Assistant Professor

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Work type: Tenure-Track Faculty
Location: Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
Categories: Biology/Life Science, Business/Accounting/Finance, Agricultural Sciences
Department:  - AG-FOOD - RESOURCES ECONOMICS

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Ast Prof

Candidates for this rank shall hold the highest degree appropriate to their field. A candidate shall be expected to demonstrate successful experience pertinent to the position they are being recommended and have demonstrated qualities relevant to the goals of the academic unit in which they will be employed.

This is a 9-month tenure-accruing position that will be 60% teaching (College of Agricultural and Life Sciences) and 40% research (Florida Agricultural Experiment Station) available in the Department of Food and Resource Economics, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, at the University of Florida. This assignment may change in accordance with the needs of the unit. Duties will include teaching courses in agricultural and applied economics that span the undergraduate and graduate curriculum.

The specific assignment will be determined in consultation with the candidate’s expertise and departmental needs. The candidate is expected to develop a nationally recognized research program on economic issues important to the food and agricultural industry, particularly international trade, agricultural policy, or related issues. Tenure will accrue in the Department of Food and Resource Economics. The faculty member will seek contract and grant funding actively to support their program.

The faculty member will engage in Extension activities in their program area.

The successful candidate will engage in scholarly activities related to instruction, including teaching undergraduate and/or graduate courses, advising and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students, participating in curriculum revision and enhancement, seeking funding for the teaching program, supervising undergraduate and graduate research and creative work, publishing teaching-related scholarship, producing learning tools, and engaging in professional development activities related to teaching and advising.

Faculty are encouraged to support and participate in the CALS Honors Program, distance education, and international education.

Because of the IFAS land-grant mission, all faculty are expected to be supportive of and engaged in all three mission areas—Research, Teaching and Extension—regardless of the assignment split specified in the position description.

The Food and Resource Economics Department (FRED) has approximately 30 faculty members and 10 support staff positions in Gainesville, and 5 faculty members spread across 4 Research and Education Centers throughout the state. FRED faculty teach a wide variety of courses, from agribusiness management, to natural resource/environmental economics, to welfare economics and trade theory. FRED averages approximately 200 undergraduate majors per year, and 80 M.S., Ph.D. and Master of Agribusiness students.

Research and Extension efforts reflect both the needs of the State and the mission of the Agricultural Economics profession.

Commensurate with Education and Experience

A doctorate (foreign equivalent acceptable) in agricultural and/or applied economics, economics, or a closely related discipline is required. Candidates should have demonstrated skills in verbal and written communication, interpersonal relationships, and procurement of extramural funding. Candidates must be supportive of the mission of the Land-Grant system. Candidates must also have a commitment to UF core values.

Some proficiency with, or interest in, modern data-science methods such as machine learning and artificial intelligence.

For full consideration, candidates should apply and submit materials by November 1, 2026. The position will remain open until a viable applicant pool is determined.

This position is available August 16, 2027, and will be filled as soon thereafter as an acceptable applicant is available. Compensation is commensurate with the education, experience, and…