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Assistant Professor in Applied Economics

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Lehigh University
Location
Bethlehem, PA

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Assistant Professor in Applied Economics Department: Economics Academic Category&Field of Expertise: Economics: None Department / Position Website - https://cbe.lehigh.edu/academics/undergraduate/economics Position Description - Position Description:

Lehigh University’s Department of Economics seeks to fill two tenure track positions at the assistant professor level to begin August 2020, one in the field of health economics, and the other in any other field of applied economics. Candidates must complete all requirements for the PhD degree before appointment. Experienced assistant professors will be considered only if they have outstanding research records. Candidates are expected to have and maintain strong records of high-quality scholarship and also contribute to the teaching and service missions of the department, college, and the broader university. The department offers PhD, MS in Applied Economics, and BS/BA degrees. Department faculty are actively engaged in research and teaching, with numerous university teaching awards and publications in leading general and field journals. For a list of journals, applicants are invited to visit the Department of Economics website: https://cbe.lehigh.edu/academics/undergraduate/economics.

Lehigh University and the College of Business:

Founded in 1865, Lehigh University has combined outstanding academic and learning opportunities with leadership in fostering innovative research. Recognized among the nation's highly ranked research universities, Lehigh offers a rigorous academic community for nearly 7,000 students. Lehigh University has some 5,000 undergraduates, 2,000 graduate students, and about 550 full-time faculty members. Lehigh University is located in Bethlehem, PA., a vibrant and historic area. Over 820,000 people live in the Lehigh Valley, which is in close proximity to New York City and Philadelphia.

The College of Business is home to over 1,200 undergraduates, 270 graduate students, and 80 full-time faculty members. The undergraduate business program was ranked 27th in the nation in 2018 by Poets&Quants. The Flex MBA program was ranked 25th in the nation by U.S. News & World Report in 2018.

Interested applicants are invited to visit the College of Business website: https://cbe.lehigh.edu and the Path to Prominence website: https://www1.lehigh.edu/path-prominence.

Lehigh University is a 2010 recipient of an NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Grant: https://advance.cc.lehigh.edu//. Lehigh offers excellent benefits, including domestic partner benefits. Lehigh University also has programs and policies designed to help Lehigh faculty members balance the responsibilities of their professional and personal lives: https://www.lehigh.edu/~inprv/faculty/worklifebalance.html. Lehigh Valley Inter-Regional Networking & Connecting (LINC) is a newly created regional network of diverse organizations designed to assist new hires with dual career, community, and cultural transition needs.

Review of Applications - Review of applications will begin in November 2019. Application deadline: December 1, 2019. To ensure full consideration, please submit a cover letter, CV, one research paper, a research statement, a teaching statement with summary of teaching evaluations, and three letters of reference to https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/14282.

We will be interviewing candidates at the ASSA meetings, San Diego, January 2020.

Lehigh University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. We welcome and encourage applications from women and minorities.

On-Line Application - https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/14282

Organization

Read our Diversity Profile Founded in 1865, Lehigh University is a premier coeducational, nondenominational, private residential research university that offers a distinctive academic environment for undergraduate and graduate students from across the globe. Lehigh University’s annual report from 2013 provides an overview of the intellectual activity across campus as well as a financial report. It is posted on our website at http://www.lehigh.edu/annualreport/ .

Lehigh offers more than 90 undergraduate programs and majors featuring more than 2,000 courses in four colleges: The College of Arts and Sciences, The College of Business and Economics, The College of Education and The P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science. Lehigh confers a total of 12 degrees at the undergraduate and advanced degree level. We have 482 full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty and approximately 200 adjunct faculty and lecturers and 10 full-time visiting faculty. With approximately 4700 undergraduate and 2,000 graduate students, a small student-to-faculty ratio allows students to work closely with professors. About 69% of all full-time faculty are tenured, and 99% of full-time tenure-track faculty hold a doctorate degree or the highest degree in their field.  We have 1,215 staff members supporting the academic, research and administrative functions.

Located in Pennsylvania’s scenic Lehigh Valley, the campus is in close proximity to both New York City and Philadelphia. Lehigh is situated on over 2,300 acres on four campuses. The Asa Packer Campus, Mountaintop Campus, and Murray H. Goodman Campus are contiguous and feature more than 153 buildings with 4.3 million-plus square feet of classroom, laboratory, office and living space. The campus also has 180 acres of playing fields and half of the campus is preserved as open space.

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Telephone
610.758.3165
Location
27 Memorial Drive West
Bethlehem
PA
18015
US

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