Assistant Professor of Economics - Urban​/Regional Spatial Data Analysis

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Assistant Professor of Economics School/Department Name:
Department of Economics, College of Social Sciences Compensation:
Commensurate with qualifications, experience, and rank as established by the CSU Salary Schedule. Anticipated hiring academic year annual salary range: $ 95,000 - $ 105,000

Faculty employee benefits are very competitive for the higher education sector. See the CSU Employee Benefits Summary for details about the CSU’sexcellent benefits package.

The Department of Economics at San José State University is pleasedto announce a search for an Assistant Professor of Economics position beginning in August 2026. We are particularly interested in candidates with a research and teaching interest in Urban Economics, Regional Economics, and Spatial Data Analysis. The successful candidate will be expected to teach graduate and undergraduate courses, including electives and core courses,conduct research, engage students in applied projects, supervise student research, and collaborate with colleagues acrossdisciplines.

A demonstrated ability, or strong potential, to secure external research funding is highly desirable.

The Department of Economics in the College of Social Sciences currently enrolls nearly 340 undergraduate students and 30 graduate students. About 32% of our students are first-generation and our student body is diverse: 34% Asian, 33% White, and 23%
Hispanic/Latinx. We offer a BS and BA in Economics, an SJSU OnlineBA, a Minor in Economics, an MA in Economics, and an MA in Applied Economics. We also offer a 4+1 Accelerated Master Program. All BSand MA programs are STEM-designated.

Our department includes 7 tenured faculty and 15 lecturer faculty.

Faculty expertise spans applied econometrics, behavioral economics,experimental economics, labor economics, health economics,development economics, urban economics, law and economics, economic history, and history of economic thought. We are also proud to bethe only CSU campus to host an Experimental Economics Lab,providing unique opportunities for hands-on research and learning.

The Economics Department is part of the College of Social Sciences,which is committed to equitable and inclusive teaching and learning. The College sees faculty and student success as inextricably linked, and strives to provide culturally-sustaining,and academically-affirming approaches to supporting and engaging students and faculty. We provide opportunities for faculty development around asset-based, holistic student success, and support scholarship of engagement that addresses issues that affectour campus and community.

In all of our endeavors, we strive tobuild leadership capacity and foster a culture of support and belonging for faculty, staff, and students.

The Department of Economics and San José State University value institutional excellence and are committed to advancing equity through research, teaching, and service. We enroll more than 40,000students, many of whom are historically underserved; approximately
45% of our undergraduate students are first-generation collegestudents and 38% are Pell Grant recipients. In addition, we areboth a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI).SJSU aspires to create holistic learning environments that facilitate both individual and collective transformation. We seek teacher-scholars who cultivate inclusive, empowering spaces formutual learning, skill-building, and knowledge exchange for all students.

Our commitment to lifelong learning supports meaningful connections among faculty, staff, students, alumni, and the broader communities we serve.

We invite all applicants to include a Statement of Institutional Excellence (or incorporate it into your cover letter) to share howyour lived and professional experiences will contribute to thediverse SJSU community—particularly in relation to student success.

A guide to writing this statement can be found at SJSU Institutional Excellence Statement Guidelines .

• Ph.D. in Economics expected by the date of the appointment.
• Demonstrated record of effective teaching.
• Demonstration of research potential and an established agendafor future research.
• Applicants should demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a socially and economically diverse student population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching, and other comparable experience.

• Research focuses in one or more of the following fields:
  Urban Economics, Regional Economics, and Spatial Economics. Candidates from other fields with experience in spatial data analysis (e.g.,ArcGIS, QGIS) and other computational tools will also be considered.
• Commitment to student success and inclusive pedagogy.
• Record of teaching excellence and relevant teaching experience serving diverse student…