Montana State University

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Two Assistant Professor Positions in Agricultural Economics, AY, Tenure-track
Employer: Agricultural Economics & Economics, Montana State University-Bozeman
Location: 303 Linfield Hall, Bozeman, Montana, 59717-2920, United States
Field(s) of specialization: Environmental; Ag. Econ.
Position type(s): Assistant Professor
Deadline: 15 Nov 2018

Department Information
Montana State University is a land grant university with total enrollment of 17,000 students including 2,000 graduate students. Bozeman is a community of 45,000 people situated in the Gallatin Valley, 90 miles north of Yellowstone National Park. Residents enjoy a high quality of life, excellent public schools, and outstanding recreational and cultural opportunities. The Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics (DAEE) is jointly administered by the College of Agriculture and the College of Letters and Science and has 23 faculty members. The Department aspires to the highest academic standards and is dedicated to education that develops human capital. Faculty members are highly productive scholars, who conduct scholarship in economics, with an emphasis on agricultural and applied microeconomics and a focus on high quality publications in leading refereed journals. DAEE faculty often obtain extramural grant funding. 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
The successful candidates for these tenure-track positions will provide high-quality teaching of DAEE undergraduate agricultural business and economics courses and possibly master's level courses. Their scholarship will result in publications that include leading disciplinary peer-reviewed journals. The area of scholarship emphasis for this position is applied microeconomics of agriculture, including scholarship relevant to agricultural producers and firms in Montana. Each position consists of a 50% appointment with the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station (MAES) and a 50% College of Agriculture appointment. The successful candidates will also advise undergraduate and graduate students and participate in the department's tradition of outreach to state, national, and global audiences.

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

Preferred Qualifications
1. Demonstrated success in scholarship and teaching.
2. Knowledge of agricultural experiment station scholarship and outreach programs.
3. Demonstrated interest in scholarship applicable to commercial agriculture, including commercial agriculture in Montana, especially in the areas of production economics, farm management, agricultural marketing, finance, international trade and/or closely related areas.
4. Strength in economic theory and quantitative analysis.

The Successful Candidate Will
Have excellent verbal and written communications skills, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to successfully contribute to DAEE teaching, scholarship, and outreach.

Applicants should submit the following materials via econjobmarket.org:
(1) a letter of application addressing the required and preferred qualifications listed above,
(2) a curriculum vita,
(3) a copy of graduate transcripts,
(4) a summary of current scholarship and samples of written work (e.g., job market paper, publication, research paper, or dissertation chapter),
(5) evidence of teaching experience and effectiveness (if available), and
(6) three letters of reference that address teaching, scholarship, and outreach abilities.

Screening will begin November 15, 2018 and continue until a suitable candidate is hired. Departmental representatives will be attending the ASSA annual meetings in January 2019. For additional information, contact Richard Ready, Search Committee Chair: Telephone (406) 994-7365; internet: www.montana.edu/econ.

MSU is an ADA/EO/AA/Vet Pref employer.