Position Announcement
Tenure-Track, Assistant Professor of Marketing
Department of Business Administration
Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics

University of Delaware

The Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware invites applications for a tenure-track position in Marketing. Candidates must possess a PhD in marketing or a related field or be ABD with completion expected prior to joining. Successful candidates will demonstrate the drive and vision to develop an innovative scholarly research program and possess a commitment to quality teaching. Candidates who have a few years of experience in rank as an Assistant Professor are also encouraged to apply; such candidates should have a demonstrated record of publication in top academic journals and evidence of highly effective teaching. Salary, benefits, teaching load, and research support are competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Founded in 1743, the University of Delaware (www.udel.edu) combines tradition and innovation, offering students a rich heritage along with the latest in instructional and research technology. Located on an attractive campus in Newark, Delaware, roughly an hour from Philadelphia and Baltimore, and about 2 hours from New York and Washington, D.C., the University is a state-assisted institution with a strong private endowment and selective admission. It is one of the oldest land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant institutions in the nation. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classifies University of Delaware as an R1 research university with very high research activity.

Lerner College has five departments, 42 academic programs, about 4,200 students, 160 faculty members, and state-of-the art facilities. Lerner College supports full-time, part-time, on-site corporate, and online MBA programs in addition to MS programs in functional business areas and non-degree executive education programs. Degree programs are fully accredited by the AACSB.  For more information on Lerner College, see lerner.udel.edu.

The Department of Business Administration is housed within the Lerner College and consists of five academic areas: Marketing, Entrepreneurship, International Business, Management, and Operations Management. To learn more about the marketing area and its faculty members, please visithttps://lerner.udel.edu/faculty-staff-directory/groups/business-administration/. The department promotes a collegial, supportive environment and values candidates who share these values.

Applicants should submit a letter of interest, a current curriculum vitae, contact information for three (3) references, at least one recent paper (publication or manuscript), and if available, recent teaching evaluations. Letters of recommendation will be requested at time of application submission.

Preliminary interviews will be conducted via Zoom. Priority review of applications begins October 7, 2024. The position will remain open until filled. Submit inquiries, but not application materials, to the search committee chairs, Drs. Andong Cheng and Jackie Silverman, at [email protected].

The University of Delaware is an Equal Opportunity Employer that encourages applications from minority group members and women. The University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination can be found at http://www.udel.edu/aboutus/legalnotices.html. Employment offers will be conditioned upon successful completion of a criminal background check. A conviction will not necessarily exclude you from employment. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States by the start of their employment at the University of Delaware.