Denison University

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The Department of Economics at Denison University, a diverse, highly selective liberal arts college enrolling 2100 students, invites applications for a tenure track position at the assistant professor level beginning in Fall 2017.

Applicants must have superior teaching skills and the ability to teach a variety of courses. The department is especially interested in finding someone willing to teach courses in financial economics: Financial Markets and Organizational Finance in a liberal arts context. In addition, our new colleague is expected to teach courses in introductory and intermediate economic theory (micro or macro). We are looking for a versatile colleague – one who appreciates the interdisciplinary nature of a small residential, undergraduate, liberal arts institution.

Denison values faculty who are successful and effective teachers, who develop active and productive research programs, and who are involved in the life of the college. The Economics Department has twelve faculty members who appreciate diverse approaches to economics. Denison has a 3/2 teaching load.

We will begin reviewing applications on November 1, 2016, and will continue to accept applications until the position is filled. We will interview prospective candidates at the ASSA meetings in Chicago, January 6-8, 2017. We expect candidates to have their PhD in hand by August 2017.

Denison University is a national liberal arts university with roughly 2,100 undergraduates. We are located 27 miles from Columbus, Ohio, the state capitol and the 15th largest metro area in the United States. Columbus hosts a wide range of cultural and artistic opportunities, thriving night life and award winning cuisine. To achieve our mission as a liberal arts college, we continually strive to foster an academically and culturally diverse campus community, which recognizes the value of all persons regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, gender, color, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, family configuration, disability, socioeconomic status, religion, national origin, age, or military status.

For additional information and resources about diversity at Denison please see our Diversity Guide at http://denison.edu/forms/diversity-guide. Denison University is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer.

Applicants should submit electronic application materials on-line at employment.denison.edu, including: a cover letter addressing the candidate’s motivation and potential that will enable them to successfully contribute to the high standards of teaching, scholarship, and service that are expected of Denison faculty; separate statements addressing the candidate’s: 1) teaching philosophy reflecting teaching financial economics in a liberal arts context and ability to contribute to our curriculum, 2) research interests and plans for research at Denison, and 3) potential to foster and support diversity among our students (inside and outside of the classroom), faculty, and community, 4) and at least one set teaching evaluations.