Dear Colleagues,
I append below an announcement for two tenure track faculty positions at
WPI for dissemination/nomination/application.
Best,
Khalid Saeed
saeed@wpi.edu
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Social Science and Policy Studies Department
Tenure Track Faculty Openings
The Social Science and Policy Studies (SSPS) Department at WPI announces
two tenure track faculty positions in Economics/System Dynamics
and Psychology/System Dynamics.
1. Economics/System Dynamics
The selected candidate will teach undergraduate courses in introductory
economic theory, system dynamics and one or more of the following elective
courses: international economics, development economics,
environmental/ecological economics and public finance. The selected
candidate will also have the opportunity to develop new economics or system
dynamics courses related to their interests. A candidate should have a
Ph.D. in economics with a strong interest in system dynamics, or a Ph.D. in
an equivalent area. The ideal candidate will have research and teaching
promise in integrating an area of economics with system dynamics.
2. Psychology/System Dynamics
The selected candidate will teach undergraduate courses in psychology and
system dynamics. The psychology courses will include social or cognitive
psychology and one or more of the following elective courses: educational
psychology, judgment/decision making, environmental problems and human
behavior. The selected candidate will also have the opportunity to develop
new psychology or system dynamics courses related to their interests. A
candidate should have a Ph.D. in psychology or equivalent area (e.g.,
education, judgment/decision making, organizational science). The ideal
candidate will have research and teaching promise in an area interfacing
psychology and system dynamics (e.g., dynamic decision making, group model
building, assessment of learning about complex systems, human/computer
interface design).
The SSPS Department at WPI has multidisciplinary faculty offering majors in
economics, system dynamics, technology and society and environmental
policy. The Department also offers service courses in the social sciences
Institute-wide. Interest in system dynamics as a research and teaching
methodology is shared by a majority of faculty members in the department,
which is also the first in the world to offer a B.S. in system dynamics.
Applications with vita and at least three references should be sent to the
following address by December 1, 2000, electronically or by mail or fax:
Professor Khalid Saeed
Department Head
Social Science and Policy Studies
W.P.I.
100 Institute Rd.
Worcester, MA 01609
Phone: 508-831-5296, FAX: 508-831-5896
Email: saeed@wpi.edu
WPI is a leading private university of engineering and applied sciences
located in Worcester, MA and is an equal opportunity affirmative action
employer.
_____________________________________
Khalid Saeed
Professor and Department Head
Social Science and Policy Studies
W. P. I., 100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA 01609, USA
Ph: 508-831-5563; fax: 508-831-5896
email: saeed@wpi.edu
SSPS Dept: http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/SSPS/
tenure track faculty openings at WPI
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