JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)

February 1, 2016 - July 31, 2016

Belmont Abbey College

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Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Economics

JOE ID Number: 2016-01_111455379
Date Posted: 03/15/2016
Date Inactive: 07/31/2016
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Economics
Section: US: Full-Time Academic (Permanent, Tenure Track or Tenured)
Location: Belmont, North Carolina, UNITED STATES
JEL Classification: A2 -- Economic Education and Teaching of Economics
Keywords:
Business Economics
Full Text of JOE Listing:

Belmont Abbey College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track, Assistant Professor of Economics, to begin August 2016. An earned doctorate and demonstrated excellence in undergraduate teaching are required. The successful applicant will teach principles and possibly finance or international business. Teaching in both the day and evening programs, with a 4/4 load, is required. Service to the College, scholarly development; and contributing positively to the College’s mission are expected. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States; Belmont Abbey College does not sponsor employment visas.

The successful candidate will be able to teach economics in the context of the Catholic understanding of the human person. The successful candidate will also demonstrate commitment to an intellectual life consistent with the College’s identity as a Catholic, Benedictine school that aims to provide an excellent undergraduate education “in the liberal arts and sciences so that in all things God may be glorified.” Preference will be given to those candidates who demonstrate a philosophy of teaching and research that fits well with the institution’s emphasis on the education of the whole person, and with the approach to education expressed in St. John Paul II’s Ex Corde Ecclesiae.

Application Requirements:
  • Application Instructions Below
Application Instructions:
Please apply by email to facultysearch@bac.edu using the subject line “Economics Search.” Include letter of application, vita, the names and contact information of at least three references, and a written response in which you explain how you might contribute to the University’s Catholic, Benedictine liberal arts mission, how your work engages with the Catholic intellectual tradition, or how your own faith tradition informs your vocation as teacher and scholar. (Evidence of teaching excellence and official transcripts are optional at this stage but required for interview.)