The Department of Economics at San Francisco State University was founded in 1976, one of the first such departments in the United States. Forged out of transformative activism and scholarship, the department uses interdisciplinary approaches and foregrounds transnational and intersectional relationships among gender, race, sexuality, nation, labor, technologies, and globalization. Our students engage in challenging academics, work closely with professors, and lead community initiatives. We encourage intellectual collaborations within the department, as well as across the profession, and also support applications for internal and external funding to support research productivity.

The mission of San Francisco State University is to create and maintain an environment for learning that promotes respect for and appreciation of scholarship, freedom, human diversity, and the cultural mosaic of the City of San Francisco and the Bay Area; to promote excellence in instruction and intellectual accomplishment; and to provide broadly accessible higher education for residents of the region and state, as well as the nation and world. To fulfill its mission, the University is committed to the following goals:

• Attracting, retaining and graduating a highly diverse student body
• Providing disciplinary and interdisciplinary liberal arts and professional education that is academically rigorous and intellectually challenging
• Providing curricula that reflect all dimensions of human diversity, and that encourage critical thinking and a commitment to social justice
• Recruiting, retaining and supporting a diverse faculty whose teaching demonstrates an active engagement with their individual fields of study and whose creative and scholarly work is an extension of the classroom, laboratory or studio
• Employing a staff and administration reflecting the diversity of our student community and the values of the campus;
• Fostering a collegial and cooperative intellectual environment that includes recognition and appreciation of differing viewpoints and promotes academic freedom within the University community; and
• Serving the communities with which its students and faculty are engaged.

Responsibilities

The position requires graduate and/or undergraduate teaching in  […], mentoring and advising graduate and/or undergraduate students, developing an active ongoing [scholarship program or program of creative work] in one’s area of specialty, and ongoing committee and service assignments. Detailed position description is available at [link to department/school website].

Qualifications

Required--

• [Ph.D. or M.F.A, or equivalent terminal degree (other degrees if relevant)] in [discipline] [from an accredited program, if relevant].  Terminal degree must be completed by the first day of employment.
• Record of working and communicating effectively with colleagues and students

Preferred--

• Record of teaching contributions in the areas of:  [list]
• Active record of [scholarship (creative activity)] related to specialty area [and evidence of external support or the potential for external funding of these activities, if relevant].
• Demonstrated ability to incorporate inclusion, diversity, and educational equity in teaching, and/or scholarship/creative works
• Experience teaching and working closely with students from historically under-represented communities
• Record of contributing to collegial, supportive and collaborative work environments

Rank and salary

Assistant Professor [add Associate and/or Full if relevant]. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. The California State University (CSU) provides generous health, retirement and other benefits.

Application

Submit letter of intent/interest, a current CV, a statement on how your teaching and scholarship/[creative work] align with the commitment of the [name] Department to foster an inclusive and diverse academic community; [sample of scholarly papers], [work portfolio], [teaching philosophy], [description of research interests other as relevant]; names and contact information of three references. Letters of recommendation upon request at a later date.

San Francisco State is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against persons on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, medical condition, National origin, sex, sexual orientation, covered veteran status, or any other protected status.  Reasonable accommodations will be provided for qualified applicants with disabilities who self-disclose by contacting the Senior Human Resources Manager.