Management Assistant​/Associate Professor

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Work type: Instructional Faculty – Tenured/Tenure-Track
Location: Fresno
Categories: Unit 3 - CFA
- California Faculty Association, Tenured/Tenure-Track, Full Time, Faculty
- Business/Management

Management
Assistant or Associate Professor
Tenure Track
Fall Semester 2027 (August 2027)

The Department of Management in the Craig School of Business at California State University, Fresno invites applicants for a full-time, tenure-track position in Management.

We are looking for someone who has primary teaching and research interests in Operations Management or International Management or a closely related discipline (such as Entrepreneurship or Innovation/Technology Management, or Global Supply Chain Management). The successful candidate will be prepared to be an inspirational teacher in both the undergraduate and MBA programs, will conduct scholarly and applied research, and engage in service-related activities.

Department faculty are committed to student success and continue to develop new course curricula, including the use of high impact teaching practices such as service-learning, live cases, and problem-based learning.. There may be opportunities to teach in the Executive MBA and/or Accelerated Bachelor’s in Business Administration programs. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to supervise MBA student consulting teams and conduct workshops and seminars for the local business community.

Our campus culture requires an environment that cooperatively works with faculty, staff, and students in the department, college, and University. Specific assignments are dependent on departmental needs and the background of the individual.

Exceptionally well-qualified applicants at the associate or full professor rank may be considered for the Reighard Endowed Chair. The Reighard endowed chair is a five-year endowed chair that comes with a salary supplement and additional professional development funds.

Our students:
California State University, Fresno, is committed to serving our students with a focus on inclusion. Fresno State has been recognized as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI); an Asian American/Native American/Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI); and has been designated to the Community Engagement Classification by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Qualifications:

Required

Education:

• An earned doctorate (Ph.D. or DBA) in Operations Management, International Management, or a closely related field from an AACSB accredited institution is required. Candidates with earned doctorates in a closely related field from a similarly situated school or institution may also be considered. Each candidate’s education and teaching experience will be evaluated for evidence of readiness to teach undergraduate and graduate courses beginning in Fall 2027.
• Applicants nearing completion of the doctorate (all but dissertation) may be considered. The doctorate must be completed by August 1, 2027.

Required Experience:

• Ability to demonstrate a commitment to student success through inclusive, accessible, and transformative education and to working collaboratively and respectfully with students, faculty, staff in our diverse community.
• Evidence of scholarly and research activity (e.g., conference presentations, book chapters, publications) in Operations Management or International Management, or a closely related discipline (e.g., Entrepreneurship, Strategic Management, International Business, Innovation/Technology Management, or Global Supply Chain);
• Teaching experience at the undergraduate level;
• Demonstrated potential to effectively teach courses in multiple areas of management at the undergraduate and graduate…