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The City University of New York - Assistant or Associate Professor - Political Economy of Children: Research and Analysis
Date Posted: August 20, 2009
Announcing Unit: The City University of New York
Announcement Text:
The Department of Economics Business Program and Children's Studies Program and Center invite applications for an interdisciplinary tenure track position at the Assistant or Associate Professor rank beginning in September 2010.It is expected that the candidate's teaching and research will focus on such ground-breaking areas as children as markets in the public sectors of education, health, and child welfare and in the private sectors of production, marketing and consumption. It is hoped that the candidate's research can be coordinated with a special mission of the Children's Studies Program and its emphasis on the children of New York City and State.
It is the intention of the Department of Economics Business Program and that of the Children's Studies Program to spearhead innovative interdisciplinary research, utilizing the latest quantitative and qualitative research methods, including cohort studies, for the analysis of children in the public and private markets.
Doctorate or the equivalent degree in such relevant fields as economics, business, demography, fiscal economics and the public sector, education, public health and policy analysis, marketing to children, the ethics of marketing to children. The degree does not have to be in business and may be in a related field provided that the candidate's research and teaching interests have as their focus the many facets of children in the political economy. Record of teaching experience and scholarly innovation and productivity, the latter evidenced by publications and funded grant applications. Also desirable are: familiarity with policy and evaluation research in the child welfare sector; the ability to work collaboratively with diverse communities of researchers, practitioners, public policy makers and private sponsors; and management ability, including experience in project development, fundraising and budgeting. The selected candidate should be familiar with relevant major ongoing child research and methodologies in the social sciences.
Please send curriculum vitae, copies of representative publications, evidence of teaching proficiency, and three letters of recommendations as one package to:
Michael T. Hewitt
Assistant Vice President for Human Resource Services
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210-2889Review of resumes to begin September 22, 2009.
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