Lecturer in Economics

The Department of Economics at Brandeis University seeks instructors for ECON 25a, Oral Communication in Economics Practicum, two sections in Fall 2024 and two sections in Spring 2025; each section is a 2 credit course.

This course introduces students to techniques in public speaking in economics using microeconomic applications.  It teaches students to explain real-world economic problems to an audience using economic reasoning and tools.  This is a required course for the major and has Econ 80a (Intermediate Microeconomics) as a prerequisite, although Econ 80a may be taken as a corequisite.  The class will meet once a week for 80 minutes on a day/time to be decided.  In-person teaching is strongly preferred and candidates should be prepared to hold office hours.

Candidates with at least a MA in Economics and previous university-level teaching experience will be given preference. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, CV, a draft course syllabus, and names and contact information for two references. The deadline for first consideration is March 1, 2024.

This appointment is to a position that is in a collective bargaining unit represented by SEIU Local 509.

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