2012-2013 Faculty Recruiting
Second Century Initiative Recruiting
The Andrew Young School of Policy Studies is recruiting for four positions in conjunction with a broader University endeavor, the Second Century Initiative (2CI), which will add at least 100 new faculty members to Georgia State University between 2010 and 2015. The primary goal of the initiative is to build nationally recognized scholarly strength and critical mass around common research themes in order to enhance Georgia State University's overall excellence, interdisciplinary richness, and competitiveness.
Please click on the links below for more details about each position:
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Economics or Public Policy, with research interests in health information technology, Full or Associate Professor
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This position is the result of a Second Century Proposal submitted by Georgia State’s Robinson College of Business, in conjunction with the Andrew Young School’s Georgia Health Policy Center, that focuses on candidates whose research involves health information technology (policy, privacy, security, innovation, implementation, etc.).
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The Robinson College of Business hired two new faculty associated with this proposal that are starting this fall:
- Aaron Baird, Assistant Professor, Institute of Health Administration (Ph.D. Information Systems, Arizona State
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Cath Oh, Assistant Professor, Computer Information Systems, (Ph.D. Information Systems, University of Washington)
- Contact: Angie Snyder, AngieSynder@gsu.edu or James Marton, marton@gsu.edu
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This position is the result of a Second Century Proposal submitted by Georgia State’s Robinson College of Business, in conjunction with the Andrew Young School’s Georgia Health Policy Center, that focuses on candidates whose research involves health information technology (policy, privacy, security, innovation, implementation, etc.).
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Policy-Focused Criminal Justice/Criminology Research, Full or Associate Professor
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This position is part of a 3-person cluster hire associated with the Andrew Young School’s Second Century Proposal that seeks faculty in an effort to build an internationally recognized Workshop in Evidence-based Policy. The Workshop will act as a hub of energy and activity, including high-profile colloquia and lecture series, and will serve as an institutional umbrella for research working groups and visiting faculty and graduate students. This position focuses on candidates whose research involves experimental designs or rigorous quantitative methods to advance crime and justice related policy and practice.
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The Andrew Young School has hired two faculty members over the past two years associated with this proposal:
- Tim Sass, Professor of Economics, research focus on education policy
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Mike Price, Associate Professor of Economics, research focus on field experiments
- Contact: Dean Dabney, ddabney@gsu.edu
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This position is part of a 3-person cluster hire associated with the Andrew Young School’s Second Century Proposal that seeks faculty in an effort to build an internationally recognized Workshop in Evidence-based Policy. The Workshop will act as a hub of energy and activity, including high-profile colloquia and lecture series, and will serve as an institutional umbrella for research working groups and visiting faculty and graduate students. This position focuses on candidates whose research involves experimental designs or rigorous quantitative methods to advance crime and justice related policy and practice.
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Urban Economics, Full or Associate Professor
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This position is one of four positions associated with the Andrew Young School’s Second Century Proposal that seeks to build existing strengths across the university in urban policy and land use law. The other three positions will be housed in the Andrew Young School’s Department of Public Management and Policy (PMAP), The GSU College of Law, and the Department of Sociology. These hires will directly advance the university’s strategic cities initiative, building momentum behind GSU's proposed Council for the Progress of Cities and advancing the university’s goal of global distinction, while simultaneously building on and tying together the existing infrastructure of the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth, Fiscal Research Center, and the Center for Neighborhood and Metropolitan Studies.
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For more information about this position, visit the economics department recruiting page
- Contact: Spencer Banzhaf, hsbanzhaf@gsu.edu
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This position is one of four positions associated with the Andrew Young School’s Second Century Proposal that seeks to build existing strengths across the university in urban policy and land use law. The other three positions will be housed in the Andrew Young School’s Department of Public Management and Policy (PMAP), The GSU College of Law, and the Department of Sociology. These hires will directly advance the university’s strategic cities initiative, building momentum behind GSU's proposed Council for the Progress of Cities and advancing the university’s goal of global distinction, while simultaneously building on and tying together the existing infrastructure of the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth, Fiscal Research Center, and the Center for Neighborhood and Metropolitan Studies.
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Economist with research interests in non-financial risks faced by households, Full or Associate Professor
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The ideal candidate for this economics position will have an interest in field research with applications in poverty alleviation, health economics, labor economics, law and economics, or crime. This position is funded as one component of the Second Century proposal entitled “Portfolios of the Atlanta Poor” submitted by the http://www.rmi.gsu.edu/http://www.rmi.gsu.edu/ of the Robinson College of Business, in conjunction with the Department of Economics of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. The overall project is being led by the Center for the Economic Analysis of Risk. Two additional faculty positions in the Risk Management and Insurance Department will complement the planned Economics Department hire (contact Glenn Harrison at gharrison@gsu.edu for information about those positions).
- Contact: James Cox, jccox@gsu.edu, Jorge Martinez, jorgemartinez@gsu.edu, or Mark Rider, mrider@gsu.edu
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The ideal candidate for this economics position will have an interest in field research with applications in poverty alleviation, health economics, labor economics, law and economics, or crime. This position is funded as one component of the Second Century proposal entitled “Portfolios of the Atlanta Poor” submitted by the http://www.rmi.gsu.edu/http://www.rmi.gsu.edu/ of the Robinson College of Business, in conjunction with the Department of Economics of the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. The overall project is being led by the Center for the Economic Analysis of Risk. Two additional faculty positions in the Risk Management and Insurance Department will complement the planned Economics Department hire (contact Glenn Harrison at gharrison@gsu.edu for information about those positions).
Other Departmental Recruiting
In addition to the 2CI recruiting described above, there will be other departmental recruiting within the Andrew Young School during the 2012-2013 school year. For more information on these and other departmental searches, please visit our departmental recruiting pages:
- Economics recruiting
- Public Management and Policy recruiting
- Criminal Justice recruiting (in development)
- Social Work recruiting (in development)
