Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Applied Economics. This is a twelve-month tenure-track position with a 50:45:5 division of effort between extension, teaching, and service, starting August 1, 2025. The extension role carries with it an expectation of applied research.

The successful candidate will develop an applied research and extension program that engages stakeholders and provides practical, data-driven solutions to critical issues facing Utah and the surrounding region. Preferred areas of focus include livestock production, agricultural production, and farm/ranch management. Additional priority areas include water management and policy, public land use, commodity marketing, and applied econometrics. The candidate is also expected to actively seek external funding to support these research and extension initiatives. This individual’s teaching efforts will be in support of the newly developed Ranch Management Economics degree program, as well as Agribusiness and other degree programs offered by the Department of Applied Economics.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A Ph.D. in economics or agricultural economics or closely related field must be completed before beginning employment. Excellent communication and quantitative skills are required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience with or success in extension programming, grant writing, teaching, and academic publishing is preferred.

Along with the online application, please attach:

1. Resume/CV to be uploaded at the beginning of your application in the Candidate Profile under “Resume/CV"
2. Transcript(s) to be uploaded at the beginning of your application in the Candidate Profile under “Documents 1-10”
3. Sample of Extension or Applied Research paper to be uploaded at the beginning of your application in the Candidate Profile under “Documents 1-10”
4. Name and contact information for 3 professional references to be entered into Candidate Profile

**Document size may not exceed 10 MB.**

Employees typically work indoors and are protected from weather and/or contaminants, but not, necessarily, occasional temperature changes.  

The mission of the Department of Applied Economics is to prepare students for careers in economics and agribusiness at the local, national and international levels and focus on issues that are most important to rural communities: food and agriculture, environmental quality and allocation of natural resources, and regional development.

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