Assistant Professor - Economics

Tenure track position in Department of Economics

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

A PhD in economics or related area. The candidate must support one of the areas of interest of the Department, i.e. tourism economics, economics of transportation, urban economics, economic planning, health economics, economic education, quantitative methods, economics of energy, economics of telecommunications and emerging areas. Must be committed to serving the mission and objectives of the university and it is highly desirable that the candidate can express himself fluently in Spanish, both orally and in written form.

DUTIES

The candidate is expected to be able to teach and develop basic level and advanced economics courses; develop new courses; assist in the elaboration of new graduate level curriculum (master’s and doctoral), carry out a research program in the area of expertise; attending faculty meetings; participate in continuous evaluation and improvement activities and contribute to other departmental activities through service to the institution and the community.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested candidates must send a letter of intent describing past teaching and research experiences and plans for the future; updated curriculum vitae; official transcripts of graduate and undergraduate studies; three (3) letters of recommendation and a copy of a recent publication or chapter of doctoral dissertation to the following address:

Dr. Carlos A. Del Valle González, President of Personnel Committee
Department of Economics
College of Arts and Sciences
University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez Campus
Call Box 9000
Mayagüez, PR  00681-9000

Advanced copies of documents may be sent to the following email address: econ@uprm.edu  However, official documents must also be sent by traditional mail, to the above address. To learn more about the Department of Economics at UPRM, please visit http://econ.uprm.edu/

Applications or material received after February 18, 2021 will be not considered.

Submitted CEE-SA-2020-3873
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