North Dakota State University

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The Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics at North Dakota State University seeks to fill an opening at the assistant/advanced assistant professor level. The successful candidate will have an affiliation with the newly established North Dakota Center for the Study of Public Choice and Private Enterprise (PCPE). Teaching responsibilities could include courses at the introductory and intermediate levels with additional opportunity to teach upper division and graduate level courses in the candidate’s field of expertise. Teaching load will include three courses per year depending on departmental and PCPE needs and the candidate’s research and teaching interests.

Faculty evaluations for this position are based on effective teaching and advising at both the undergraduate and/or graduate levels; successful publication in leading disciplinary journals; active participation in professional activities; satisfactory service to PCPE, department, university, state, and profession; and successful pursuit of extramural funding sufficient to support an active research program.
Applicants are sought in all areas of applied economics with a research/teaching focus on policy. Candidates with expertise in the economics of entrepreneurship and regulation are particularly sought. Successful candidates will be expected to contribute to the PCPE mission through participation in and promotion of Center activities and programs. Additionally, the successful candidate will assist the director in planning and execution of PCPE events and programs.

PCPE Center Mission Statement:
The North Dakota Center for the Study of Public Choice and Private Enterprise supports the land grant mission of the University and is committed to helping the local communities and the Upper Great Plains region, as well as humanity on a national and global scale, thrive.
The Center engages in research and educational programs which uncover the institutions and policies that encourage and enhance human well-being. While the Center is grounded in economics, the Center supports and actively encourages efforts that cross traditional boundaries set by departmental and college delineations.
The Center achieves its mission by:
• Producing research and programming on issues relevant to North Dakota and the Upper Great Plains region.
• Advancing knowledge, both through research and programming, of the sources and causes of human well-being and the distinctive roles of entrepreneurship, free markets, philanthropy, private enterprise, and public policy in achieving it.

North Dakota State University is an Equal Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or veteran status.