[PEN-L:7731] job openning

[DOUG ORR <DORR@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Due to unexpected retirements and illnesses, we are going to be down
three people for the up coming academic year.  We will be hiring
one or two full-time temporary faculty.  The positions might become
tenure-track later, but we don't know sure right now.

The ad my chair submitted to the JOE is a bit misleading.  He looked at
which fields had the least number of jobs this year and listed those,
hoping to expand the candidate pool.  We definitely need  Econ History.
We have lost two people in that area.  We probably don't need History
of Thought, since there are two people here who have taught it in the
past and would still like to teach it.  The people who have retired
were mostly micro and applied micro people, with an institutionalist
leaning.  We (at least some of us) would like to continue that
institutionalist tradition, rather than getting hard-core neo-classical
micro people.  We also need help in macro and especially money and
banking.

So you can see, the "any field" is very true.  For most of the people in
the department, the heterdox approach is more important.  Also, the one
woman in the department is now half-time in the State legislature, so there
is a need to replace her.

If you have more questions before you send off your application to the
Chair, please contact me directly.  In case you are looking on a map to
find us, Cheney is 12 miles outside of Spokane in the eastern part of
WA.  We are a four-year, "comprehensive," i.e. teaching oriented
University.  We are on quarters and the teaching load is 3,2,2.  The
class size cap on intro courses is 50, on upper divsion is 25.

Doug Orr
dorr@xxxxxxx


>EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY,  CHENEY, WA
>
>D0 Microeconomics
>E0 Macroeconomics
>B1 History of Economic Thought
>N0 Economic History
>AF Any Field
>
> The Economics Department has an opening for a Visiting Assistant
>Professor beginning September 1999.  This appointment is for nine
>months, but may be renewable based on departmental need and budget
>availability.  Primary responsibility will involve teaching introductory
>economics courses with the opportunity to teach History of Economic
>Thought and Economic History.  Other fields of specialization also will
>be considered.  Applicants should send a curriculum vita, evidence of
>successful teaching, and names and phone numbers of three references.
>Ph.D. preferred.  Review of applications will begin June 30 and continue
>until the position is filled. An equal opportunity  affirmative
>action employer. The successful candidate will be required to show proof
>of eligibility to work in the U.S. pursuant to U.S. immigration laws.
>CONTACT: Tom Trulove, Chair, Department of Economics, MS-36, Eastern
>Washington University, Cheney, WA 99004-2431.  ( (509) 359-2332; Fax
>(509) 359-6732; w.tom.trulove@xxxxxxxxxxxx)