JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)

February 1, 2020 - July 31, 2020

The College of Wooster

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Economics Department
Visiting Assistant Professor

JOE ID Number: 2020-01_111464663
Date Posted: 02/01/2020
Date Inactive: 07/31/2020
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Visiting Assistant Professor
Section: US: Other Academic (Visiting or Temporary)
Location: Wooster, Ohio, UNITED STATES
JEL Classifications:
A -- General Economics and Teaching
D -- Microeconomics
J -- Labor and Demographic Economics
B -- History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches
D9 -- Micro-Based Behavioral Economics
C7 -- Game Theory and Bargaining Theory
Keywords:
Economics of Labor
Discrimination
Game Theory
Behavioral Economics
Full Text of JOE Listing:

The Economics Department at The College of Wooster invites applications for a one-year visiting position at the Assistant Professor level beginning August 2020. Qualified candidates will be ABD or have a Ph.D. completed in Economics.

Research/teaching experience of the successful candidate must advance our program in Economics. Required teaching fields include the Economics of Labor, Discrimination, Game Theory, or Behavioral Economics. As a liberal arts college, we value critical inquiry. We especially welcome applications from candidates who embrace interdisciplinarity and pluralism through a knowledge of contested theoretical/empirical approaches to Economics. In addition to electives in the candidate’s field, teaching responsibilities include core departmental courses such as Principles of Economics and Intermediate Micro.

The teaching load for full-time faculty is 5.5 credits per year. Typically, this is 2 courses each semester and advising 4-6 students per year on individual undergraduate research projects.

The Department of Economics values and appreciates methodological diversity within economics and across the social sciences. In your cover letter, we ask you to comment on how you might contribute to our culture of pluralistic open inquiry. Applications received on JOE by March 1, 2020 will receive full consideration. We encourage you to read the full advertisement here. https://www.wooster.edu/offices/hr/jobs/faculty/visiting-econ2/

Application Requirements:
  • Letters of Reference
  • Transcripts
  • Teaching Evaluations
  • Job Market Paper
  • Cover Letter
  • CV
Application deadline: 07/31/2020
Application Instructions:
Applications received on JOE by March 1, 2020 will receive full consideration. We encourage you to read the full advertisement here: https://www.wooster.edu/offices/hr/jobs/faculty/visiting-econ2/
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