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POSITION SPECIFICS

Instructor in Management

Management and Organization Department

Smeal College of Business

The Pennsylvania State University

The Department of Management and Organization (M&O) in the Smeal College of Business at The Pennsylvania State University seeks an Instructor of Management to start in the Fall of 2026.

Instructors in the Smeal College of Business are hired on multi-year contracts (following a probationary period), are expected to teach 21 credits per academic year (or its equivalent), and are eligible for promotion (ranks of Instructor, Assistant Teaching Professor, Associate Teaching Professor, and Teaching Professor or Professor of Practice).

Job Requirement: Instructors in the Smeal College of Business have a primary focus on teaching and contributing to the teaching mission of the school by bringing business knowledge, experiences, and perspectives to the classroom and by advancing the goal of student-centeredness. A successful teaching record is therefore required. Classes may be a mixture of undergraduate and/or graduate level courses. Onsite teaching is an essential function of the job.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced individual who will enjoy working in an interdisciplinary and collaborative departmental environment. The position is an ideal appointment for individuals wishing to concentrate on:

• teaching courses in management in a business setting

• performing related activities such as mentoring and advising students

Review of applications for the position will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Candidates for the position can apply directly online uploading a letter of interest, CV, teaching statement, and evidence of teaching effectiveness. Three recommendation letters should also be sent directly to Amanda Brown, Academic Program Coordinator, in the M&O Department at alb52@psu.edu.

The Department of Management and Organization is consistently ranked in the top-20 management departments for its research productivity and values high-level theoretical and empirical ability, collegiality and collaboration among its members, and the ability to teach management and organizational concepts effectively to multiple audiences. Our department offers two undergraduate majors (Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Management), two online masters programs (Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Strategic Management and Executive Leadership), a PhD program, courses in Smeal's full-time MBA and DBA programs, courses in Smeal's part-time hMBA, and operates the Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship (which includes the Garber Venture Capital Fund). Our tenure-line faculty are Carolyn Dang, Raghu Garud, Don Hambrick, Stephen Humphrey, Trevor Israelsen, Margaret Luciano, Peter Madsen, Vilmos Misangyi, Semin Park, Tessa Recendes, Kira Schabram, Paul Shrivastava, Linda Trevino, Wenpin Tsai, Kate Wang, Dani Yin, and Rui Zhong. Our nontenure-line clinical faculty are Shawn Clark, Jamey Darnell, Jeanette Miller, Lisa O'Hara, Ozge Pala, and Angela Schwartz. Our nontenure-line full-time teaching faculty are Cameron Conaway, Neil Fogarty, Ron Johnson, Dave Lenze, Travis Lesser, Brad Leve, and Federica Pinelli. For more information on our department please visit https://www.smeal.psu.edu/management.

The M&O Department is part of the Smeal College of Business, which depends on more than 360 faculty and staff to enact and support its strategic priorities of integrity, diversity, and sustainability and to serve the needs of more than 9,000 students. Media outlets and independent observers regularly rank Smeal among the best business schools in the world. Please visit http://www.smeal.psu.edu/ for additional information. The Smeal College of Business is located at the Pennsylvania State University's main campus (University Park) in the heart of State College, Pennsylvania. Our community features the charms of a small town with the opportunities typically only found in larger cities, with State College routinely ranked among the top 10 best college towns in the United States (https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/best-college-towns-in-america/). For more details on our competitive benefits package and what our community has to offer, please visit: https://hr.psu.edu/prospective-employee.

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