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University of Arkansas / Fayetteville
Professor and Head
Job Location: Fayetteville, AR
Job Type: Administrative Non-Classified Position
Department:
Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
Description:
The University of Arkansas seeks an aggressive, dedicated individual to provide administrative and programmatic leadership for the teaching, research, extension and service functions of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness. The successful candidate will have a vision of how to enhance and direct Departmental efforts. The department head provides administrative leadership for the state, national and international activities of the Department. The head will also serve as part of the broader administrative team of the Division of Agriculture and the Dale Bumpers College of Agriculture, Food and Life Sciences. The head is accountable to the Vice President of the Division of Agriculture, the Dean of the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, the Director of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station and the Director of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service. Salary is competitive and tenure is negotiable.
Qualifications:
Candidates must have an earned doctorate in agricultural economics, economics or a closely related discipline and have an outstanding record of accomplishments. The candidate's record must demonstrate the leadership skills or potential necessary to administer an academic program including resident instruction, research, extension and service, and the ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with diverse clientele and stakeholders. Evidence of: excellent communication skills; commitment to the Land-Grant mission and philosophy; ability to manage personnel, students and budgets; ability to generate funds to promote research and development; and knowledge of current agricultural, rural economy and environmentally related issues is required. Prior experience in the Land-Grant University System is preferred, as is experience in a unit with multiple missions such as teaching, research and extension.
The Department:
The Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness is one of ten academic departments in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, along with the School of Human Environmental Sciences. The Department is comprehensive and supports activities and professionals both on campus level and throughout the state:
(1) Resident Instruction is provided by eleven faculty at the Fayetteville campus with approximately 130 undergraduate majors and twenty-five graduate students. The three undergraduate areas of concentration are: Agricultural Management/Marketing, Pre-law/Agricultural Law, and Agricultural Economics. The Department offers the Master of Science with thesis and non-thesis options. One non-thesis option includes a semester of study at the University of Ghent. Departmental faculty supervise doctoral students in Public Policy, Environmental Dynamics, and Economics. Students also take classes in the Walton College of Business.
(2) Research is coordinated under the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station. All eleven Fayetteville faculty are supported by the Station as well as three faculty located at research stations elsewhere in the state. Arkansas agriculture is balanced with row crops dominating in the east and livestock-particularly poultry and cattle-in the west. Faculty have statewide, national and international recognition. Emphases are national and international agricultural policy for both crops and poultry. Environment and sustainability, food safety, agricultural finance, risk and farm management, and rural development are primary concerns. Interdisciplinary research and acquiring external funding are highly prized.
(3) Extension efforts are coordinated under the Division of Agriculture's Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service which is headquartered in Little Rock, the state capital. Four faculty have 100% Extension appointments and five additional faculty have Extension responsibilities located at research stations and campuses around the state. Extension faculty provide programmatic leadership and support to county offices in the areas of economic (rural) development, farm management, policy, marketing, specialty agriculture, and precision agriculture. Interdisciplinary outreach efforts, interaction with industry leaders and stakeholders, and external funding are priorities of Extension efforts.
(4) Service responsibilities include serving on College and Division committees as well as representing the University and Division to the public through appropriate media, and participation in state, national and international activities. Service to state and federal government groups and agencies and the profession is also valued.
Other Information:
The University of Arkansas is a Land-Grant institution with approximately 18,000 students. Fayetteville is located in the scenic Ozark Mountain region of Northwest Arkansas. The region has one of the highest growth rates in the U.S. and is consistently listed among the most desirable places to live. In addition to excellent health, education, and recreation services, the community affords a rich variety of cultural activities.
Interested candidates should send: (1) a letter of application including a statement of interest, qualifications, professional goals, and philosophy of administrative leadership, (2) a curriculum vitae, (3) transcripts, and (4) the names, complete addresses, and telephone numbers of at least five references to:
Dr. David Hensley
Search Committee Chair
Department of Horticulture
316 Plant Sciences Bldg
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Phone: 479-575-7319
Fax: 479-575-8619
University of Arkansas / Fayetteville
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