"Assistant Professor of Business Administration"

POSITION SUMMARY

Date application must be received for priority consideration by: November 15, 2025
Anticipated Appointment Begin Date: September 16, 2026
Closing Date or if blank, Open Until Filled:
Job Family Group: Faculty
Division/Department: School of Business/Business Department
Compensation Range: $68,156 - $72,330 (Assistant Prof YIR 1-4) commensurate with experience in a comparable faculty appointment and according to the SOU faculty collective bargaining agreement
Faculty Classification of Instruction Programs (CIP) Code anticipated: 52.14, Marketing
FLSA Status: Exempt
Appointment Basis: 9 month
Time Type: Full-time
Benefits Eligible: Yes
Renewable/Non-renewable/Grants/Limited Duration: Renewable
This position is designated as a critical, security-sensitive or safety-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a Criminal Background Check: Yes
Work Location Type: On Campus
Worker Status: Must be able to legally work in the United States without visa sponsorship

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The School of Business is hiring an Assistant Professor of Business Administration with a specialization in Marketing.

Teaching responsibilities for this position will be primarily focused on courses in the Marketing core for our undergraduate and graduate degree programs, such as Principles of Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Product Policy, Market Channels, Pricing Strategy, and Promotion/Advertising. Additional teaching responsibilities may include other business courses as needed. The program offers on-campus, hybrid, and fully online courses. This is an on-campus position only.

Other responsibilities include advising, curriculum development, service, scholarly activities, and other responsibilities as assigned.

We offer excellent comprehensive health and retirement benefits. The start date is September 2026 and the position will be open until filled with a priority deadline of November, 15, 2025.

Southern Oregon University is a public liberal arts institution of approximately 2,500 undergraduate and 500 graduate students. The surrounding area is known for cultural offerings such as the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Ashland International Film Festival, and the Britt Music Festival. The region is noted for its unparalleled biodiversity and the university lies in close proximity to the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. The Rogue Valley is renowned for outdoor activities such as hiking, skiing, and biking.

Minimum Qualifications

• Initial appointment at the rank of assistant professor requires a terminal degree in the discipline taught, or ABD, from an accredited institution.
• Applicants should have at least one year of experience teaching in higher education.
• Applicants should provide documented evidence of teaching excellence and scholarly activities.
• Must have experience in Marketing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Business or related field from an accredited institution.
• More than one year of teaching in higher education teaching, advising, and mentoring undergraduate and/or graduate students.
• Preference will be given to candidates with experience teaching and supervising student research, including students from diverse backgrounds.

Essential Functions

Duties - The following examples are typical work activities that are meant to illustrate the general range of work functions and are not meant to be all-inclusive or restrictive

(100%) The primary responsibilities of all faculty members are: teaching, professional development, and service.

• Teaching encompasses normal instructional activities beyond the teaching of assigned courses such as academic advising, working with students outside of class, posting and maintaining appropriate office hours, course and curriculum planning, etc.
• Professional Development includes maintaining currency in the discipline taught.
• Service includes program and institutional administrative, committee, and student support and retention activities
• In addition, professorial faculty members are expected to participate in scholarly and/or creative activities, including formal research (whether in scholarship of discovery, scholarship of synthesis, scholarship of application, or scholarship of teaching), and in service to the university and beyond the campus, such as in professional organizations or other professionally related public service