Discussion: View Thread

We need your help to send word of our possible new position in International Business at the Assistant Professor level to any potential faculty candidates you may know. Your recommendations would also be most appreciated. This position is subject to final review and approval.

We are looking for a well trained, innovative and creative scholar. This is a dynamic, hi-tech, highly cosmopolitan area in the magnificent Pacific Northwest, next to many of the most exciting companies in the world. If you know of someone who enjoys their espresso con panna; can do great research; is a terrific teacher; would love to rub shoulders with CEOs; and enjoys hi-tech international businesses, please do send us their names. We would love to talk to them.

A rather bland ad as per university regulations is appended below. Thanks for any help you can provide.

University of Washington Bothell

Business Program

Assistant Professor*

International Business (IB)

*This position is still subject to final review and approval.

The Business Program of the University of Washington Bothell invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in International Business at the Assistant Professor level. The appointment will become effective in September of 2011. A Ph.D. degree in any area of business dealing with International Business is required. Candidates who are near degree completion will be considered. University of Washington faculty engage in teaching, research, and service.

A candidate for this position should have an active research program with publications, or the potential for publication in leading academic journals in business. The individual who is hired will teach undergraduate and MBA-level courses at the Bothell campus and the newly established Eastside Leadership Center in Bellevue. The program places a high value on excellence in the classroom. Faculty members have complete access to the computing and library resources of a major research university, including financial databases such as Compustat, CRSP, and IBES via WRDS. UW Bothell follows a quarter system and the normal teaching workload for business faculty is five courses a year. Successful candidates must be committed to working with diverse students, faculty, staff, and business leaders.

The University of Washington Bothell was established in 1990 as a campus within the University of Washington system. We are located 15 miles northeast of downtown Seattle in the center of the Pacific Northwest's exciting high-technology corridor between Microsoft and Boeing. We work closely with industry leaders as well as the smaller, innovative, and rapidly growing companies in software, electronic commerce, medical equipment, biotechnology, electronics, and aerospace. We have a relatively new, state of the art, high-tech campus, with a wireless network serving every building on campus, digital multimedia labs, and multimedia capabilities in all of the classrooms. Our MBA programs draw from companies such as Microsoft, Boeing, Expedia, Icos, Amgen, and Philips. The Eastside Leadership Center in Bellevue, WA, currently serves our Leadership MBA program, a new Undergraduate program with an emphasis on International Business, and a forthcoming China program.

To Apply: Please send a letter describing your qualifications, research interests and teaching philosophy. Include your curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching effectiveness (if available), and one paper that represents your research capabilities. Three letters of reference will be required to officially complete the application package. Open until filled, although complete applications received by April 15, 2011 will receive priority consideration. Please send materials to:

Dr. P.V. (Sundar) Balakrishnan

Chair, IB Search Committee

Business Program, Box 358533

University of Washington Bothell

18115 Campus Way NE

Bothell, Washington 98011-8246

Phone: 425.352.5394 / fax: 425.352.5277

To apply by email, please send the application packet to BASearch@u.washington.edu with IB in the subject.

For additional information, please see our website at http://www.uwb.edu/business

The University of Washington, an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer, is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications from women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and covered veterans.