Entrepreneurship Assistant Professor Management Department
Management
Location: San Diego
Open Date:
Feb 19, 2025
Description
The Department of Management in the Fowler College of Business at San Diego State University (SDSU)
invites applications for a tenure-track position in Entrepreneurship at the Assistant Professor level for Fall
2025. SDSU values high quality teaching and scholarship. Relatedly, the primary emphasis of the position
is on conducting high quality entrepreneurship scholarship, teaching entrepreneurship courses to support
our undergraduate and graduate specialization. The candidate will also be expected to assist with various
co-curricular activities offered through the ZIP (
https://ziplaunchpad.sdsu.edu/) and the Lavin
Entrepreneurship Center (Lavin), the 2018 NASDAQ Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence
(
http://lavincenter.sdsu.edu/). Filling this position will be contingent upon state funding.
The SDSU Fowler College of Business enrolls approximately 7993 undergraduate business majors and
343 graduate students pursuing both the MBA and Master of Science degrees. The Management
Department offers undergraduate in entrepreneurship, human resource management and general
management and graduate specializations in management and entrepreneurship. The Department of
Management enrolls approximately 1300 undergraduate and graduate student majors. The Management
faculty includes twenty tenured and tenure-track faculty members and several part-time lecturers. For
additional information on the Management Department see:
https://business.sdsu.edu/management.
Qualifications
Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship or Management with an emphasis on Entrepreneurship
from an AACSB-accredited program to be considered. Well-qualified candidates will have a strong
pipeline of high-quality entrepreneurship research, demonstrated by publications in top-tier journals,
promising work in progress, and evidence of independent research contributions, along with a record of
active engagement in academic conferences. Additionally, candidates should provide evidence of
excellence in teaching entrepreneurship courses, with preference given to those with experience in
business model design and development. Well-qualified applicants will also demonstrate the ability to
engage meaningfully with the entrepreneurial community, particularly in STEM fields, fostering industry-
academic collaborations.
We are seeking applicants with demonstrated experience in and/or commitment to teaching and working
effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds and members of underrepresented groups.
Candidates must satisfy two or more of the eight Building on Inclusive Excellence (BIE) criteria.
Candidates that meet BIE criteria: (a) are committed to engaging in service with underrepresented
populations within the discipline, (b) have demonstrated knowledge of barriers for underrepresented
students and faculty within the discipline, (c) have experience or have demonstrated commitment to
teaching and mentoring underrepresented students, (d) have experience or have demonstrated
commitment to integrating understanding of underrepresented populations and communities into research,
(e) have experience in or have demonstrated commitment to extending knowledge of opportunities and
challenges in achieving artistic/scholarly success to members of an underrepresented group, (f) have
experience in or have demonstrated commitment to research that engages underrepresented communities,
(g) have expertise or demonstrated commitment to developing expertise in cross-cultural communication
and collaboration, and/or (h) have research interests that contribute to diversity and equal opportunity in
higher education.
San Diego State University (SDSU) is the oldest institution of higher education in the San Diego region.
It has been recently elevated to R1 status, placing it among the top 4% of research universities in the
United States. SDSU has a main campus and microsites in San Diego and locations in Southern
California's Imperial Valley and Tbilisi in the Republic of Georgia. The highly diverse campus
community has a student population of approximately 40,000. SDSU is included in the Carnegie
Foundation's Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity category. Established in 1897, SDSU offers
bachelor degrees in 97 areas, masters in 84 and doctorates in 23. See
http://www.sdsu.edu for more
information. SDSU is a large, diverse, urban university and Hispanic-Serving Institution with a
commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence. Our campus community is diverse in many
ways, including race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity
and expression, national origin, pregnancy, medical condition, and covered veteran status. We strive to
build and sustain a welcoming environment for all.
Application Instructions
To apply, visit
https://apply.interfolio.com/163885
The position starts August 2025. Consideration of applicants will begin immediately and will be reviewed
until March 20, 2025.
To receive full consideration, candidates must submit (1) a cover letter describing their
research and teaching accomplishments as well as evidence of meeting two or more of the BIE criteria
listed above; (2) current curriculum vitae (CV); and (3) a list of three references to:
http://apply.interfolio.com/163885
where additional information and application procedures are available. For questions, please contact Dr.
Beth Chung, Chair of the Department of Management, at bchung@sdsu.edu.
As part of its commitment to a safe and equitable "OneSDSU" community, SDSU requires that
individuals seeking faculty employment provide at the time of application authorization to conduct
background checks if they become a finalist for the position; applications without this authorization will
be considered incomplete and not considered.
SDSU is part of the California State University (CSU) system. A background check (including a criminal
records check) must be completed before any candidate can be offered a position with the CSU. Failure to
satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued
employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position.
The person holding this position is considered a "mandated reporter" under the California Child Abuse
and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive
Order 1083 as a condition of employment.
SDSU is a Title IX, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against persons on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, age, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, or covered veteran status.
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