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Faculty Position in Quantitative Methods
Atkinson Graduate School of Management is pleased to invite applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Quantitative Methods with appointment to begin August 2010.
The Atkinson School is a graduate professional school of management (http://www.willamette.edu/mba/), growing in size and reputation, situated within a top-ranked, private liberal arts university. Accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the School offers the MBA degree in two different formats, both preparing students for careers in business, government, and not-for-profit management. Our flagship full-time program is offered in Salem, Oregon with evening MBA programs for working professionals delivered in Portland and Salem. We also offer a variety of executive education programs in Salem, Portland and other Northwest locations. Faculty members are committed to helping students to achieve their intellectual and professional goals in a highly collegial environment. The faculty is not departmentalized and values collaboration across disciplines, integrative teaching, experiential learning, and high-quality research that crosses both sectoral and functional boundaries.
Position Requirements: The successful candidate will hold a completed doctorate in Applied Statistics, Management Science or a related field coupled with strong records of accomplishment in teaching and scholarship; ability and motivation to pursue scholarly work, both independently and collaboratively; ability to relate the quantitative disciplines to the practice of management; demonstrated ability to develop and deliver MBA and executive courses. The ideal candidate will also have expertise in one or more of the following areas - multivariate statistical analysis, optimization, simulation, data mining - and have significant experience with leading statistical software packages and other business analytics applications.
Appointment rank and salary are open, commensurate with experience, teaching and research record.
How to Apply:
Interested applicants should submit the following materials electronically, in MS Word or PDF format, via e-mail to agsmfacsearch@willamette.edu:
- Cover letter indicating the applicant's interest and addressing the degree of fit between the applicant and the Atkinson Graduate School of Management.
- Current Curriculum Vitae including mail, e-mail, and telephone contact information
- Evidence of teaching excellence (such as teaching evaluations)
- Evidence of continuing scholarly achievement (copies of up to three recent articles)
Application Deadline: Applications will be considered until the positions are filled, please apply immediately.
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