Celebrating its 12th year of entrepreneurial programming, Rowan University invites applications for an tenure track professor of entrepreneurship at the assistant or associate level (without tenure) to join a growing and interdisciplinary entrepreneurship team. The AACSB-accredited Rohrer College of Business (RCB) has approximately 2,400 undergraduate students and 145 masters level students and is experiencing a period of unprecedented programmatic and enrollment growth. Thus, we seek an energetic and innovative colleague who is committed to excellence in teaching, research, and service. This position will have dedicated service time to engage in and support programming offered through the Rowan Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (RCIE).

The successful candidate will have:

• A Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship or a related field, completed by September 1, 2019
• Proven excellence as a teacher and demonstrated potential for excellence as a researcher
• The ability to teach an array of entrepreneurship-specific coursework
• A reputation of being a collegial colleague and collaborative team member

One or more of the following are a plus:

• First-hand experience in launching a startup
• Brings a unique expertise that is complementary to the entrepreneurship program s goal to be a world leader in entrepreneurship education
• Experience teaching a diverse array of entrepreneurship specific courses (intro, new venture finance, legal aspects of entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, etc.)
• Experience mentoring entrepreneurship student groups (CEO, ENACTUS) or engaging in leadership of regional and/or national entrepreneurship organizations (USASBE, GCEC, ICSB, ECSB, etc.)

Entrepreneurship at Rowan

The Rowan Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (RCIE) serves as an entrepreneurial catalyst to the entire Rowan community. RCIE houses StartupRU (Rowan s Entrepreneurship Across the Campus initiative), Faculty Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, new venture accelerator, entrepreneurship distinguished speaker series, and a plethora of other programs and resources to support Rowan students, faculty, and staff. The RCIE faculty consists of Dr. Eric Liguori (Rohrer Chair of Entrepreneurship and RCIE Executive Director), Dr. Susana Santos (Assistant Professor, RCB), Dr. Cheryl Bodnar (Assistant Professor, Experiential Engineering Education), Dr. Mike Dominik (Lecturer, RCB), and a 2018-2019 Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship. In the last three years our entrepreneurship faculty have published in elite journals including Journal of Management, Small Business Economics, and Journal of Small Business Management, to name only a few.

About Rowan

Rowan University is a Carnegie-classified Doctoral University (Moderate Research Activity) with approximately 17,300 students. Its main campus is located in Glassboro, N.J., 20 miles southeast of Philadelphia, with additional campuses in Camden and Stratford. The University comprises seven academic colleges and five schools "the William G. Rohrer College of Business; the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering; the Colleges of Communication and Creative Arts, Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, Performing Arts, and Science and Mathematics; the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University; the Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine; the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; the School of Health Professions; and the School of Earth and Environment "with an Honors College that spans across disciplines. Rowan is one of two public universities in the country to offer M.D. and D.O. medical degree programs. The institution is also home to the South Jersey Technology Park, which fosters the translation of applied research into commercial products and processes. Rowan has been recognized as one of the top 100 public universities in the nation and is ranked third among public institutions in the North by U.S. News & World Report

To Apply

Applications should include the below listed items, assembled in the following order in a single PDF file: 1) a cover letter summarizing qualifications and the applicant s interest in the position, 2) current detailed CV, 3) statement of teaching interests (including the list of courses the applicant feels most qualified to teach, as well as teaching philosophy), 4) a statement of research interests (including applicant s future research goals, and any plans for obtaining external funding for achieving those goals), and 5) names and contact information for three to five references. Please name the file as _Application.pdf. Optionally, additional relevant documentation (such as student evaluations, copies of up to two key publications) may be submitted in an Appendix as a separate file, named _Appendix.pdf.

Applications are only accepted on line at http://jobs.rowan.edu/cw/en-us/job/492917/assistant-associate-professor-of-entrepreneurship

The deadline to apply to this position is September 1, 2018.

Questions can be directed to search committee chair Eric Liguori (liguori@rowan.edu). Members of the search committee will be onsite at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting this August to meet with select prospective applicants (space is very limited).

Advertised: Jun 13 2018 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: Sep 1 2018 11:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time



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