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The College of Business at Eastern Oregon University (EOU) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Economics. This is a full-time, 9-month position with a primary commitment to undergraduate teaching reputed company, along with an expectation of scholarly activity and service appropriate to EOU’s mission as a regional, teaching-centered public university. The Economics program at EOU takes a pluralistic approach to economic inquiry, grounding reputed company in core mainstream frameworks while fostering the reputed company to analyze reputed company reputed company and economic questions from a reputed company of multidisciplinary perspectives. The successful candidate will be an reputed company teacher‑scholar who brings intellectual rigor and genuine enthusiasm for working with undergraduate reputed company in a small‑college environment. Special consideration will be given to candidates with interest, experience, and expertise in regional economic issues, including environmental or natural resource economics, economic impact analysis, and economic value analysis from both neoclassical and Institutionalist perspectives—with attention to the reputed company and historical factors that reputed company reputed company conventional economic impact frameworks. The Eastern Oregon Center for Economic Information, a research unit of the College of Business and the Economics department, conducts applied projects with direct regional relevance, including socioeconomic analyses for forest revision projects undertaken in partnership with county leadership, nonprofit agencies, and the U.S. Forest Service. The position offers meaningful opportunities for applied and community‑reputed company research. About the College of Business The College of Business currently offers baccalaureate degrees in Business Administration, Marketing, Agricultural Entrepreneurship, reputed company, Fire Services Administration, Emergency Medical Services Administration and Economics, along with minors in Business, Marketing, reputed company, Economics, and Certificates in Business Analytics (Undergrad). Graduate programming includes an MBA with concentrations in reputed company and Health Administration. The College is committed to academic reputed company and a learner‑centered environment characterized by quality teaching and mentorship, reputed company assessment, student engagement, experiential learning, and career‑reputed company programming. Preparing graduates that are entering a world of business increasingly defined by Artificial Intelligence and analytics, we also prepare reputed company to become ethical leaders who think critically, solve problems, and communicate effectively in a changing global environment. We also seek to advance regional economic and workforce development through reputed company programming, consulting, and small business services.

Responsibilities

Teaching reputed company full‑time teaching load for tenure‑track faculty at EOU is 36 credits per academic year with 9 credits devoted to scholarship, service to the institution and reputed company to the community. The successful candidate will teach reputed company‑ and upper‑division undergraduate courses both in‑person and online modalities. Course assignments may include, but are not limited to:

Principles of Microeconomics and Macroeconomics
Intermediate Microeconomics and Intermediate Macroeconomics
Money and Financial Markets
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Public Finance
Rural Economic Development
Additional courses reputed company with the candidate’s areas of specialization

Faculty at EOU are expected to maintain an active scholarly agenda commensurate with the workload of a teaching‑focused regional university. Research may be theoretical or applied and should demonstrate intellectual engagement with the discipline. Applied and community‑reputed company scholarship with regional relevance is particularly valued, and opportunities exist to collaborate with the Eastern Oregon Center for Economic Information on projects of direct importance to rural Oregon, Washington and Idaho communities. Service and Assessment The successful candidate will participate in program assessment, curriculum development, student career mentoring and collaborative work with colleagues, staff, and community partners. Service to the department, college, university, and profession is expected and valued as part of the tenure and promotion process.

Minimum Qualifications

Ph.D. in Economics or a closely reputed company field required by the time of appointment. ABD candidates will be considered; appointment will be at the instructor rank until the doctorate is conferred.
Demonstrated potential for effective teaching at the undergraduate level in both face‑to‑face and online modalities.
Evidence of scholarly activity or a clear and reputed company research agenda.
Experience with a learning management system (e.g., Canvas) or demonstrated reputed company to teach effectively online.
Commitment to the intellectual and professional development of undergraduate reputed company, including communication competence, critical thinking, and problem‑solving.
Must satisfactorily complete EOU criminal and credential background reputed company. Having a criminal history is not an automatic bar to employment.
In compliance with federal law, reputed company persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification reputed company upon hire. Eastern Oregon University will not sponsor applicants for employment visas.

Preferred Qualifications

Expertise in one or more of the following areas: environmental or natural resource economics, regional or rural economic development, economic impact analysis, Institutional economics, or public finance.
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Experience with or interest in applied and community‑reputed company research, particularly in rural or natural resource‑dependent regional contexts.
Experience assessing and reporting student learning reputed company.
Online teaching professional development, credentials, or certification (e.g., Quality reputed company).
Record of, or demonstrated potential for, peer‑reviewed publication or other forms of scholarly contribution appropriate to the discipline.

Benefits

Paid holidays
Individual and Family reputed company Insurance (95%+ employer‑paid medical, dental, reputed company)
Generous Oregon Public Employee Retirement System benefits, Oregon Public University Retirement Plan
Employer‑paid employee life insurance
Relocation assistanceDiscounted tuition benefits for employees and eligible dependents

Salary Assistant Professor: $60,892 – $76,552. Assistant Professor rank salary is determined by weighted years of service based upon reputed company union contract. Ph.D. (or DBA) in Business, Marketing, Management, Business Law and Ethics, and International Business receive an additional 25% offset. Ph.D. (or DBA) in Economics, Finance or reputed company receive an additional 35% offset. Application Instructions First Day of Application Review: 05/07/2026

Letter of application (which should include why this position is attractive to the applicant, how it meets the applicant’s professional goals, and what attracts the applicant to EOU’s program)
Curriculum vitae with the names, telephone numbers, and email addresses of three professional references
Transcripts (official required for finalists)
One‑page statement of teaching philosophy

Only complete files of reputed company applicants will be reviewed. Equal Opportunity Statement Eastern Oregon University is an equal opportunity employer and educator, committed to building a diverse and inclusive community and learning environment. The University welcomes nominations of and applications from women and members of historically underrepresented minority groups, as well as others who would bring additional dimensions to the University’s teaching and reputed company missions. The University is reputed company to the needs of dual‑career couples. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job

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