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Tenured Professor of Marketing and Iacocca Chair

Employer
Lehigh University
Location
Bethlehem, PA

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Professional Fields, Business & Management
Position Type
Tenured & Tenure-Track
Employment Type
Full Time
Institution Type
Four-Year Institution

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Tenured Professor of Marketing and Iacocca Chair Department: Marketing Academic Category&Field of Expertise: Business/Management: Marketing and Sales Department / Position Website - http://www.lehigh.edu/cbemarketing Position Description - The Department of Marketing in the College of Business at Lehigh University is seeking a tenured full Professor of Marketing, who will also hold the Iacocca Chair. The starting date is Fall 2020 but can be adjusted for the right candidate.

The Department of Marketing is a collegial group of dedicated professionals focused on conducting research with impact, enhancing the educational experience of our students, and generating positive visibility by means of their contributions. We currently have 11 full time faculty members and a full time visiting faculty member as of Fall 2019. Please go to www.lehigh.edu/cbemarketing to learn more about our faculty and programs.

We are looking for a colleague to provide leadership in scholarship and mentoring to our faculty and students. There is no restriction on the candidate’s substantive research topics or methodological approaches. Candidates for the position must possess an earned doctorate in marketing from an AACSB or equivalently accredited university and have the requisite qualifications, background, and stature to be eligible for appointment as a full professor at Lehigh University. The salary will be competitive and commensurate with the candidate’s experience.

Our faculty members have demonstrated research excellence and leadership by indicators such as top journal publications, highly cited papers, significant research awards/honors, and visibility in the media. Our faculty exhibit evidence of excellence in teaching as indicated by student feedback and peer recognition. They also have an impactful record of internal and external service contributions.

Founded in 1865, Lehigh University has combined outstanding academic and learning opportunities with leadership in fostering innovative research. The institution is among the nation's most selective, highly ranked private research universities.

Lehigh University has some 5000 undergraduates, 2000 graduate students and about 600 full time faculty members. Approximately 1700 undergraduates, 350 graduate students, and 80 full time faculty members comprise the College of Business. In addition to offerings at the undergraduate level, a flexible MBA that can be completed part time, a one year full time MBA program, Masters in Management, M.S. programs in Accounting and Information Analysis, Economics, and Analytical Finance, and an economics-based Ph.D. program are also offered. Joint programs exist between business and engineering both at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Our programs have been recognized in various rankings. Please find additional details at https://cbe.lehigh.edu/

Lehigh University is located in Bethlehem, PA (population 75,000) which is in the center of the Lehigh Valley (population 800,000). Bethlehem is conveniently located near Philadelphia (60 miles), New York City (90 miles), and Washington, D.C. (180 miles). The Lehigh Valley is economically vibrant and provides the best of urban, suburban, and rural living (low cost of living, open space, and a rich array of cultural activities in the area and nearby). Lehigh Valley International Airport, served by most major airlines, is 6 miles from campus.

Lehigh University is a 2010 recipient of an NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Grant and has leveraged this grant to diversify and strengthen the professoriate in all disciplines. Read more at http://www.lehigh.edu/luadvance/

Lehigh offers excellent benefits including domestic partner benefits. To find out more: https://www.lehigh.edu/~inprv/faculty/worklifebalance.html

Lehigh University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national or ethnic origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status. Lehigh University’s document titled “Principles of Our Equitable Community” is available at [http://www.lehigh.edu/~inprv/initiatives/PrinciplesEquity_Sheet_v2_032212.pdf]

Lehigh Valley Inter-regional Networking & Connecting (LINC) is a newly created regional network of diverse organizations designed to assist new hires with dual career, community and cultural transition needs. For more information, http://www.linc-lv.com/

Offers of employment at Lehigh remain conditional until the successful completion of three (3) required criminal background checks. For more information see: https://www.lehigh.edu/~inprv/faculty/Act153.html

Review of Applications - Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. To ensure full consideration, please apply before August 31, 2019. Only electronic submissions accepted via the website https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/13975 . Please upload the following: (1) cover letter, (2) curriculum vitae, (3) a 3-6 page statement describing the impact of your research, teaching, and service activities, and (4) contact information for five references. If you have any questions, please contact: K. Sivakumar, Department of Marketing, Lehigh University, 621 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015-3117; Email: k.sivakumar@lehigh.edu; Phone: (610) 758-3405.

We will conduct preliminary interviews with candidates at the summer AMA conference at Chicago in August 2019 from the applications received by July 25, 2019. However, interview at the AMA conference is neither a requirement nor a constraint for potential applicants. We will interview candidates using appropriate video technology at mutually convenient times. We are also willing to consider alternatives to the AMA conference interviews to accommodate confidentiality needs of colleagues. We will do everything we can to ensure that the specific mode of preliminary interview is not a factor in the evaluation of candidates. Our goal is to obtain a large, qualified, and diverse candidate pool.

On-Line Application - https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/13975

Organization

Read our Diversity Profile Founded in 1865, Lehigh University is a premier coeducational, nondenominational, private residential research university that offers a distinctive academic environment for undergraduate and graduate students from across the globe. Lehigh University’s annual report from 2013 provides an overview of the intellectual activity across campus as well as a financial report. It is posted on our website at http://www.lehigh.edu/annualreport/ .

Lehigh offers more than 90 undergraduate programs and majors featuring more than 2,000 courses in four colleges: The College of Arts and Sciences, The College of Business and Economics, The College of Education and The P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science. Lehigh confers a total of 12 degrees at the undergraduate and advanced degree level. We have 482 full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty and approximately 200 adjunct faculty and lecturers and 10 full-time visiting faculty. With approximately 4700 undergraduate and 2,000 graduate students, a small student-to-faculty ratio allows students to work closely with professors. About 69% of all full-time faculty are tenured, and 99% of full-time tenure-track faculty hold a doctorate degree or the highest degree in their field.  We have 1,215 staff members supporting the academic, research and administrative functions.

Located in Pennsylvania’s scenic Lehigh Valley, the campus is in close proximity to both New York City and Philadelphia. Lehigh is situated on over 2,300 acres on four campuses. The Asa Packer Campus, Mountaintop Campus, and Murray H. Goodman Campus are contiguous and feature more than 153 buildings with 4.3 million-plus square feet of classroom, laboratory, office and living space. The campus also has 180 acres of playing fields and half of the campus is preserved as open space.

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610.758.3165
Location
27 Memorial Drive West
Bethlehem
PA
18015
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