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Tenure-Track position in Entrepreneurship & Marketing
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ELON UNIVERSITY
Martha and Spencer Love School of Business
Department of Business Administration
Tenure-Track Position in Entrepreneurship & Marketing
The Department of Business Administration in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business invites applications for a tenure-track position in Entrepreneurship with a focus on Marketing or Marketing with a focus on Entrepreneurship to begin fall 2008. This position is new and the result of growth in our programs. Teaching responsibilities will be at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Primary teaching will be in new product development, idea generation and venture creation, entrepreneurship, and marketing. The selected candidate will help facilitate entrepreneurial student ventures and marketing research projects, teach students how to market new products, and work with the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership on outreach, consulting and research activities. Applicants should demonstrate evidence of effective undergraduate teaching, a strong research agenda, and an interest in mentoring undergraduate students and teaching in the part-time MBA program. (BusinessWeek recently ranked the part-time MBA program second in the south and 12th in the nation.) Previous industry experience and an interest in executive education also are desirable. Preference will be shown to candidates who possess an earned doctorate in marketing or entrepreneurship from an accredited university, or ABDs who will complete their degree by August 2008.
Elon University is a private institution situated on an idyllic 575 acre campus in north-central North Carolina, east of Greensboro, and northwest of Raleigh/Durham. A dynamic institution with an enrollment of over 5000, Elon University benefits from highly talented students, a growing physical plant, and an expanding endowment. Newsweek-Kaplan named Elon the hottest college in the nation for student engagement in its 2006 guide. U.S. News & World Report ranks Elon second among southern master’s-level universities, and the Fiske Guide to Colleges ranks Elon one of the 26 "best buy" private universities. Elon University is proud of its strengths in the liberal arts, its strong sense of community, and its progress in incorporating technology and internationalization into classroom instruction. The AACSB-accredited Martha and Spencer Love School of Business moved to a brand new building, the Koury Business Center, in fall 2006. The new building features state-of-the-art classrooms, multiple student engagement areas, a digital theater, and the Reed Finance Center.
To learn more about Elon, please visit our website at www.elon.edu. Review of candidates for this position will begin immediately. To apply, send a letter of interest, curriculum vita, and a list of three references to: Professor Betsy Stevens, Chair of the Business Administration Department, Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, 100 Campus Drive, Campus Box 2075, Elon, NC 27244, or buschair@elon.edu.
Elon University is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to a diverse faculty, staff, and student body. Candidates from under-represented groups are encouraged to apply.