Assistant Professor of Applied Economics and Social Entrepreneurship

The Department of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at the City College Center for Worker Education (CUNY) invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor to start in Fall 2023. Candidates should be active in researching, teaching, and community engagement, with the ability to focus on Harlem. Areas of expertise could include community economic development, climate justice, minority entrepreneurship, and/or race, ethnic, and gender studies.

The department offers an interdisciplinary BA in Liberal Arts for working adults and an MA in the Study of the Americas. Responsibilities for the successful candidate will include teaching 4-5 courses per year; working with the MA students focusing on Black and Dominican Studies; and participating in the development of a growing curriculum in social justice, inequality, and urban studies. The candidate will teach, mentor, and advise both undergraduate and graduate students interested in policy, public service, or economics careers or graduate study, and have the ability to build community partnerships particularly within Harlem.

QUALIFICATIONS
Ph.D. in any social science discipline, with expertise in economics, public policy, inequality, community development, or related interdisciplinary field. Candidates should demonstrate commitment to applied scholarship and community engagement. The Division seeks applicants with experience teaching adult, non-traditional urban students.