Univeristy of Massachusetts Amherst

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Job Description:
The Department of Resource Economics invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor with an applied microeconomics and econometrics research focus, specifically in the area of health economics. Under exceptional circumstances, highly qualified candidates at other ranks may receive consideration. Teaching responsibilities will include undergraduate and graduate courses in microeconomics, econometrics, managerial economics, and/or health economics. The successful candidate will be expected to develop a nationally recognized research agenda. A wide range of interdisciplinary research opportunities are available across the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus, including through the Computational Social Sciences Initiative and the Institute for Social Science Research.

Requirements:
Applicants are required to have a Ph.D. in agricultural/resource/applied economics, economics, econometrics or a related field as of September 1, 2019. Applicants with an applied microeconomics and econometrics research focus, specifically in the area of health economics will be given preference.

Application Instructions:
To apply, submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, graduate transcript, and writing samples online at http://careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-us/job/495052/asst-professor-in-applied-health-economics. Please arrange to have 3 letters of recommendation submitted on your behalf when requested.

Review of applications will begin November 13, 2018. The search will continue until the position is filled. We will be conducting preliminary interviews of candidates at the Allied Social Sciences Association annual meeting in January 2019. Inquiries should be sent to healthecon@umass.edu.

Additional Information:
The Department of Resource Economics has 20 faculty, 500 undergraduate majors, and about 20 graduate students (three-fourths are Ph.D. students). We place special emphasis on high quality research, faculty-student interaction, and cooperation among faculty. We share a fundamental commitment to teach and attract a diverse student body.

The University is part of the 5-College Consortium in the beautiful Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. The five local colleges anchor a series of townships surrounded by rural farms and contribute to excellent social, cultural, and recreational amenities. Additionally, we are 90 miles from Boston, 160 miles from New York City, and 45 miles to the nearest international airport (in Hartford, CT).

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer of women, minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities and encourages applications from these and other protected group members. The University seeks to increase the diversity of its professoriate, workforce and undergraduate and graduate student populations because broad diversity is critical to achieving the University's mission of excellence in education, research, educational access and service in an increasingly diverse globalized society.