Job Description The Department of Environmental Conservation (ECo) at UMass Amherst (http://eco.umass.edu/) is accepting applications for an Assistant Professor of Forest Insect Management and Conservation.  We seek candidates who are interdisciplinary scholars with expertise in forestry, forest ecology, entomology, or conservation biology, including but not limited to the impacts of non-native pests and pathogens, invasive plants, climate change, and novel disturbances on regional and global forest ecosystems. We are particularly interested in candidates whose work complements the department's existing strengths in forestry, forest entomology, land use chang