General Description

The Economics Department at Johns Hopkins University is looking to hire a Professional Teaching Assistant for a full-time Junior Lecturer position with benefits. The person hired would act as a Teaching Assistant for up to four courses in Economics in spring 2025, which would include teaching a section or two of an Elements class. The Junior Lecturer could also be asked to do advising, which would be a course release.

Minimum qualifications: Bachelors in Economics. Some experience as a teaching assistant or tutoring undergraduates is expected. Familiarity with Johns Hopkins Economics courses is a plus. Women and underrepresented minorities are strongly encouraged to apply. Please submit your resume, a cover letter and any evidence of teaching effectiveness. This position is for one semester, but renewable contingent upon performance and/or availability of funds.

Instructional and administrative responsibilities of the position include:

-         Possibility of leading sections of course(s) as a Teaching Assistant.

-         Possibility of acting as Academic Advisor to Economics majors or minors.

The salary will be $17,500 from January 1, 2025 to May 31, 2025.

The referenced salary is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting. The actual compensation offered to the selected candidate may vary and will be based on
factors including, but not limited to, the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate - e.g., years in rank, training, field, discipline, other work experience, and other similar factors; geographic
location; internal equity; external market conditions; and other factors as reasonably determined by the University.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications: Bachelors in Economics. Some experience as a teaching assistant or tutoring undergraduates expected.

Application Instructions

For consideration, please apply no later than October 1, 2024. Please submit the following: (a) cover letter; (b) curriculum vitae; (c) list of two references with names, titles, institutions, email addresses, and telephone numbers; and (d) any end-of-semester student evaluations for any previous courses for which you were a teaching assistant or other evidence of teaching effectiveness. 

About Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal...timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.

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