Elon University

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The Department of Economics in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business at Elon University invites applications for a one-year, visiting faculty position. Contingent upon final budgetary approval, the position is a 9-month contract, beginning in August 2019. Teaching will likely to include a mix of principles, statistics, or intermediate theory. The teaching load will be 3 courses each semester.

Applicants should submit a CV with cover letter, a statement of teaching philosophy and interests, recent teaching evaluations, and three letters of recommendation online at https://www.aeaweb.org/joe/candidate. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Applications received by March 31st will receive full consideration. Candidates with a PhD by August 2019 will be given preference, but ABDs will be considered. Candidates who have experience working with a diverse range of people, and who can contribute to the climate of inclusivity are encouraged to identify their experiences in their cover letter.

About the School: The AACSB-accredited Martha and Spencer Love School of Business has emerged from a time of dramatic growth to become a leader in business education. In 2018, Poets and Quants ranked the school’s undergraduate program #48 in the nation and, in 2016, Bloomberg Businessweek ranked the part-time MBA program #1 in the state and #17 in the nation. The LSB is housed in the Koury Business Center and Sankey Hall, which feature state-of-the-art classrooms, multiple student engagement areas, the LaRose Digital Theatre, the Chandler Family Professional Sales Center, the Reed Finance Center, the Doherty Center for Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, the Center for Organizational Analytics, and the Porter Family Professional Development Center. Graduate classes are offered on the Elon campus and in the fast-growing Research Triangle Park (RTP) area.

About the University: Elon University is a dynamic private, co-educational, comprehensive institution that is a national model for actively engaging faculty and students in teaching and learning in a liberal arts based residential campus. The university is situated on an idyllic 620-acre campus in north-central North Carolina, east of Greensboro, and northwest of Raleigh/Durham. With an enrollment of over 6000, Elon University benefits from highly talented students, a growing physical plant, and an expanding endowment. U.S. News & World Report ranks Elon #1 among southern master’s-level universities and recognizes Elon more often than any other university in the nation for programs that are “Focused on Student Success,” and the Fiske Guide to Colleges ranks Elon one of the 25 “best buy” private universities. Elon University is proud of its strengths in the liberal arts, its strong sense of community, and its progress in incorporating technology and internationalization into classroom instruction. To learn more about Elon, please visit the University web site at www.elon.edu.

Contact: Professor Steve DeLoach, Chair, Department of Economics, 2075 Campus Box, Elon University, Elon, NC 27244 (deloach@elon.edu).