Assistant​/Associate Professor; Entrepreneurship), Department of Management & Entrepreneurship

Position Overview

University of Tennessee, Knoxville Haslam College of Business Department of Management & Entrepreneurship invites applications for tenure-track faculty positions in Entrepreneurship at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. Effective employment date August 1, 2026.

The Haslam College of Business is AACSB accredited with an endowment of $260 million. The Department of Management & Entrepreneurship offers undergraduate majors in Management and Human Resource Management, a master’s degree in management and human resources, two university minors (Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship), and the Ph.D. in Strategy, Entrepreneurship, & Organizations.

Required candidates must hold a Ph.D. from an accredited institution earned by August 1, 2026 and demonstrate evidence of quality scholarship and teaching effectiveness in Entrepreneurship or a related discipline.

Assistant Professor candidates should show promise in developing a program in disciplinary research and scholarship gaining external recognition.

Associate Professor candidates should be targeting leading journals, producing scholarly output enhancing professional reputations, and widely recognized contributors to their disciplines.

Preferred
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• An ongoing program of research in premier refereed journals.
• A desire to work with doctoral students.
• The ability to overlap with and extend our faculty’s research interests.
• An identifiable methodological skillset.
• A record of demonstrated teaching success at an accredited institution.
• For associate level: the ability and desire to teach and/or develop programming in graduate and executive education programs (GEE) such as the Masters of Science in Management and Human Resources, MBA, Executive MBA, Physicians Executive MBA, Aerospace and Defense MBA.
• For assistant level: if future opportunity to teach and/or develop programming in GEE programs appeals, please include relevant background.

Engage in entrepreneurship research resulting in premier publications. Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in entrepreneurship and/or innovation. Participate in professional activities and university service commensurate with faculty rank.

Applicants must submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information of three references via Interfolio. In your cover letter, explain fit for the position and rank. Reference letters are not required at application time.

Qualified candidates will be reviewed through preliminary interviews via video conference and invited for campus interviews. The search continues until positions are filled. Positions are filled on a first‑come, first‑served basis.

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All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment and admission without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, or parental status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law.