Mount Holyoke College

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Mount Holyoke College Department of Economics invites applications for a tenure track position at the Assistant level, beginning fall 2023. The position is a 2/2 teaching load. Open field with the expectation that the successful candidate will teach intermediate micro or macro or econometrics.

The applicant should have a strong commitment to research and undergraduate teaching in a liberal arts college and a demonstrated record of strong teaching at the undergraduate level and experience mentoring students who are broadly diverse with regard to race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, and religion. The successful candidate will be able to work closely with others in the standard liberal arts curriculum. Applicants are expected to have a Ph.D. by the fall of 2023.

Applicants will submit a cover letter, CV, job market paper, teaching philosophy, research interests, and mentoring a diverse student body statement. For full consideration, applications must be completed by November 15, 2022. Please include contact information for three references as part of your application. Reference letters will be requested at a later date in the search process.

Mount Holyoke is an undergraduate liberal arts college with 2,200 students and 220 faculty. Over half the faculty are women; one-fourth are persons of color. Mount Holyoke College is located about 90 miles west of Boston in the Connecticut River valley, and is a member of the Five College Consortium consisting of Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts.

Mount Holyoke College is a women’s college that is gender diverse. The College is committed to providing equal access and opportunity in employment and education to all employees and students. In compliance with state and federal law, Mount Holyoke College does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, genetic information, sex, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, ancestry, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected status under federal, state or local law. The College does not discriminate on the basis of gender in the recruitment and admission of students to its graduate program.

All offers of employment are contingent upon the finalist successfully passing a background (including criminal records) check.