Assistant, Associate, Full Professors in Population Analytics for Public Policy
University of Missouri-Columbia
Description: The College of Engineering at the University of Missouri is embarking on a large-scale, multi-disciplinary hiring effort for approximately 50 new faculty in the areas of Big Data Analytics, Biomedical Innovations, and Sustainability.
We invite applications for multiple tenure-track positions in population analytics for public policy starting August 15, 2017. Positions may be at the assistant, associate, or full professor level and may be joint between the MU College of Engineering, the Truman School of Public Affairs, and the MU Department of Economics, depending on the disciplinary background of the applicant. The focus for the positions is the analysis of population and economic data sources (e.g., U.S. Census, Internal Revenue Service), health data, social media, or network data for improved public policy-making. The expansion of automated data collection and developments in survey technology have increased the availability of of larger datasets, often with complex structures (e.g., panels with firm and individual data) and unstructured data (e.g., Twitter and Facebook posts, comments on news articles) to enable empirical analysis of questions that must be addressed with newly developed methods. MU population research is organized around a multidisciplinary population center (the Population, Education and Health Center). MU maintains a branch of the Federal Statistical Research Data Center system, providing local access to confidential federal data sources for authorized researchers.
Qualifications: Applicants should have an earned doctorate in industrial engineering/operations research, public policy, economics, demography or a related field; and strong written and oral communication skills. Senior applicants are expected to have a strong publication record in nationally recognized journals. Those with relevant postdoctoral experience are particularly encouraged to apply.
Closing Date: Applications will be reviewed starting December 1, 2016 and will continue until all positions are filled.
Application: Submit applications online at http://hrs.missouri.edu/find-a-job/academic (Job ID: 21965). Please follow the instructions on the website and upload a cover letter, curriculum vita, a statement of research and teaching goals, a representative research paper, and contact information for at least three references. Any questions regarding the application procedure may be directed to Professor James Noble at NobleJ@missouri.edu , Search Committee Chair, College of Engineering, Department of Industrial and Mfg Systems Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211.
The University of Missouri is a Tier I research institution and one of only 60 public and private U.S. universities invited to membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities. Missouri was founded in 1839 in Columbia as the first public university west of the Mississippi River. Today, with an enrollment of more than 35,000 students, 13,000 full-time employees and 300,000 alumni, Mizzou is a $2.2 billion enterprise and an important investment for the state and nation.
MU specifically invites and encourages applications from qualified women and members of groups underrepresented in science.
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/ADA employer firmly committed to fostering ethnic, racial, and gender diversity in our faculty.
Ronald G. McGarvey, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering (IMSE)
Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs (TSPA)
E3437D Lafferre Hall | University of Missouri | Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: 573-882-9564 (FAX 2693) | E-mail: McGarveyR@missouri.edu