University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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Job Description
The Department of Resource Economics invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position, expected to start on September 1, 2025. Under exceptional circumstances, highly qualified candidates at other ranks may receive consideration. Applicants should have a research focus in the area of Health Economics. The new hire is expected to develop a nationally recognized research agenda to add to the Department’s growing Health Economics research focus. Teaching responsibilities will include undergraduate and graduate courses in Microeconomics, Econometrics, Managerial Economics, and/or Health Economics. A wide range of interdisciplinary research opportunities are available across the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus, including through the Computational Social Sciences Initiative and the Institute for Social Science Research.

Requirements
Applicants are required to have a Ph.D. in Economics, Applied Economics, Public Policy, Econometrics or a related field as of September 1, 2025. Applicants with an Applied Microeconomics and Applied Econometrics research focus, specifically in the area of Health Economics, will be given preference. Also considered are research complementarities with the department’s other focus areas: behavioral/experimental economics, environmental economics, and industrial organization.

Application Instructions
To apply, submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, graduate transcript, research and teaching statements, and writing samples online at https://careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-us/job/525183/resource-economics-department-assistant-professor-in-health-economics. In addition to the materials noted above, applicants should also submit a one-page diversity statement that discusses the candidate’s skills, experiences and commitment to: teaching and mentoring diverse and historically underrepresented student populations, professional service that assists in achieving equity, inclusion, and diversity, and how the candidate’s past or future research addresses fundamental questions important to an increasingly diverse and global society. Please arrange to have 3 letters of recommendation submitted on your behalf.

To guarantee full consideration, applications need to be received by the review date, November 15, 2024. The search will continue until the position is filled. We will be conducting preliminary interviews remotely in December 2024. Inquiries should be sent to healthecon@umass.edu.

Additional Information
The University is part of the 5-College Consortium in the beautiful Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. The Department of Resource Economics is an applied economics department with 20 faculty, approximately 500 undergraduate majors, and 25 graduate students (70% are Ph.D. students). We place special emphasis on high quality research, faculty-student interaction, and cooperation among faculty. We share a fundamental commitment to teach and attract a diverse student body.