JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)

August 1, 2014 - January 31, 2015

Centre College

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Assistant Professor of Economics

JOE ID Number: 2014-02_111451059
Date Posted: 09/05/2014
Date Inactive: 12/15/2014
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Assistant Professor of Economics
Section: US: Full-Time Academic (Permanent, Tenure Track or Tenured)
Location: Danville, Kentucky, UNITED STATES
JEL Classifications:
E4 -- Money and Interest Rates
E5 -- Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit
Keywords:
macroeconomics
Full Text of JOE Listing:

Centre College invites applications for a tenure-track position in macroeconomics and monetary economics at the assistant professor level, beginning August 2015. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in economics completed by August 2015. Teaching experience is strongly preferred. Ability to offer financial economics courses would be especially welcome.

The successful candidate will display a commitment to excellent teaching, scholarship, and mentoring undergraduates in a residential liberal arts college. In addition to the listed fields, the successful candidate will contribute core courses such as principles and intermediate courses to the major program.

Centre College, a highly selective liberal arts college of about 1,400 students, has one of the nation’s premier study abroad programs and is ranked among the top fifty National Liberal Arts Colleges by U.S. News & World Report. Classes are small and academic standards are high. Centre graduates enjoy extraordinary success, with entrance to top graduate and professional schools, prestigious fellowships for further study abroad, and rewarding jobs. The College is located in Danville, Kentucky, a town of 18,000 recognized for its high quality of life. It is within easy driving distance of Lexington, Louisville, and Cincinnati. Centre College is committed to an environment that welcomes and supports diversity. Centre strives to create an environment where differences are celebrated rather than discouraged, where the individuals have the opportunity to exchange ideas and share in the richness of mutual experiences. Please view the Statement of Community. For information concerning the college, visit our web site at www.centre.edu.

To apply, please go to http://apply.interfolio.com/25603. Please include a letter expressing your interest in Centre College, curriculum vitae, transcripts, three letters of recommendation which address both teaching and scholarship, a sample of scholarly writing, a short essay on your approach to teaching addressed to our senior economics majors, and if available, teaching evaluations. To be considered for an interview at the 2015 ASSA meeting, please apply by Nov. 15. Centre College is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Application Requirements:
  • External Application Link
  • Letters of Reference Link