Career Services

Position:

Towson University’s College of Business and Economics invites applications for two positions in the Department of Management, beginning August 2024: Assistant or Associate Professor in Strategy/Entrepreneurship; and/or Assistant or Associate Professor in Organizational Behavior.

Responsibilities:

Faculty member will be assigned a teaching workload of six (6) courses per academic year in strategy and entrepreneurship such as Business Policy & Strategy, Principles of Management, or in organizational behavior/org. theory, such as Management of Organizational Behavior, or Organization Theory and Development, with a possibility of teaching graduate courses, as well. Faculty member is expected to pursue research leading to refereed journal publications in the field of management. Faculty member is expected to engage in service to the department, college, university, community, and professional associations. The successful candidate will join a department that is committed to scholarly productivity, students’ excellence, and innovative and technology focused experiential teaching.

Qualifications:

PhD in Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Organizational Behavior, Organization Theory, or Business Administration from an AACSB-accredited institution. ABDs with expected graduation date no later than Feb 1, 2025, will be considered. Applicants will need to demonstrate potential for strong research, excellent teaching, and service aligned with the college’s expected outcomes of impact, innovation, and engagement.

Application Process:

The review of applications begins immediately and continues until the position is filled. Applicants are required to upload the following documents online using the link below (email applications will not be considered): (1) cover letter; (2) curriculum vitae with references; (3) teaching narrative; (4) research narrative.

Questions about this position should be directed to the search committee chair, Professor Justin Ji, at yji@towson.edu.

Towson University:

Towson University (www.towson.edu) was founded in 1866, is recognized by U. S. News and World Reports as one of the top public universities in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, is Baltimore’s largest university, and is the largest public, comprehensive institution in the University of Maryland System. TU enrolls over 18,000 undergraduates and nearly 3,000 graduate students across six academic colleges (business, education, fine arts, health professions, liberal arts, science & mathematics), has over 900 full-time faculty, and offers more than 110 bachelor’s, 47 master’s, and 7 doctoral programs. Our centrally located campus sits on 330 rolling green acres and is 10 miles north of Baltimore, 45 miles north of Washington D.C., and 95 miles south of Philadelphia.

A Criminal Background Investigation is required for the hired candidate and the results may impact employment.

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University System of Maryland (USM) has strongly encouraged full COVID vaccination and up-to-date booster shots (when eligible) for all faculty, staff, and students at all schools in the USM as both a reasonable and necessary means of protecting our health and safety.

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Towson University is an equal opportunity employer and has a strong institutional commitment to diversity, as detailed in “A More Inclusive TU: Advancing Equity and Diversity (2020 – 25).” TU is a national leader in inclusive excellence, the only institution in Maryland with zero achievement gap, and 68% growth in minority enrollment over the past 5 years. We encourage applications from a variety of (dis)abilities, cultural, ethnic, race, sex, gender identity/expressions, national origins, ages, veteran status, color, religious, socio-economic, sexual orientations and belief background.