Chairperson & Asst Prof​/Professor - Economics

Overview

Position Overview:

Provides leadership and oversight for all department activities, as well as fulfilling teaching, research, and service responsibilities as a faculty member in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.

Salary
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Academic-year salary, plus an administrative supplement and summer salary, as determined by the Executive Dean of the College.

Term
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Term of approximately five years, with possibility of renewal pending satisfactory performance.

Chairperson of Economics (0.5 FTE)

• Provides oversight and leadership for all unit activities.
• Administers the undergraduate and graduate academic programs of the unit.
• Reviews and modifies, in consultation with unit governance and faculty, the long-range planning for the unit.
• Oversees all internal budgetary, administrative, and personnel matters.
• Supervises and reviews the unit's faculty and professional, academic, and University support staff, and supports faculty and staff development.
• Seeks enhancement of all unit resources by actively seeking external funding.
• Develops and enhances research and educational relationships between the unit and other units across the College and University, as well as with agencies outside the University, governmental, public, or private.
• Develops long-term planning for future leadership by cultivating/mentoring future faculty members.
• Executes College and University policy in the unit effectively.
• Represents the unit and reports to CLAS, and represents the unit to other University entities.

Faculty Member (0.5 FTE)

20% Teaching/Advising

• Teaches courses in their field of specialty.
• Advises students, including student mentoring and providing directed readings.
• Supervises graduate teaching assistants, as assigned.
• Serves on committees that supervise and evaluate student progress.

20% Research

• Engages in scholarly research, including publishing appropriate peer-reviewed books and articles and presenting papers at professional conferences on a regular basis.

10% Service

• Provides general service to one's home unit, the College, the University, the state, and the profession.

Full Applications containing 1-3 below are requested by Friday, February 20.

Review of applications will begin on Monday, February 23.

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