"Assistant Professor, Marketing, Tenure Track"

Position Announcement
Tenure-track Assistant Professor
Department of Business Administration
Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics
University of Delaware

The Department of Business Administration in the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware invites applications for a tenure-track position in Marketing. The beginning date for the position is August, 2026.

Candidates must possess a Ph.D. in Marketing or related fields and pursue a high-quality research program with the objective of publishing in top-tier journals in the field. Candidates must also demonstrate potential for high-quality teaching. Primary teaching responsibility is in marketing, at the undergraduate and/or graduate levels. The teaching load will initially be three courses per year, and junior faculty are given minimal service requirements.

Founded in 1743, the University of Delaware (www.udel.edu) combines tradition and innovation, offering students a rich heritage along with the latest in instructional and research technology. Located on an attractive campus in Newark, Delaware, roughly an hour from Philadelphia and Baltimore, and about 2 hours from New York and Washington, D.C., the University is a state-assisted institution with a strong private endowment and selective admission. It is one of the oldest land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant institutions in the nation. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classifies University of Delaware as an R1 research university with very high research activity.

Lerner College has five departments, 42 academic programs, about 4,200 students, 166 faculty members, and state-of-the art facilities. Lerner College supports full-time, part-time, on-site corporate, and online MBA programs in addition to MS programs in functional business areas and non-degree executive education programs. All degree programs are fully accredited by the AACSB. For more information on Lerner College, see lerner.udel.edu.

The Department of Business Administration is housed within Lerner College and offers degree programs in marketing and other areas. To learn more about the Department and its faculty members, please visit https://lerner.udel.edu/faculty-staff-directory/groups/business-administration/. The department promotes a collegial, supportive environment and values candidates who share these values.

Salary, benefits, teaching load, and research support are highly competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications. Candidates who currently hold tenure-track appointments at other institutions are strongly encouraged to apply. Ideal candidates have a record of publishing in top journals at rank and evidence of highly effective teaching in graduate and/or undergraduate courses.

Applicants should submit a letter of interest, a current curriculum vitae, contact information for 3 references, at least one recent paper (publication or manuscript), and recent teaching evaluations, if available. Letters of recommendation will be requested at time of application submission.

Additional information may be requested after initial review of applicants. Submit inquiries, but not application materials or letters of reference, to the search committee chair, Ji Kyung Park at jipark@udel.edu.

The search committee will begin reviewing applications immediately and continue until the position is filled. We will conduct preliminary interviews via Zoom.

The University of Delaware is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or status as a protected veteran, as well as any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. For the University’s complete non-discrimination statement, please visit www.udel.edu/aboutus/legalnotices.html.