The Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position (academic year) in the area of international trade, to begin July 1, 2013. This position includes a joint appointment in the California Agricultural Experiment Station. We seek candidates with a strong interest in teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and evidence of high productivity in policy-relevant, theoretically sound, and empirically grounded research on international economics. The Department emphasizes the economics of the environment and natural resources, international economic development, and agricultural policy. Trade-related research involving one or more of these areas is desirable. The department is interested in candidates who will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity in higher education through their teaching, research, and service.

Applicants should have a PhD or equivalent in Economics, Agricultural Economics, or a related area, by the appointment date. Interested candidates should submit a letter of intent containing a teaching and research statement, c.v., evidence of teaching effectiveness, a copy of their job market paper, a graduate school transcript, and three letters of recommendation (requested directly through our online application system). All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality: http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html.

Materials may be submitted online at: http://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF00077. The closing date for applications is December 7, 2012.

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The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.