"Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Finance and Economics, Rollins College of Business"

The Department of Finance and Economics in the Gary W. Rollins College of Business at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Economics position beginning August 2026.

Successful candidates must be academically qualified to teach a variety of undergraduate (including General Education) and graduate courses in Economics, particularly Intermediate Microeconomics Theory, a capstone course, and at least two microeconomics subfields, such as labor and game theory. Responsibilities include teaching nine credit hours per semester, research leading to quality-refereed journal publications, and engage in service activities related to the department, College, and University, including efforts to engage and retain students, mentor student clubs, and connect UTC with the business community in Chattanooga. Salary and benefits are competitive with peer institutions.

Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Economics or closely related field (or be in the ABD stage of their doctoral studies) with expected completion of the Ph.D. prior to the position start date. In addition to excellent communication skills, applicants must be able to provide instruction in a variety of modalities, including online.

For full consideration, applicants must prepare and submit all of the following information within our online application system:

• Cover Letter / Letter of Interest
• CV with current contact information
• Transcripts
• Evidence of teaching effectiveness
• Statement of research focus including current and planned research (1 page) and a job market paper
• References: list of names, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses for three (3) professional references.

Preference will be given to applicants who apply before October 15, 2025. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Initial interviews will be conducted via Zoom. Candidates invited for on-campus interviews will be required to give a teaching presentation and a research presentation.

Questions regarding the position may be sent to the search committee co-chairs, Dr. Claudia Kramer (Claudia-Kramer@utc.edu) or Dr. Sami Dakhlia (Sami-Dakhlia@utc.edu).

The Rollins College of Business is AACSB accredited at the undergraduate and graduate levels, serves approximately 2400 students, and has a productive and collegial faculty. The Economics program in the Rollins College is the program of choice for students throughout the southern Tennessee and north Georgia regions. We strive for our students to be Academically Prepared and Business World Ready. This high-quality, competitive program has BA and BSBA tracks and offers students many unique benefits: a state-of-the-art Bloomberg Lab, integrated classroom and technology-based experiential learning and internships, a Student Success Center with dedicated career advisors, business-world inspired curriculum design, industry speakers and field trips, including an annual trip to Wall Street. Students manage over $3 million through the SMILE Fund and two other portfolios.

The department houses The Probasco Distinguished Chair of Free Enterprise and the Center for Regional Economic Research (CRER). The Probasco Chair has a mission to study the American free enterprise system and the conditions under which it operates most efficiently, engage in high-level scholarly research, and contribute to the public knowledge and understanding of economic theory and practice. The CRER serves a mission to conduct high-quality, data-focused economic research, analysis, and visualization on Chattanooga and the regional economy. The Center connects the Gary W. Rollins College of Business with the local community and serves an academic mission to educate students and energize research on local economic issues.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is the second largest campus in the University of Tennessee System, serving a diverse student body of more than 11,000 undergraduate and graduate students through five academic colleges. Since its founding as Chattanooga University in 1886, UTC has established a reputation for excellence built on a unique blend of the private and public traditions of American higher education. Today, UTC brings a passion for excellence in all pursuits and is dedicated to making a difference in our community and in the lives of our students.

About Chattanooga: UTC is in the heart of Tennessee’s fourth-largest city, Chattanooga, located in the southeastern part of the state near the border with Georgia and at the junction of four interstate highways. Conveniently situated within just a two-hour drive from Atlanta, Nashville, Knoxville and Birmingham, Chattanooga offers the opportunity to live and learn in an exciting and enchanting environment. Dubbed the ‘Scenic City,’ and endowed with incredible vistas and popular area attractions, the city has been recognized nationally for its downtown renaissance and a revitalized riverfront that has become the blueprint for other cities to emulate. Chattanooga achieved the first gig internet capacity in the country and today has the nation’s fastest internet service with a 100% fiber network that links every residence and business in a 600-square mile area. Recently, Chattanooga was named America’s first ever National Park City.

The city is home to companies such as Unum, McKee Foods, U.S. Xpress, Volkswagen, and Amazon, and a number of tech startups attracted to its blazing fast internet and low cost-of-living. Thousands of visitors are drawn yearly to the Tennessee Aquarium, Lookout Mountain, Civil War battlefield sites, the Bessie Smith Cultural Center, the Creative Discovery Museum for Children, and the weekly Nightfall Summer Concert Series held in the heart of downtown. Chattanooga also has a long and rich history interwoven with the Civil Rights movement and Native American heritage.

For more information:

• Department of Finance and Economics: Finance and Economics | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
• Rollins College of Business: Gary W. Rollins College of Business | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
• The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga: Choose UTC | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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