{"592133":{"#nid":"592133","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Royster Announces National Search for Chair of the School of Economics","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDean Jacqueline Royster has announced a national search for a\u0026nbsp;visionary leader to serve as chair of the School of Economics (SOE) within the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to the position description, the chair will \u0026ldquo;lead a diverse group of talented faculty and staff in fulfilling the research, teaching, and service missions of the SOE. The chair will provide strategic and operational leadership including (but not limited to) new faculty recruitment, promotion of faculty scholarship and teaching excellence, mentoring, program quality improvement, fundraising through development and sponsored research projects, and budget management. The chair will oversee the direction and expansion of faculty and degree programs in the SOE over the next 2 - 4 years. This position is part of a cluster hire for 2018 and a larger hiring plan going forward.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn announcing the search committee, Dean Royster said, \u0026ldquo;On behalf of the School of Economics, the Ivan Allen College, and Georgia Tech broadly, we thank this group of colleagues\u0026nbsp;in advance for their invaluable\u0026nbsp;service in making sure that our search for leadership in the School of Economics is a successful one.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/Open-Chair-Position-Econ\u0022\u003ESchool of Economics chair job description may be found here\u003C\/a\u003E. Inquiries may be directed to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:soe-chair@econ.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Esoe-chair@econ.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E. The school is also hiring senior and junior faculty. Those positions may be viewed on the SOE website.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERoyster announced the search committee:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESearch Committee\u0026nbsp;Chair:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nJoseph Bankoff\u0026nbsp;(Sam\u0026nbsp;Nunn School of International Affairs)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESOE Committee Members\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nJuan Moreno-Cruz\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nJyldyz Ismailova-Hughes\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMatthew Oliver\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nOlga Shemyakina\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EIAC\u0026nbsp;Committee\u0026nbsp;Member\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMary McDonald\u0026nbsp;(School of History and Sociology)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGT (at large)\u0026nbsp;Committee\u0026nbsp;Member\u003C\/strong\u003E: \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nJonathan Colton\u0026nbsp;(Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology seeks a visionary leader to serve as chair of the School of Economics (SOE) within the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Institute of Technology seeks a visionary leader to serve as Chair of the School of Economics (SOE) within the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts."}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2017-05-25 18:58:45","changed_gmt":"2017-07-28 19:19:11","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-05-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-05-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"592147":{"id":"592147","type":"image","title":"School of Economics","body":null,"created":"1495750917","gmt_created":"2017-05-25 22:21:57","changed":"1539022613","gmt_changed":"2018-10-08 18:16:53","alt":"Photo of sign Old Civil Engineering Building with building in the background","file":{"fid":"225671","name":"Econ_slidepic_choice01.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Econ_slidepic_choice01.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Econ_slidepic_choice01.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":361170,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Econ_slidepic_choice01.jpg?itok=50W8UTdS"}}},"media_ids":["592147"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"55831","name":"open position"},{"id":"145501","name":"chair position"},{"id":"59011","name":"faculty position"},{"id":"602","name":"economics"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:soe-chair@econ.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Esoe-chair@econ.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["soe-chair@econ.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}