What are the responsibilities and job description for the Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics position at The College of Wooster?
Job Description:The Department of Economics at the College of Wooster invites applications for two one-year visiting positions at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning in August 2025. Qualified candidates must have a Ph.D. (or completion anticipated) in Economics, Business Economics, or a closely held discipline. Candidates with expertise in interdisciplinary fields are encouraged to apply. Please note, the College does not sponsor H1-B visas for short-term visiting appointments.We are especially interested in hiring faculty who can contribute to the intellectual vibrancy and diversity of the academic community through their teaching, research, and service. The College of Wooster enrolls a diverse student body (21% domestic students of color and 15% international students); all applicants are expected to discuss their experience working with diverse student populations.The successful candidates will demonstrate excellence in teaching and a strong ability to advise undergraduate research. The candidate’s research and teaching may be in any field of economics, with a preference for Applied Microeconomics, including labor, health, education, or environmental. As a liberal arts college valuing critical inquiry, we welcome candidates who embrace interdisciplinarity and pluralism. In addition to offering elective courses related to fields of expertise, teaching responsibilities will include Principles of Economics. The candidate will also provide one-on-one advising of students through the College’s mentored senior thesis program. Visiting faculty teach the equivalent of 6.0 courses per year.Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, unofficial graduate transcripts, evidence of strong teaching (such as teaching philosophy and evaluations), research statement, job market paper, diversity statement detailing how the applicant expects to engage with issues of diversity and inclusion in the classroom and campus community, and 3 letters of reference. Applications will be received through the JOE portal and review will continue until the position is filled. Please direct questions about the position to Brooke Krause (bkrause@wooster.edu).
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The College of Wooster is an independent college of the liberal arts and sciences with a commitment to inclusive excellence in undergraduate education. We are especially interested in hiring faculty who contribute to the intellectual vibrancy and diversity of the academic community through their teaching, research, and service, and who are committed to ensuring the success of diverse student populations. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, physical and/or mental disability, age, religion, medical condition, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by institutional policy, or by state, local, or federal law. All offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a criminal background check and verification of the legal right to work in the United States as required by federal law. Typically, the college is not able to sponsor H1-B visas for visiting faculty. The College of Wooster is committed by policy and practice to diversity, equity and inclusion. Read our nondiscrimination policy.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The College of Wooster is an independent college of the liberal arts and sciences with a commitment to inclusive excellence in undergraduate education. We are especially interested in hiring faculty who contribute to the intellectual vibrancy and diversity of the academic community through their teaching, research, and service, and who are committed to ensuring the success of diverse student populations. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, physical and/or mental disability, age, religion, medical condition, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by institutional policy, or by state, local, or federal law. All offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a criminal background check and verification of the legal right to work in the United States as required by federal law. Typically, the college is not able to sponsor H1-B visas for visiting faculty. The College of Wooster is committed by policy and practice to diversity, equity and inclusion. Read our nondiscrimination policy.
