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TENURE-TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises

Whitman School of Management

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

Syracuse University's Whitman School of Management is seeking applicants for a tenure-track position in Entrepreneurship at the assistant professor rank. We expect the selected individual to join the faculty prior to the 2015-16 academic year.

Entrepreneurship is a core priority of the Whitman School and the University, as signified by an academic department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (EEE). EEE is celebrating its twentieth anniversary in 2014. The department offers degree programs in entrepreneurship at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. Its educational programs and research productivity are consistently ranked among the best in the United States. The faculty was recently ranked as the second most productive entrepreneurship researchers in the Entrepreneurship Research Productivity World Rankings (published by Texas Christian University). The undergraduate entrepreneurship program is consistently rated among the top five programs in the U.S. by Bloomberg BusinessWeek and by Princeton Review/Entrepreneur magazine. The graduate program is ranked in the top twenty by U.S. News & World Report. Members of the research faculty include Tom Lumpkin, Maria Minniti, Johan Wiklund, Mike Haynie, Alex McKelvie, Minet Schindehutte, Alejandro Amezcua and Todd Moss. For more information, go to http://whitman.syr.edu/Academics/EEE/.

Qualifications

Successful candidates should have earned a doctorate from an accredited program or expect degree completion by summer 2015. We are looking for candidates with a strong interest in entrepreneurship and a demonstrated willingness to conduct high quality scholarly entrepreneurship research and publish in leading academic journals. Candidates should also have demonstrated potential for teaching excellence and have the ability to contribute positively to a participative, collegial setting.

Application Process

Applications must be made via Syracuse University's job application website: www.sujobopps.com (job # 071217). Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications. Syracuse University offers an excellent benefit package that includes tuition benefits, a retirement plan, comprehensive health care plan, and the opportunity for continued professional development. Cover letter, resume, research and teaching statements, and list of three professional references must be included in the application. Review of applications begins immediately and the search will remain open until the position is filled. The search committee will be interviewing select candidates at the Academy of Management meetings in Philadelphia. Any other questions may be directed to the Chair of the Hiring Committee, Alex McKelvie (mckelvie@syr.edu).

Syracuse University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer

Alexander McKelvie, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship & Department Chair

Department of Entrepreneurship & Emerging Enterprises

Whitman School of Management | Syracuse University

p (315) 443-7252 | e mckelvie@syr.edu