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Tenure-track Position(s) / Open Field

The following ad appears in the October 2012 issue of Job Openings for Economists. Please use the links at left to learn more about the job, the department, and the college.

Class on the lawnThe Economics Department of Reed College invites applications from economists who are strongly committed to undergraduate teaching for one or two tenure-track positions to begin in the fall of 2013. The successful candidate is expected to teach five one-semester courses, including both advanced undergraduate courses in his or her fields as well as core courses. Candidates also are expected to advise several year-long senior thesis projects each year. Individuals interested in this position should send a detailed letter of application describing both your interest in teaching and the courses you would most like to teach in an undergraduate liberal arts college. In addition, please send a curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts, teaching evaluations, a recent research paper, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be submitted. Reed College is a community that values cultural and intellectual pluralism as essential to the excellence of our academic program. In your cover letter, please also convey how your teaching, scholarship, mentorship and/or community service might support the commitment to diversity and inclusion articulated in the College’s diversity statement. The Economics Department is using Interfolio to collect applications for this position electronically, for more information and application instructions see https://secure.interfolio.com/apply/15417.

Applicants whose materials are received by November 15, 2012 will be assured consideration for interviews at the AEA meetings in San Diego. Candidates should have the Ph.D. degree by August 2013. We expect to make this appointment at the assistant professor level, but we will consider applications from more experienced persons. An Equal Opportunity Employer, Reed values diversity and encourages applications from underrepresented groups. 

Please contact Denise Hare at econsearch@reed.edu with any questions.