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The Department of Economics at Suffolk University invites applications for a full-time tenure track Assistant Professor in Economics beginning July 1, 2025.  We are seeking candidates with a specialization in macroeconomics, international trade, and international monetary economics.

Candidates should provide evidence of commitment to excellent teaching and scholarly potential, including a research agenda and plans for peer-reviewed publication. The Department of Economics offers undergraduate majors in both the College of Arts and Sciences and the Sawyer Business School. The successful candidate should be able to teach required and elective economics courses, including intermediate macroeconomics, international trade, and international monetary economics. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to teach an elective economics course in the new MS Data Science degree program as well.  In addition to demonstrating excellence in teaching and research, the successful candidate is expected to advise and mentor undergraduate students, and engage in service with the department, college and university.  The workload for this position is 45% teaching, 35% research, and 20% service with a 5-course teaching load per year.

Suffolk’s Economics Department is committed to rigorous, cutting-edge scholarship and teaching across the fields of economics. We study and teach a wide range of applied economic models and quantitative methods. We offer two STEM-designated undergraduate majors. Our proximity to the heart of Boston provides easy access to seminars at research universities, financial institutions, as well as key government agencies including the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, and helps us advance our work as teacher-scholars and integrate experiential learning into our classrooms.  We are a diverse and welcoming faculty who holds high expectations for all students.

The successful candidate will contribute to a rich tradition of community-engaged teaching and experiential education that prepares our diverse, substantially first-generation college students—40% of whom are Pell eligible—for careers and civic engagement. The successful candidate will have a commitment to inclusive pedagogy and curricular diversity, mentoring and advising students—especially first-generation college students—as well as conducting impactful research.  We seek candidates excited about centering best practices pedagogy focused on active, applied and experiential learning in their teaching; a commitment to ongoing and continuous improvement in teaching is expected.  Familiarity with and experience using pedagogical methods that enable students across racial, ethnic, socio-economic, and ability groups to reach their maximum potential is a valuable qualification. 

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Suffolk University is dedicated to a diverse and inclusive academic community. Diversity, equity and inclusion are woven into our fabric.  Founded in 1906 to provide access to legal education during the evening for individuals who might not otherwise have been afforded that opportunity, Suffolk University consistently seeks to advance its history and mission as a school of access and opportunity.  This mission is lived through our decisions at every level.  U.S. News ranked Suffolk University among the top 100 universities in the country for social mobility.  Suffolk was also listed 14th nationally in percentage of international students.  Through student, faculty and staff recruitment and support, community engagement, curriculum development, and research, the University community works to advance equity for every student, every day.  Learn more about how we manifest the core values of our mission at Suffolk DEI.   

Candidates must hold a PhD in economics by the beginning of the 2025-26 academic year; ABD candidates in the final stages of completing their degrees will be considered.  Experience teaching courses in economics is preferred.  Application should be made through the Suffolk University Human Resources’ Careers at Suffolk  site.

Complete submissions will include the following: cover letter, CV, graduate transcript, job market paper, teaching philosophy, research statement, graduate transcript, diversity statement, recent student evaluations (if available).  Three confidential letters of reference should be sent by the letter writer to [email protected]. Only complete applications will be reviewed.  For full consideration, applications should be submitted by November 22, 2024, though applications will be accepted until the position is filled.  Initial interviews will be via Zoom followed by on-campus interviews.

Suffolk University is a private, comprehensive, urban university located in downtown Boston and is an equal opportunity employer committed to faculty diversity. Candidates from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. Suffolk offers substantial employee benefits, including retirement benefits, tuition remission for employees and their families, tuition exchange program with participating institutions, as well as health, dental, and life insurance, commuter benefits, and a strong employee assistance program.  Learn more about CAS faculty here.  To learn more about the Economics Department visit our website.  Inquiries about the position should be addressed to Alison Kelly, Chair of the Economics Department at [email protected]. 

Suffolk University does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, religious creed, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age, genetic information, or status as a veteran in admission to, access to, treatment in, or employment in its programs, activities, or employment. As an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer, the University is dedicated to the goal of building a diverse and inclusive faculty and staff that reflect the broad range of human experience who contribute to the robust exchange of ideas on campus, and who are committed to teaching and working in a diverse environment. We strongly encourage applications from groups historically marginalized or underrepresented because of race/color, gender, religious creed, disability, national origin, veteran status or LGBTQ status. Suffolk University is especially interested in candidates who, through their training, service and experience, will contribute to the diversity and excellence of the University community.