Adjunct Faculty, Department of Economics, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
George Mason University -
Fairfax, VA,
US
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Economics
Date Posted: 2024-04-27
Job description
Department: College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Economics
Job Category: Adjunct Faculty
Job Type: Part-Time
Location: Remote
Workplace Type: Remote Eligible
Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience
Criminal Background Check: Yes
About the Department:
The Economics Department at George Mason University has developed a significant international reputation for a particular approach to economics. The Mason style of economics fuses traditional micro- and macroeconomics with scholarship in the fields of Public Choice (founded by Nobel Laureate and Mason Professor Emeritus James Buchanan), Austrian Economics, and Experimental Economics (the latter founded by Nobel Laureate and Mason Professor Emeritus Vernon Smith). Overall, Mason's economics program focuses on society and analyzes policy issues from both theoretical and applied perspectives.
About the Position:
The Instructor will be responsible for teaching courses in the Department's fully online Master of Arts in Economics program. Courses for the online program are scheduled asynchronously. Details on the online program, including course descriptions, can be found at the program website -
Possible courses for instruction, depending on openings, are in the areas of Microeconomic Theory, Econometrics, Experimental Economics, and Math Economics.
Responsibilities:
Required Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
Instructions to Applicants:
For full consideration, applicants must apply forAdjunct Faculty, Department of Economicsat and submit the online application to include three professional references with contact information, and provide a CV and cover letter detailing how your experience relates to any/all of the aforementioned economic areas.
Posting Open Date: March 13, 2024
For Full Consideration, Apply by:April 5, 2024
Open Until Filled?:Yes
Mason Ad Statement
Mason is currently the largest and most diverse university in Virginia with students and faculty from all 50 states and over 135 countries studying in over 200 degree programs at campuses in Arlington, Fairfax and Prince William, as well as at learning locations across the commonwealth. Rooted in Mason's diversity is a campus culture that is both rewarding and exciting, work that is meaningful, and opportunities to both collaborate and create.
If you are interested in joining the Mason family take a look at our current opportunities and catch some Mason spirit at jobs.gmu.edu/!
George Mason University, Where Innovation is Tradition.
Equity Statement
George Mason University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, committed to promoting inclusion and equity in its community. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law.
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Job Category: Adjunct Faculty
Job Type: Part-Time
Location: Remote
Workplace Type: Remote Eligible
Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience
Criminal Background Check: Yes
About the Department:
The Economics Department at George Mason University has developed a significant international reputation for a particular approach to economics. The Mason style of economics fuses traditional micro- and macroeconomics with scholarship in the fields of Public Choice (founded by Nobel Laureate and Mason Professor Emeritus James Buchanan), Austrian Economics, and Experimental Economics (the latter founded by Nobel Laureate and Mason Professor Emeritus Vernon Smith). Overall, Mason's economics program focuses on society and analyzes policy issues from both theoretical and applied perspectives.
About the Position:
The Instructor will be responsible for teaching courses in the Department's fully online Master of Arts in Economics program. Courses for the online program are scheduled asynchronously. Details on the online program, including course descriptions, can be found at the program website -
Possible courses for instruction, depending on openings, are in the areas of Microeconomic Theory, Econometrics, Experimental Economics, and Math Economics.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the instructor of record for a graduate-level course(s) in the Master of Arts in Economics program;
- Obtain materials needed for classes, including texts and other materials and engage in the onboarding process to prepare for the course launch;
- Maintain consistent communication with students enrolled in the class throughout the course session;
- Meet with students, individually or as a class, as needed to assist with course material;
- Implement assessment instruments (e.g., problem sets, quizzes, exams) as included in the course design;
- Maintain contact with the Department's Graduate Studies Office throughout the course session with updates; and
- Enter final course grades in line with University deadlines.
Required Qualifications:
- A Ph.D. in economics.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior teaching experience.
Instructions to Applicants:
For full consideration, applicants must apply forAdjunct Faculty, Department of Economicsat and submit the online application to include three professional references with contact information, and provide a CV and cover letter detailing how your experience relates to any/all of the aforementioned economic areas.
Posting Open Date: March 13, 2024
For Full Consideration, Apply by:April 5, 2024
Open Until Filled?:Yes
Mason Ad Statement
Mason is currently the largest and most diverse university in Virginia with students and faculty from all 50 states and over 135 countries studying in over 200 degree programs at campuses in Arlington, Fairfax and Prince William, as well as at learning locations across the commonwealth. Rooted in Mason's diversity is a campus culture that is both rewarding and exciting, work that is meaningful, and opportunities to both collaborate and create.
If you are interested in joining the Mason family take a look at our current opportunities and catch some Mason spirit at jobs.gmu.edu/!
George Mason University, Where Innovation is Tradition.
Equity Statement
George Mason University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, committed to promoting inclusion and equity in its community. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law.
Campus Safety Information
Mason's Annual Security and Fire Safety Report is available at