Professor – Jerry S. Rawls Endowed Chair in Marketing Strategy

31149BR

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 24 faculty members and 9 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 launched a new Sales & CRM Excellence Center.

The Rawls College of Business is AACSB accredited. Rawls College is dedicated to fostering a community in which all students, staff and faculty feel accepted and appreciated. We exist in an interconnected world and strive to educate our students to become globally conscious business leaders. To that end, we encourage our students, staff and faculty to recognize and value diverse perspectives throughout their careers. 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 78 tenured or tenure-track faculty members and 52 non-tenure-track faculty members. The college has approximately 5,000 undergraduate, 800 masters, and 60 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 for the Jerry S. Rawls Endowed Chair in Marketing Strategy to begin in Fall 2023. The position requires a Ph.D. in marketing or a related field, a strong record of publications in top journals in the field enabling the person to be appointed to the rank of full professor, evidence of ongoing scholarship, experience advising doctoral students, indicators of leadership in the field, and evidence of quality teaching. The holder of the chair will be expected to take a leadership role in research in the area and the college. Candidates who have very strong records of scholarship supported by extramural funding and who have the proven capacity or clear potential to bring externally sponsored research to Texas Tech University are encouraged to apply. The marketing group is located in the Marketing and Supply Chain Management area of the Rawls College of Business. The marketing group has a long tradition of publishing in top-tier journals in marketing and allied fields.  

Texas Tech University is a Carnegie Very High Research Activity University (Tier1) and a Hispanic Serving Institution 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 more than 300,000 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.

Service to the area, college, university, and profession is expected. Salary and benefits are competitive.

Organization

Texas Tech University 

Required Qualifications

The appointee to this chair is expected to possess, minimally, the following qualifications:

• A strong national reputation as a leader in marketing, 
• A demonstrated commitment to research, teaching and mentoring of doctoral students, 
• A Ph.D. degree in marketing or a closely allied field.

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

Preference will be given to a graduate of Texas Tech University. If no graduate of Texas Tech University meeting the above criteria is available, preference will be given to a scholar whose background suggests that he or she will be able to relate well with students from the West Texas area. In addition, a demonstrated and ongoing commitment to serving diverse student populations is desired. 

Safety Information

Adherence to robust safety practices and compliance with all applicable health and safety regulations are responsibilities of all TTU employees.

Does this position work in a research laboratory?

No 

Special Instructions to Applicants

Interested applicants should apply submit (1) a letter of interest, (2) a curriculum vitae, (3) three letters of recommendations, (4) diversity statement, and (5) a summary of teaching evaluations (in particular, the key “instructor effectiveness” metric) for the last three years. For additional information, please contact Dr. Mayukh Dass, Box 42101, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409-2101, 806-834-1924, [email protected]. Review of applications will begin immediately, and submission of applications by December 15, 2022 is preferred.