Chair & Associate or Full Professor - Entrepreneurship

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Job Description Summary
The Farmer School of Business invites applications for the position of the department chair in the Department of Entrepreneurship. The department chair leads the strategic initiatives of the department and is responsible for the operation of the department, including budgeting, staffing, scheduling, supervision, and mentoring; the department chair will serve as a member of the Farmer School of Business’s Executive Committee and will report to the Associate Dean of Faculty Excellence of the Farmer School of Business. The position starts July 1, 2025.

Job Description
The Department of Entrepreneurship combines strong academic scholarship and rigorous theoretical and empirical research with immersive, practice-based learning opportunities for students in startup and venture capital, social entrepreneurship and impact investing, corporate innovation and technology commercialization, and creativity and entrepreneurial thinking. The Department of Entrepreneurship, winner of the USASBE Model Program Award in 2024 as the top entrepreneurship program in the world, has ranked among the Top 10 public schools for undergraduate entrepreneurship studies for sixteen consecutive years in The Princeton Review® and Entrepreneur Magazine annual rankings (#7 overall globally, #2 overall in the Midwest, and #1 in Ohio in 2024). Our faculty publish regularly in top management and entrepreneurship journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, the Strategic Management Journal, the Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, the Journal of Management, the Journal of Business Ethics, and Organization Science, among many other high quality journals. Distinguishing features include small class sizes and teacher-scholars with founder experience that deliver personalized learning, an interdisciplinary focus that engages students from every undergraduate major across campus, immersive, practice-based experiential learning opportunities in every class and in every co-curricular program, and integration with entrepreneurial ecosystem builders across the U.S.

For more information about the Department of Entrepreneurship, please visit: http://miamioh.edu/fsb/academics/entrepreneurship/.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Required: Ph.D. in entrepreneurship, management, or a closely related discipline applicable to teaching, research, and scholarship in the entrepreneurship area by date of appointment. For appointment as an Associate Professor, applicants must have demonstrated evidence of strong research with publications in high quality journals in the area of Entrepreneurship and a teaching portfolio in the area of Entrepreneurship. For appointment as a Full Professor, applicants must have a well- established record of publications in high quality journals in the area of Entrepreneurship, including journals listed on the Financial Times 50 (FT50), and a well-established teaching portfolio in the area of Entrepreneurship.
• Consideration may be given to applicants with demonstrated effectiveness in an administrative capacity and the ability to interact with a wide range of constituents including faculty, students, administration, alumni, and the business community.

Required Application Documents
Submit a cover letter describing your interest in the position and summary of qualifications and curriculum vita.

Special Instructions (if applicable)
Inquiries may be directed to Dr. Jenny Minier at jminier@miamioh.edu. Screening of applications will begin October 14, 2024 and continue until the position is filled.

Additional Information

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