JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)

August 1, 2022 - January 31, 2023

Samford University

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Economics, Finance and Quantitative Analysis
Assistant/Associate Professor in Data Analytics

JOE ID Number: 2022-02_111470129
Date Posted: 09/28/2022
Date Inactive: 01/09/2023
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Assistant/Associate Professor in Data Analytics
Section: US: Full-Time Academic (Permanent, Tenure Track or Tenured)
Location: Birmingham, Alabama, UNITED STATES
JEL Classification: C -- Mathematical and Quantitative Methods
Keywords:
Data Analytics
Full Text of JOE Listing:

Samford University’s Brock School of Business invites individuals interested in serving in a Christian university environment to apply for an Assistant/Associate Professor faculty position within the Economics, Finance & Quantitative Analysis Department. This tenure-track faculty position is a nine-month appointment that begins August 2023.
Candidates for this position must exhibit strong teaching skills, be supportive of the University’s mission, and be committed to maintaining an ongoing research effort. Qualified candidates will hold an earned Doctorate in Statistics, Data Science/Analytics, Information Science, Economics or other related field. ABDs near completion will be considered at the rank of Assistant Professor.
Assistant Professor candidates should have 1-6 years of experience as a full-time faculty member or be ABD nearing completion of their doctorate. These candidates should have demonstrated research abilities and positive experiences teaching data/quantitative methods/statistics type courses.
Associate Professor candidates should have 7 or more years of experience as a full-time faculty member, an established record of published research and an active research agenda that would allow the candidate to be classified as Scholarly Academic based on Brock School’s AACSB classification rubric. These candidates should have experience teaching multiple data/quantitative methods/statistics type courses and experience in new course development or curriculum innovation.

Application Requirements:
  • External Application URL and Instructions Below
  • Letters of Reference Instructions Below
Application deadline: 01/09/2023
Reference Instructions:
Please submit all materials in PDF format to:
FACAPP@samford.edu
Subject: Data Analytics Faculty
Application Instructions:
Applications reviewed 10/3/22 – 1/9/23. Application materials should include a cover letter outlining teaching and professional interests and expertise, curriculum vita, application for faculty position, and faculty applicant Christian Mission Statement. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States, as Samford will not sponsor any employment visas for this position.

“Application for Faculty Position” can be found at:
https://www.samford.edu/departments/files/Human_Resources/application-for-faculty-employment.pdf

and the “Faculty Applicant Christian Mission Statement” can be found at:
https://www.samford.edu/departments/files/academic-affairs/Faculty-Applicant-Christian-Mission-Statement.docx


Please submit all materials in PDF format to:
FACAPP@samford.edu
Subject: Data Analytics Faculty

For questions about the position please contact:
Dr. Steve Jones, Chair
stjones@samford.edu