Assistant Professor - Resource Economics

UMass Amherst
Amherst - United States
S: Competitive

About University of Massachusetts Amherst:
UMass Amherst is one of the major public research universities in America. Nestled in idyllic Amherst, Massachusetts, the campus is consistently ranked among the top public research universities in the nation, and offers a rich cultural environment in a rural setting close to major urban centers.

Job Description:
The Department of Resource Economics invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor with an applied econometrics research focus in industrial organization and/or managerial economics. Teaching responsibilities will include graduate and undergraduate courses in industrial organization, managerial economics, and quantitative methods. The successful candidate will be expected to pursue interdisciplinary research opportunities across the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus as part of the Computational Social Sciences Initiative.

Requirements:
Applicants are required to have a Ph.D. in industrial organization/agricultural/resource/applied economics, economics, or a related field as of September 1, 2015.

Additional Information:
The Department of Resource Economics has 14 faculty, 300 undergraduate majors, and about 20 graduate students (one-half are Ph.D. candidates). We place special emphases on high quality research, faculty-student interaction, and cooperation among faculty. We share a fundamental commitment to teach and attract a diverse student body.

The University is part of the 5-College Consortium in the beautiful Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts, with excellent social, cultural, and recreational amenities in a town and rural setting. We are 2 hours from Boston and 3 hours from New York City.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer of women, minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities and encourages applications from these and other protected group members. The University seeks to increase the diversity of its professoriate, workforce and undergraduate and graduate student populations because broad diversity is critical to achieving the University's mission of excellence in education, research, educational access and service in an increasingly diverse globalized society. Therefore, in holistically assessing many qualifications of each applicant of any race or gender we would factor favorably an individual's record of conduct that includes students and colleagues with broadly diverse perspectives, experiences and backgrounds in educational, research or other work activities. Among other qualifications, we would also factor favorably experience overcoming or helping others overcome barriers to an academic career or degree

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