prosim (that I may serve), Virginia Tech is dedicated to InclusiveVT-serving in the spirit of community, diversity, and excellence. We seek candidates who adopt and practice the Principles of Community, which are fundamental to our on-going efforts to increase access and inclusion, and to create a community that nurtures learning and growth for all of its members. Virginia Tech actively seeks a broad spectrum of candidates to join our community in preparing leaders for the world.

Position Summary:
In support of the university's strategic initiatives, Virginia Tech is recruiting a robust and diverse cluster of faculty interested in contributing to transdisciplinary research, teaching, and/or outreach initiatives that align with our Data and Decisions Destination Area. With commitments in this area from the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, College of Engineering, College of Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, and the Pamplin College of Business, the university is specifically seeking faculty interested in engaging with research and curricular initiatives that advance innovation and problem solving in areas such as data analytics, decision sciences and policy, and health, environmental, and industrial analytics. Faculty with expertise in disciplinary areas such as Urban Affairs and Planning, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Business Intelligence and Analytics, Biostatistics, Computational Science in Psychology, Health Analytics, Big Data Economics, Epidemiology, Environmental Analytics, Social Determinants of Health, Social Analytics, or with interdisciplinary backgrounds will be uniquely positioned to help the university advance these efforts.
Virginia Tech recognizes the vital importance of inclusion and diversity for our campus community in achieving excellence in all of our work and study. The university continues to diversify faculty, staff, and students along multiple dimensions, including those that have been historically marginalized and excluded. Through committed university efforts such as AdvanceVT and InclusiveVT (inclusive.vt.edu), the university continues to build institutional and individual commitment to its motto of Ut Prosim (That I May Serve) in the spirit of community, diversity, and excellence. Further, we seek scholars who are committed to fostering an environment in which faculty, staff, and students from a variety of backgrounds, cultures, and personal experiences are welcomed and can thrive.
The Data and Decisions Destination Area focuses on advancing the human condition and society with better decisions through data. Faculty working together in this area integrate data analytics and decision sciences across the transdisciplinary research and curriculum efforts at Virginia Tech and beyond. Work in this area also embraces equity in the human condition by seeking the equitable distribution and availability of physical safety and well-being, psychological well-being, respect for human dignity, and access to crucial material and social resources throughout the world's diverse communities. This Destination Area further addresses policymaking and policy analysis, collaborating at the intersection of scientific evidence, governance, and analyses to translate scholarship into practice. Visit provost.vt.edu/destination-areas for more information about this initiative.
Successful candidates will engage in Data and Decisions initiatives with other faculty across the university working in this area. As part of the cluster, they will also have opportunities to support curricular and pedagogical advances, advance interdisciplinary research initiatives, and cultivate global outreach initiatives in related areas. Successful candidates will also be expected to teach at the undergraduate and/or graduate level, depending upon the needs of the hiring department.

Required Qualifications:
• An earned terminal degree is required at the time of appointment in a field relevant to the Data and Decisions Destination Area (Ph.D., M.D., M.D./Ph.D., DVM /Ph.D., MFA , etc. as appropriate to the discipline)
• Assistant Professor level candidates must show potential for significant scholarship and teaching ability, while Associate Professor or Professor level candidates must demonstrate significant scholarship and teaching ability
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Commitment to engage in a campus community working to grow an inclusive culture and practices while building diversity among faculty, staff, and students
• Strong interest in, and commitment to, working with diverse populations

Preferred Qualifications:
• Interest in working across boundaries in transdisciplinary teaching, research, outreach, or mentoring initiatives
• Interest in developing and pursuing curricula and scholarly initiatives that consider issues of the human condition as a foundational element
• Experience and engagement with federally funded programs designed to broaden access or participation, or experience working with minority-serving institutions or underrepresented community organizations and programs



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