Professor of Practice in Conservation Finance

Curriculum Development and Professional Preparation

• Take a leading role in designing and delivering a world-class curriculum for the Rob Walton School of Conservation Futures at ASU’s College of Global Futures.
• Excellence in developing innovative, competency-based courses and experiential learning opportunities that prepare current and future conservation practitioners for real-world career paths, including field training, project-based instruction, internships, and partnerships with government, NGOs, and industry.
• Commitment to inclusive teaching practices, mentoring an inclusive student body, integrating interdisciplinary perspectives and applied tools (e.g., policy, management, restoration, monitoring, and emerging technologies).
• Contribute to ongoing curriculum assessment and continuous improvement to ensure graduates are job-ready and impactful in conservation practice.
• Deliver both immersion (in-person) and online format of undergraduate and graduate level classes and non-degree offerings.

Supporting Conservation and Practice (Conservation Extension/Field Catalyst)

• Join the Rob Walton School of Conservation Futures as active partners in conservation practice, engaging deeply with frontline organizations, financial institutions, private sector, governments, industry, NGOs, Indigenous communities, and other stakeholders to co-design, implement, and scale real-world conservation solutions.
• Demonstrate a track record and commitment to sustained, reciprocal partnerships that move beyond conventional service—including joint project leadership, shared decision-making, capacity building, policy translation, and long-term evaluation of outcomes.
• Embed students and trainees in partner-engaged practice settings to accelerate impact.
• Value ethical, equitable collaboration, leverage institutional resources to support partner priorities, and help establish the School as a trusted convenor and applied research partner that delivers measurable, co-developed conservation results.
• Participate in school, university, and professional service as well as externally facing programs such as ASU’s Learning Enterprise and Global Education Office.

Research Enterprise for the School of Conservation Futures (optional)

• While not required for this teaching and practice-focused role, welcome candidates who have interests in helping to support the development of a world-class research enterprise within the Rob Walton School of Conservation Futures at ASU, particularly in the area of conservation finance, pro-nature enterprise, and innovative resource mobilization.
• The School’s research program development will leverage the assets and resources of the Rob Walton College of Global Futures, the Julie Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, and ASU more broadly.
• Successful candidates who are interested in developing a research component to their appointment will demonstrate a strong commitment to catalyzing interdisciplinary, solution-oriented research that advances protection, sustainable management, and large-scale restoration of natural systems; mentor and attract multi-disciplinary teams of scholars and trainees; secure and leverage external funding and partnerships across academia, government, industry, and communities; and contribute to strategic program development, infrastructure growth, and translational pathways that move science into effective conservation policy and practice.