Lubbock

Visiting Assistant Professor (open rank)

24692BR

Rawls College of Business 

Position Description

Contributes to the university’s mission through teaching, research and service, some variation by academic unit.

About the Department and/or College

The Area of Marketing and Supply Chain Management offers a Bachelor of Business Administration in both Marketing and Supply Chain Management. In addition, students can enhance their abilities by completing a concentration in sales or supply chain management. The area also offers an online MS in Marketing Research & Analytics degree. The area currently has 21 faculty members and 11 doctoral students. Our award-winning faculty members publish research in top journals in the field and are subject-matter experts in consumer behavior, marketing theory, marketing strategy, sales management, and supply chain management. The area takes pride in excellence in teaching and has been awarded the Texas Tech University Departmental Excellence in Teaching Award. In the fall of 2018, the area has launched a new Sales & CRM Excellence Center. 

The Rawls College of Business is AACSB accredited. The college strives to foster, value, and embrace diversity, and create an equitable and inclusive environment in which all members of our community feel safe, respected and empowered. It offers a BBA degree with majors in accounting, energy commerce, finance, information systems, marketing, management, and supply chain management. It has three MBA programs: Professional MBA, Online MBA, and the STEM MBA. It also offers MS degrees in accounting, data science, finance, and marketing research & analytics. In addition, it offers a Ph.D. with concentrations in accounting, finance, information systems & quantitative science, management, and marketing. It has 73 tenured or tenure-track faculty members and 46 non-tenure-track faculty members. The college has approximately 4,800 undergraduate, 850 masters, and 55 doctoral students. 

Major/Essential Functions

The Area of Marketing and Supply Chain Management in the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University invites applications and nominations for a Visiting Assistant Professor (Open Rank) to begin in August 2021. For this one-year, non‐tenure track position, an experienced teaching professional in digital marketing, consumer behavior, sales management and other marketing courses as per the area needs is desired. The ideal candidate may have a Ph.D. in marketing or an MBA or MS degree in Marketing or closely related field with meaningful industry work experience in digital marketing and sales management, university-level teaching expertise in marketing and sales courses, exceptional communication skills, a strong commitment to teaching excellence, and a student-centered service orientation. Candidates will be expected to teach in the undergraduate, graduate programs like the fully-online MS in Marketing Research and Analytics Program, as required by the Marketing and Supply Chain Management Area. Candidates are expected to have expertise in teaching digital marketing, marketing strategy, consumer behavior, and marketing and sales related courses at the master’s and undergraduate level. Candidates who have very strong records of scholarship supported by extramural funding and who have the capacity or clear potential to bring externally sponsored research to Texas Tech University are encouraged to apply. Service duties include program-building, as well as commitment to extra-curricular activities. Service to the department, college, and university is expected.

The position has a 3‐3 teaching load and competitive salary. This new position will assist current faculty as needed with all marketing courses and programs. Effective date of employment will be the beginning of the Fall 2021 semester. 

Review of applications will begin immediately. For questions contact: Dr. Sreedhar Madhavaram, Box 42101, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409‐2101, 806‐834‐8667, [email protected].

Texas Tech University is a Carnegie Very High Research Activity University (Tier1) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) with approximately 40,000 students. The university is built in Spanish Renaissance architecture and boasts one of the top university public art collections in the nation, with works from some of the world’s leading contemporary artists. Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, a city of 260,000 in the South Plains region of Texas. With broad streets and an excellent highway system, Lubbock has the shortest average commute in the nation; nearly every point-to-point trip in the city takes 15 minutes or less. The cost of living is low compared with most metropolitan areas in the U.S., and Texas has no state income tax. Excellent public and private schools are available. The climate is desirable: winters are short and relatively mild, and summers are sunny with low humidity.

Organization

Texas Tech University 

Required Qualifications

Academic degree as defined by the academic unit and as appropriate for the position held. Demonstrated record of effectiveness as a teacher, a record of peer reviewed publication and/or peer-reviewed creative activity which has contributed to the discipline or field of study, to the candidate’s intellectual and artistic development, and to the quality of the academic enterprise; a record of professional service appropriate to the discipline; promise of growth in teaching and research or artistic and creative activity

Preferred Qualifications

The ideal candidate may have a Ph.D. in marketing or an MBA or MS degree in Marketing or closely related field with meaningful industry work experience in digital marketing and sales management, university-level teaching expertise in marketing and sales courses, exceptional communication skills, a strong commitment to teaching excellence, and a student-centered service orientation.

Occasional Duties

Does this position work in a research laboratory?

No 

Special Instructions to Applicants

Required Attachments

Cover Letter, Resume / CV

Job Type

Full Time 

Pay Basis

Monthly

Pay Statement

Compensation is commensurate upon the qualifications of the individual selected and budgetary guidelines of the hiring department, as well as, the institutional pay plan. For additional information, please reference the institutional pay plan on the Human Resources webpage.

Travel Required

Up to 25% 

Shift

Day

Grant Funded?

No 

Job Group

Visiting Faculty 

EEO Statement

As an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, Texas Tech University is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse faculty committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment. We actively encourage applications from all those who can contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of the academic community at Texas Tech University. The university does not discriminate on the basis of an applicant’s race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or status as a protected veteran. Texas Tech welcomes consideration of dual career and professional couple accommodations.

Salary Grade

800