Montana State University

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Employer: Agricultural Economics & Economics, Montana State University-Bozeman
Location: 303 Linfield Hall, Bozeman, Montana, 59717-2920, United States
Field(s) of specialization: Any field
Position type(s): Assistant Professor
Deadline: 15 Nov 2018

General information
The Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics (DAEE) is jointly administered by the College of Agriculture and the College of Letters and Science. The department has 23 tenured or tenure-track faculty members. The Department aspires to the highest academic standards and is dedicated to education that develops human capital. The faculty members are highly productive scholars, with an emphasis on agricultural and applied microeconomics and a focus on high quality publications in leading refereed journals. Undergraduate degrees are offered in agricultural business, economics, and financial engineering, with undergraduate majors numbering about 280, and a rigorous, highly respected master’s degree in applied economics, graduating an average of 6-7 students per year.

Job description
This tenure-track position will be responsible for providing high-quality scholarship, teaching, and service. Scholarship may be in any field of economics and is expected to result in publications in leading disciplinary refereed journals. Teaching will be in courses at the undergraduate and possibly master’s levels. The successful candidate will also advise undergraduate and graduate students. The person in this position will be encouraged to secure extramural grant funding.

Required Qualifications
1. Ph.D. in Economics or closely related discipline prior to the starting date.
2. Strong potential for effectiveness in teaching, scholarship, and service.

Preferred Qualifications
1. Demonstrated success in scholarship.
2. Demonstrated success in teaching.

Successful Candidate Will
Have excellent verbal and written communications skills, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to successfully contribute to DAEE scholarship, teaching, and service. The successful candidate will also have an interest in working with people from diverse backgrounds, and a commitment to the ideals of inclusiveness, diversity, and equal opportunity.

Applicants should submit the following materials via econjobmarket.org:
(1) a letter of application addressing the position description and the required and preferred qualifications listed above,
(2) a curriculum vita,
(3) job market paper,
(4) additional samples of written work (if available),
(5) three letters of reference,
(6) evidence of teaching experience and effectiveness (if available), and
(7) a copy of graduate transcripts.

Screening will begin November 15, 2018 and continue until a suitable candidate is hired. Departmental representatives will be attending the ASSA annual meetings. For more information, please contact Mark Anderson (dwight.anderson@montana.edu).

MSU is an ADA/EEO/Vet Pref Employer.