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University of Delaware

Location: NewarkDE 19702 Document ID: AC063-3ANU Posted on: 2019-03-2603/26/2019 Job Type: Regular

Job Schedule:Full-time
2019-04-25
 

Assistant Professor of Food and Agribusiness Marketing

POSITION: The Department of Applied Economics and Statistics plans to hire two full-time, tenure-track faculty positions in Food and Agribusiness Marketing and Management (FABM) beginning in fall 2018. Desired areas are listed below. The positions will be 9-month, academic-year appointments at the rank of Assistant Professor with approximately 60% of time devoted to research and 40% of time devoted to teaching. Current assistant professors also are encouraged to apply, and negotiations over shortened tenure and promotion schedules are possible for these candidates.

REQUIREMENTS: Ph.D. in applied economics, agribusiness, agricultural economics, marketing, economics, business economics, international trade, public policy or a closely related field. Successful candidates are expected to have demonstrated excellence in research and have a dedicated interest in high quality teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

GENERAL INFORMATION: The Department of Applied Economics and Statistics is an interdisciplinary academic unit within the University of Delaware's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Currently, the Department consists of 11 faculty and professional staff who teach and supervise approximately 150 undergraduate majors and 75 graduate students. The Department's faculty include economists and statisticians who all work with data. The Department includes the Center for Experimental & Applied Economics, a large state-of-the art experimental economics laboratory renovated in 2014, and a statistical lab. Recognized for the past five years by the Chronicle of Higher Education as one of America's best universities to work for, the University of Delaware is located in scenic Newark, Delaware, within 2 hours of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. The University is a Land Grant, Sea Grant, Space Grant, and Carnegie Research University, with external funding exceeding $200 million. The University of Delaware is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from minority group members and women.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

The two successful candidates will have opportunities to shape the future direction of the FABM program at the University of Delaware though teaching, advisement, research, curriculum design, outreach to the business community, and programmatic leadership. In addition to contributing to department, college, and university service activities, responsibilities include:

Teaching: Yearly workload consists of two undergraduate courses for the FABM program and one other undergraduate or graduate course. Some possible course options include entrepreneurship, futures and options, strategic selling, food retailing, business management, and international trade and marketing. Candidates will be expected to contribute to the undergraduate and graduate programs through advising, teaching, and mentoring, as well as directing theses and research projects. Interest or experience in the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) and connecting with the University's new Horn Program in Entrepreneurship is preferred.

Research: The successful candidate is expected to establish and maintain an active, externally funded, internationally recognized applied-economics research program in food marketing, market structure and competition, consumer behavior, demand and price analysis, agribusiness management, international trade, futures and options, or a similar area. Collaboration with other faculty and/or professionals in related fields is strongly encouraged. At least one element of the candidate's research program should contribute to the College's local, regional, and/or national research priorities. Especially desired are applicants that can contribute to the Department's existing strengths in consumer behavior and marketing, food labeling, and experimental economics. This position will contribute to the University and College's strategic visions through excellence in graduate education, innovative partnerships, community engagement, entrepreneurship, and world-class research efforts.

SALARY: University of Delaware salaries and fringe benefit packages compete favorably with other universities in general and land grant universities in particular. Tenure-track professors receive a third-year sabbatical leave. A start-up package will be available.

DEADLINE: Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2017, but we will continue to accept applications until the position is filled.

CONTACT: For more information, contact Dr. John Bernard (jbernard@udel.edu), Chair, FABM Faculty Search Committee, Department of Applied Economics and Statistics, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. To apply, submit a letter of application, vitae, a short statement of research and teaching interests, job market paper or other sample of research, and arrange for three letters of reference via the Interfolio website (www.interfolio.com/). Submitted documents will be shared with department faculty.


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