JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)

August 1, 2021 - January 31, 2022

Mount Holyoke College

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Department of Economics
Assistant Professor of Economics

JOE ID Number: 2021-02_111467742
Date Posted: 10/08/2021
Date Inactive: 01/31/2022
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Assistant Professor of Economics
Section: US: Full-Time Academic (Permanent, Tenure Track or Tenured)
Location: South Hadley, Massachusetts, UNITED STATES
JEL Classifications:
A2 -- Economic Education and Teaching of Economics
D0 -- General
E0 -- General
Full Text of JOE Listing:

Mount Holyoke College Economics Department invites applications for a tenure track position in economics at the Assistant level, beginning fall 2022. The position is a 2/2 teaching load. Open field with expectation that the successful candidate will teach intermediate micro or macro or econometrics.

The applicant should have a strong commitment to research and undergraduate teaching in a liberal arts college and a demonstrated record of strong teaching at the undergraduate level and experience mentoring students who are broadly diverse with regard to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, and religion. The successful candidate will be able to work closely with others in the standard liberal arts curriculum. Applicants are expected to have a PhD by fall of 2022.

Applicants will submit a cover letter, CV, job market paper, teaching philosophy, research interests, and mentoring a diverse student body statement. For full consideration, applications must be completed by December 1, 2021. Please include contact information for three references as part of your application. Reference letters will be requested at a later date in the search process.

Mount Holyoke is an undergraduate liberal arts college with 2,200 students and 220 faculty. Over half the faculty are women; one-fourth are persons of color. Mount Holyoke College is located about 90 miles west of Boston in the Connecticut River valley, and is a member of the Five College Consortium consisting of Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts.

Mount Holyoke College is a women’s college that is gender diverse. The College is committed to providing equal access and opportunity in employment and education to all employees and students. In compliance with state and federal law, Mount Holyoke College does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, genetic information, sex, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, ancestry, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected status under federal, state or local law. The College does not discriminate on the basis of gender in the recruitment and admission of students to its graduate program.

All offers of employment are contingent upon the finalist successfully passing a background (including criminal records) check.

Application Requirements:
  • External Application Link
Application deadline: 12/01/2021