RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL - NEWARK & NEW BRUNSWICK
Assistant Professor Position in Entrepreneurship
The Department of Management and Global Business at Rutgers Business School – Newark and
New Brunswick invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor position in
Entrepreneurship starting in September 2016. Strong candidates will demonstrate outstanding
research capabilities and have an active research program, have the potential to the excellent in
teaching undergraduate and MBA level courses, and desire to help entrepreneurship make our
communities and the world a better place. Applicants should have a doctoral degree granted or
nearly completed (i.e., ABD).
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is an anchor-institution that prides itself on
outstanding scholarship and community engagement. Through our research, teaching and
development initiatives we impact understanding, policy and practice in our region and the
world. We seek scholars who have a similar vision for their academic work.
The newly-formed Rutgers Advanced Institute for the Study of Entrepreneurship and
Development (RAISED) incorporates and builds upon four flourishing initiatives: The Center for
Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development, the New Jersey Social Innovation Institute,
the Rutgers Technology Management Research Center, and the Collaborative for
Entrepreneurship and Technology Commercialization. The scope of our activities – ranging from
the most disadvantaged to the most advantaged contexts for entrepreneurship – is as broad as
that of any university on the planet. The successful candidate will work with a group of
talented researchers and teachers whose current expertise spans the areas of social
entrepreneurship, urban entrepreneurship, and technology entrepreneurship and
commercialization. Our group also works with a talented group of PhD students pursuing
careers in entrepreneurship research and hosts visiting scholars from around the world.
Teaching will include undergraduate and graduate courses and supervision of doctoral students.
In addition to faculty associated with RAISED, the Department of Management and Global
Business has world-renowned faculty with specialties in strategy, international business, ethics
and corporate social responsibility, cross cultural management, diversity, organization behavior,
and organizational justice. Our research faculty include: Ted Baker, Michael Barnett, Ann
Buchholtz, John Cantwell, Chao Chen, Petra Christmann, Farok Contractor, Nancy DiTomaso, Ajai
Gaur, Brett Anitra Gilbert, Michelle Gittelman, Mitchell Koza, Terri Kurtzberg, Daniel Levin, Doug
Miller, Sinead Monaghan, Sara Parker, Aviad Peer, Jeffrey Robinson, Michael Santoro, Neha
Shah, Payal Sharma, Oliver Sheldon, Phyllis Siegel, Roger Smeets and Danielle Warren.
Rutgers Business School is located in the New York metropolitan area and spans campuses in
Newark and New Brunswick. We opened a new Business School Building in Newark in 2009 and
a new Business School Building in New Brunswick in 2013. Rutgers Business School – Newark
and New Brunswick has the leading public MBA program in the New York metropolitan region
and the largest doctoral program in any public university in the nation. Faculty members are
expected to teach on both Newark and New Brunswick campuses and are assigned an office on
either campus depending on needs.
Interested candidates should submit a letter of application, a CV, a statement of research and
teaching interests, copies of recent articles, and evidence of their teaching effectiveness online
at: http://www.business.rutgers.edu/teaching-opportunities/mgb. Please, also follow the
directions on this website for the submission of three letters of reference. Only electronic
copies will be accepted. Review of applications will begin October 1st, 2015, and continue until
the position is filled. Direct inquiries to the Entrepreneurship Search Committee at
EntrepreneurshipPosition2016@business.rutgers.edu.