"Open Rank, Professional Track Faculty In Markets, Innovation, And Design"

Open Rank, Professional Track Faculty In Markets, Innovation, And Design

Position Title:
Open Rank, Professional Track Faculty in Markets, Innovation, and Design

Position Type:
Full time

Location:
Holmes Hall

Categories:
Faculty Exempt

Job Summary:
The Freeman College of Management at Bucknell University invites applicants for a Professional Track position in the Markets, Innovation, and Design Department beginning in Fall 2026.

Job Duties:

The Freeman College of Management at Bucknell University invites applicants for a Professional Track position in the Markets, Innovation, and Design Department beginning in Fall 2026. We are looking for a candidate with either a demonstrated record of excellence in undergraduate teaching, or exceptional promise of teaching to a diverse student body, and an ability to contribute to the College's mission of providing a rigorous, experiential education, in the context of a unique national university with a vibrant liberal arts core and strong complementary professional programs. The initial appointment is for three years, with the possibility of reappointment in subsequent years contingent on satisfactory performance.

The successful candidate will be qualified to teach design-related undergraduate courses, including Design Realization (MIDE 302), a studio-based course in which students gain hands-on practice making their ideas visible to others (i.e. models & prototypes), potentially the introductory Markets, Innovation, and Design course (MIDE 300) that blends design thinking with concepts from marketing and innovation, and additional elective courses related to innovation, design, and creativity. Given the centrality of design thinking in the MIDE curriculum, familiarity with this approach and/or studio-based pedagogy to innovation will be advantageous. Professional experience related to any of the aforementioned domains is highly desirable. Professional track faculty are not eligible for tenure and have a teaching load of six courses per year.

The successful candidate will possess a graduate degree in a relevant field. In addition, candidates will be expected to advise students, facilitate student experiential learning, and maintain faculty qualifications consistent with the AACSB accreditation standards for professional track faculty. The starting rank will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Candidates must possess a graduate degree in a field appropriate for teaching design-related courses.
• Candidates must have either compiled a record of teaching excellence, or demonstrate potential for teaching excellence.

APPLICATION

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. For additional information, and to apply, please visit Bucknell's career site (careers.bucknell.edu). Applications will only be accepted online. We intend to conduct first round interviews remotely. Complete files must include (please submit as a single PDF):

• A cover letter,
• A current curriculum vita,
• A statement of teaching and advising philosophy
• Teaching evaluations that serve as evidence of exceptional teaching, or evidence of the potential for exceptional teaching.

Candidates who progress through the interview process will be asked to provide contact information for three professional references so that confidential letters of reference may be obtained.

Please address any questions about the search to Eric Santanen, Chair of the Search Committee, at Eric.Santanen@Bucknell.Edu.