Assistant Professor of Economics

Pitzer College invites applications for a full-time tenure track Assistant Professor in Economics to begin in academic year 2023-24. We are interested in applicants who have demonstrated excellence in teaching and research and who specialize in one or more of the following fields: behavioral economics; environmental or ecological economics; economic development; health economics; public economics; urban, rural or regional economics; labor economics; and/or education economics. Ph.D. by August 2023 is expected. The teaching load is five courses per year over two semesters and requires teaching one course in Microeconomic Theory each semester.

Pitzer College, a member of the Claremont Colleges, has a strong institutional commitment to diversity in all areas and strongly encourages candidates from underrepresented groups. We favor candidates who can contribute to the College’s distinctive educational objectives, which promote interdisciplinary perspectives, intercultural understanding, and concern with social responsibility and the ethical implications of knowledge and action. Pitzer College is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. For the successful applicant with the relevant interests, affiliations are possible with the intercollegiate departments of Africana Studies, Asian American Studies, Chican@/Latin@ Studies, and/or the Intercollegiate Feminist Center for Teaching, Research, and Engagement.

Pitzer is located in Claremont, a Southern California college town known for its eclectic restaurants and shops, close-knit community and network of trails and parks. Situated at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains, Claremont is an hour’s drive to downtown Los Angeles, the Pacific coast, the desert highlands and some of the tallest mountain peaks in Southern California

Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vita, copies of publications and/or working papers, and a statement of Teaching Philosophy, and arrange for three letters of recommendation. The cover letter and/or teaching statement should reference how your teaching, scholarship, and mentorship supports our commitment to equity and inclusion in economics.

Applications must be received by November 15, 2022, to be guaranteed full consideration, but will be accepted until the position is filled. Interviews will be conducted remotely during the ASSA meetings.

To submit an application, visit: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/22145

Questions may be directed to faculty_jobs@pitzer.edu