Assistant Professor Position

The Department of Economics in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business at Elon University invites applications for a continuing-track, permanent faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning in August 2019. We seek candidates with teaching and research interests in health economics. Applicants should demonstrate strong empirical skills, potential for effective undergraduate teaching, a promising research agenda, and an interest in mentoring undergraduate research.

Application Instructions

Applicants should submit a CV with cover letter, a statement of teaching philosophy and interests, evidence of scholarship, and three letters of recommendation online at https://www.aeaweb.org/joe/candidate. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled, with applications received by November 15 receiving full consideration. Candidates must have completed PhD requirements by August 2019. Candidates who have experience working with a diverse range of people, and who can contribute to the climate of inclusivity are encouraged to identify their experiences in their cover letter.

Contact:
Economics Search Committee Chair
Department of Economics
2075 Campus Box
Elon, N.C. 27244
ecochair@elon.edu

Teaching

Teaching will include an applied upper-level undergraduate elective in health economics as well as other courses from: principles, statistics, or managerial economics and courses in Elon’s Core Curriculum. Faculty members also share in advising research theses required of all economics majors. Opportunities exist to teach in the study abroad program and in the part-time MBA and M.S. in Management programs.

While the standard teaching load is six courses per year, there is a guaranteed a one-course reduction in the first year, a one-semester teaching sabbatical in the second or third year, and opportunities to apply for summer research support. Generally, Economics faculty members have one or two preparations per semester.  The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning offers a variety of programs that help with the preparation of new courses and to improve existing courses.

Mentoring

Economics faculty members share in advising senior research theses required of all economics majors. In recent years, our students have presented their work at the Eastern Economics Association Conference, the Midwest Economics Association Conference, the Duke Economics Department Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium and Elon’s Spring Undergraduate Research Forum.

Elon University along with the University of Mary Washington run Issues in Political Economy, an economics journal co-edited by undergraduates at both institutions. The journal is indexed in Cabell’s Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Economics and Finance.

Research

In addition to the course reductions for research, there are several internal sources of summer research support. There are funds available for conference travel as well. The Department of Economics also hosts a seminar series.

Benefits

Elon offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Continuing-track versus Tenure-track

As set forth in policies established by the Board of Trustees, Elon University seeks to appoint and maintain a faculty that is 85-90% tenured/tenure track. Continuing-track faculty are eligible for promotion to associate professor (without tenure) after six years. When a tenure-track position opens due to either faculty turnover or growth, a faculty member on continuing-track has the opportunity to transfer to tenure-track or remain on a continuing-track appointment. Eligibility for open tenure-track positions is based on seniority. A continuing-track faculty member is evaluated in a similar manner to those on tenure-track, except that there is a greater emphasis on teaching. However, all faculty members are still expected to make regular scholarly and other professional contributions in accordance with AACSB standards. Information about the contracts and evaluation of continuing-track faculty can be found in the faculty handbook.