Roanoke College

Position Title/Short Description

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The Department of Business Administration and Economics seeks qualified candidates to apply for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position beginning in August 2021. Teaching duties include Principles of Macroeconomics/Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, and Money and Banking. In addition, candidates are expected to teach courses in the general studies curriculum including Intellectual Inquiry and Intensive Learning courses (which may be designed by the professor.)

Other duties include a commitment to quality academic advising, college service, program assessment, educational improvement, and to the mission of Roanoke College. Research and professional development are expected and financially supported by travel funds and internal grants.

Roanoke College is a nationally ranked residential liberal arts college affiliated with the Lutheran Church (ELCA), located in the Roanoke Valley of Virginia. The Roanoke Valley is known for its beautiful outdoors in the mountains of Southwest Virginia. Roanoke College was named one of the top 20 colleges for the most beautiful campus by the Princeton Review. We are a small liberal arts college with 2,000 undergraduate students, small class sizes, and an emphasis in teaching, mentoring, and developing the whole person for our students. Roanoke College was recently listed as one of the top “Best Undergraduate Teaching” national liberal arts colleges by the U.S. News & World Report. A Phi Beta Kappa institution, Roanoke College is an equal opportunity employer and actively seeks diversity among its faculty, staff, and students; women and members of under-represented groups are especially encouraged to apply. We also seek candidates with interests in mentoring under-represented students, diversifying curricular offerings, or sponsoring diverse community engagement. Applicants are asked to address their potential contributions in support of a diverse community in their cover letters.

Qualifications:
Successful candidates should have a Ph.D. in Economics by August 2021 and teaching experience. Applicants without experience teaching money and banking will not be considered.

Important Dates:
The position begins August 1, 2021. Review of completed applications will begin on December 4, 2020 and will continue until the position is filled.