Open Rank Professor of Agricultural Economics and Director of the Northeast Extension Risk

University of Delaware

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Job No: 504067

Work Type: Faculty

Location: Newark, DE

Categories: Business Administration, Economics

POSITION:

The Department of Applied Economics and Statistics seeks a
full-time, open rank, tenure-track or tenured faculty member in
applied economics with an emphasis in agricultural economics,
beginning in Fall 2027. The successful candidate’s research program
will engage with risk management, broadly construed. The successful
candidate will also serve as Director of the Northeast Extension
Risk Management Education Center (NERME), housed at the University
of Delaware. The position combines leadership of a regional
extension center with an active research program, extension
research and programming in partnership with UD Cooperative
Extension, and undergraduate teaching in the Food and Agribusiness
Marketing program. The position will be a 9-month, academic-year
appointment at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor
with 40% of time devoted to research, 35% to teaching, and 25% to
service and administration. Rank and tenure status will be
commensurate with qualifications and experience.

REQUIREMENTS:

Ph.D. in agricultural economics, applied economics, economics,
agribusiness, or a closely related field. The successful candidate
is expected to have demonstrated excellence in research,
commensurate with rank, a clear interest in high-quality extension,
outreach and teaching activities, and the organizational and
communication skills needed to lead a multi-state, grant-funded
program. They should be adept at engaging a broad range of
students, producers, and stakeholders through their research,
teaching, outreach, and mentoring.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience writing and managing competitive grants, particularly
federal awards such as those from USDA National Institute of Food
and Agriculture (NIFA); experience administering programs, budgets,
or sub-awards; experience designing or delivering extension or
outreach programs for agricultural producers, agribusinesses, or
other food system stakeholders; experience working with Cooperative
Extension partners across institutions or states; and a research
record or clearly articulated research agenda in agricultural,
food, and natural resource risk management, broadly construed.

There is a strong desire for candidates who will serve the full
range of Delaware and Northeast agricultural producers,
agribusinesses, food system stakeholders, students, and communities
through their research, teaching, outreach, and mentoring.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

The Department of Applied Economics and Statistics is an
interdisciplinary academic unit within the University of Delaware's
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Currently, the
Department consists of 19 faculty who teach and supervise
approximately 100 undergraduate majors and 80 graduate students.
The Department includes the Center for Experimental & Applied
Economics, a large experimental economics laboratory, a statistical
lab, and the Northeast Extension Risk Management Education Center
(NERME), a regional center funded through the USDA-NIFA Extension
Risk Management Education program that supports risk management
education for agricultural producers across the Northeast.
Recognized as one of America's best universities to work for, the
University of Delaware is in Newark, Delaware, within two hours of
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. The
University is a Land Grant, Sea Grant, Space Grant, and Carnegie
Research University.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Director of NERME

The successful candidate will serve as Director of NERME and
provide leadership and strategic vision for the Center.
Responsibilities include preparing and submitting the Center’s
annual grant proposals; overseeing the Center’s competitive
sub-award system, including requests for applications, proposal
review, award management, and reporting of project results; and
managing the Center’s budget and staff. The Director is expected to
think strategically about the direction of NERME, to secure and
strengthen its place at the University of Delaware within the
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Department of
Applied Economics and Statistics, and to build connections between
NERME, UD Cooperative Extension, and faculty research across the
University and the Northeast region. The Director is expected to
develop and maintain a collaborative relationship with the other
regional ERME Centers and the Digital ERME Center to support the
mission of the USDA-NIFA funded program.

Research

The successful candidate is expected to establish or continue an
active, externally funded research program in agricultural
economics with national and international visibility, with a focus
on risk management, broadly construed. Relevant areas include, but
are not limited to, market and production risk, agricultural and
food policy, conservation and natural resource management, and
behavioral and experimental approaches to decision-making under
risk. We especially welcome research that complements the
department’s strengths in experimental and behavioral economics
applied to agricultural policy and consumer decision-making. The
extension research component of the appointment should connect the
candidate’s research program to NERME’s mission and to the needs of
producers, agribusinesses, and food system stakeholders in Delaware
and the Northeast. Collaboration with other faculty and/or
professionals in related fields is strongly encouraged. At least
one element of the candidate’s research program should contribute
to the College’s local, regional, and/or national research
priorities. This position will contribute to the University and
College’s strategic visions through excellence in graduate
education, innovative partnerships, community and industry
engagement, and world-class research efforts.

Extension

The successful candidate will conduct extension research and
programming that supports UD Cooperative Extension activities
related to risk management for agricultural and food businesses.
They will work cooperatively with Extension colleagues to design
and participate in workshops, decision tools, publications, and
other communications that help Delaware and Northeast farmers,
agribusinesses, and food system stakeholders manage risk and make
sound decisions in an ever-changing market and policy environment.
They will participate in cooperative grant solicitations to support
the work of UD Cooperative Extension, and are expected to draw on
NERME’s regional network to extend the reach of UD programming.

Teaching

Yearly workload consists of two undergraduate courses for the
Food and Agribusiness Marketing program or related areas.
Candidates will have the opportunity to contribute to the
undergraduate and graduate programs through advising and mentoring,
as well as directing theses and research projects.

SALARY

University of Delaware salaries and fringe benefit packages
compete favorably with other universities in general and land grant
universities in particular. A start-up package will be
available.

CONTACT

For more information, contact Dr. Michelle Segovia
(segoviam@udel.edu), Search Committee Chair, Department of Applied
Economics and Statistics, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware.
To apply, submit a letter of application, vitae, a short statement
of research, extension, and teaching interests, a statement
describing your leadership vision for NERME, job market paper or
other sample of research, and arrange for three letters of
reference via TalentLink. Submitted documents will be shared with
department faculty.

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