Georgia State University

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY

J. Mack Robinson College of Business

Faculty Positions in Marketing

The Department of Marketing of the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University invites applications for one or more tenure-track positions to begin in Fall 2024. Qualified candidates will have completed a Ph.D. in Marketing or a related discipline by August 2024, have demonstrated research skills through refereed publications in premier journals, and have a strong teaching capability. Rank is open, but preference will be given to new and early assistant professors.

Applicants should have expertise in supporting the department’s strategic goal of becoming one of the few leading business schools at the forefront of transforming business education and research in the areas of Marketing Strategy, Digital & Social Media Marketing, Digital Transformation, Marketing Analytics and Innovation. Opportunities for conducting research in these areas are excellent with many similarly interested colleagues in the Department of Marketing and other units in the college, including the Institute for Insight and Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute. 

ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT

Georgia State University, the largest university in Georgia with more than 50,000 students enrolled (including 7,000 graduate/professional), continues to lead the state and nation in graduating economically and racially diverse students on time and at a reasonable cost.

With more than 9,000 students and 170 faculty members, the Robinson College of Business (RCB) is among the ten largest accredited business schools in the United States, with a student body that is one of the most diverse in the country. Robinson’s flagship Part-time MBA program is ranked among the best by Bloomberg Businessweek and U.S. News & World Report. Its Executive MBA is considered by Financial Times to be among the top 20 programs in the United States and one of the world’s premier programs.

Robinson’s size and legacy of excellence make it one of the most influential business schools in the country. According to Standard & Poor’s, more Georgia executives hold graduate degrees from Robinson and Georgia State than any other college or university in the country. The college’s location in the middle of Atlanta provides easy access to Fortune 500 companies and Fortune 1000 companies headquartered in the Atlanta metropolitan area, offering excellent opportunities for research, student job placement, and fundraising. Benefitting from both broad and deep disciplinary expertise and recent investments in computer science, emerging technologies, entrepreneurship, and innovation.

The Marketing Department offers BBA, MBA, MS, and Ph.D. programs in marketing and is ranked among the top programs worldwide for publications in the top marketing journals in the last several years. Fully accredited by the AACSB, the College expects and supports faculty research leading to publication in top-tier journals.  Excellence in teaching is also highly valued. Salary, teaching loads, and other types of support are competitive with other research universities. Further information about the Department of Marketing is online  at https://robinson.gsu.edu/academic-departments/marketing/.

FURTHER INFORMATION AND APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Please submit nominations or applications electronically to Professor Denish Shah, Search Committee Chair, at shah@gsu.edu and include a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, samples of current research, and at least three letters of recommendation. The position is contingent on University budget approval.

Georgia State University, a unit of the University System of Georgia, is an equal opportunity educational institution and an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and accommodates individuals with disabilities. All applicants must comply with the Immigration Reform and Control Act. Women and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply. An offer of employment will be contingent upon the successful completion of a background report.

Georgia State University is an equal opportunity educational institution/affirmative action employer