Assistant Professor 9 Mo

The initial nine-month appointment is primarily a teaching position (75%) with an applied research component (25%) focusing on agribusiness.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Teach primarily undergraduate agribusiness courses and some master's level graduate courses.
• Participate in curriculum and course development, recruit and mentor students, supervise student interns, advise student organizations, and provide service through college and university activities.
• Establish relationships with public and private organizations. Opportunities exist for collaboration with crop and livestock producers, agricultural input and credit suppliers, commodity handlers and food manufacturers, agribusiness trade associations, and government agencies.
• Develop applied research and outreach programs in agribusiness. Opportunities for collaboration outside the college exist with faculty in the A-State College of Business, the USDA-ARS Delta Water Management Research Unit, and the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture.