The Department of Economics welcomes applications for a new or advanced Assistant Professor level to start in Fall 2025 in the fields of Health Economics. Applicants are expected to be engaged in research that is related to the advertised field. Completion of Ph.D. by the start date is required for an appointment as Assistant Professor.
Duties for the tenure-track position entail actively publishing in peer reviewed journals along with teaching courses in health economics at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. The committee will evaluate the research and teaching potential of each candidate based on the quality of the job market paper, letters of recommendation, research statement, established evidence of (or showing potential for) teaching excellence, and statement of teaching philosophy. The successful candidate will also display commitment to diversity and inclusion in higher education.
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is a mid-sized R1 research university located between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore. The Department of Economics has 15 active research faculty and offers undergraduate degrees in Economics and Financial Economics, as well as a Master’s degree in Economic Policy Analysis. While teaching will be focused in the Department of Economics (economics.umbc.edu), the faculty will have opportunities to participate in teaching and dissertation advising in UMBC’s School of Public Policy and collaborations with the Hilltop Institute, a UMBC-based nonpartisan health policy and research organization.
UMBC is especially proud of the diversity of its student and faculty body, and we seek to attract an equally diverse applicant pool for this position. We have a strong commitment to inclusive excellence in our faculty. We encourage applications from women, minority group members, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and members of LGBTQIA+ communities. Consistent with its strong commitment to diversity, the Department of Economics has secured a Sloan Foundation grant to establish a pipeline for under-represented minority undergraduates into post-baccalaureate research. Recent students have joined graduate programs at Brown, Harvard, MIT, and Oxford (https://economics.umbc.edu/sloan-umbc-2/).
