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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 2018-19 academic year.

Entrepreneurship is a core priority of the Whitman School and Syracuse University, as signified by an academic department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (EEE). The EEE 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, including #2 overall rankings by USA Today/College Factual and top rankings in US News & World Report, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, and Princeton Review/Entrepreneur magazine. The faculty are highly research active and publish regularly in leading entrepreneurship and management journals (e.g. AMJ, AMR, JBV, SMJ, ETP and SEJ in the past few years). Faculty members also hold important editorial positions at top entrepreneurship journals. Members of the research faculty include Alejandro Amezcua, Mike Haynie, Alex McKelvie, Maria Minniti, Todd Moss, David Park, Minet Schindehutte, and Johan Wiklund. For more information, please see the most recent annual report http://whitman.syr.edu/eeeannualreport2016 or http://whitman.syr.edu/EEE/.

Preferred Qualifications

 Successful candidates should have earned a doctorate from an accredited program or expect degree completion by summer 2018. We are looking for candidates with a strong focus on 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 # 073273). Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications. Syracuse University offers an excellent benefit package that includes tuition benefits for dependents, 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 Atlanta. If interested in being interviewed at Academy, please ensure that you have completed your application before July 28. Any 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.
Department Chair & Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
Department of Entrepreneurship & Emerging Enterprises
Martin J. Whitman School of Management

315.443.7252
mckelvie@syr.edu

Syracuse University