Assistant Tenure-Track Professor of Real Estate at Wichita State University

The Department of Finance, Real Estate, and Decision Sciences in the W. Frank Barton School of Business invites applications for a nine-month, tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Real Estate, beginning August of 2027.

Hire Type: Assistant Professor in Real Estate (Tenure-Track)

Work Schedule: Teach two courses per semester (four courses per academic year) in the Real Estate program at the undergraduate and graduate levels; work is performed on-site and in person.

Candidates will have an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of real estate education and research at Wichita State University. The position will play an important role in advancing the Real Estate program, strengthening partnerships with the real estate industry, and contributing to the development of innovative academic and applied-learning initiatives that respond to the evolving needs of the commercial and residential real estate sectors.

Successful candidates will also play an important role in the academic leadership and continued development of the Real Estate program, with the opportunity to assume formal program leadership responsibilities accompanied by an additional stipend. The candidate will be actively engaged with the Center for Real Estate and its research, educational, and industry partnership activities. As the candidate develops in the role, and depending on qualifications and mutual interest, there may also be an opportunity to serve as Director of the Center for Real Estate.

Wichita State University places applied learning at the center of student experience. Every degree program at Wichita State includes a guaranteed applied learning or research experience, providing students with opportunities to develop relevant professional skills and meaningful experience before graduation. The successful candidate will have opportunities to integrate these experiences into real estate education through industry engaged projects, experiential learning, research, and partnerships with the regional business and real estate community.

The Barton School is housed in Wayne and Kay Woolsey Hall, a state-of-the-art, 125,000 square-foot facility located on Wichita State University's Innovation Campus. The Innovation Campus creates a distinctive environment where students, faculty, and industry interact in close proximity. Major organizations with a presence on or adjacent to the Innovation Campus include Airbus, Deloitte's Smart Factory, Net App, Spirit Aero Systems, Textron Aviation, and other industry partners.

Wichita State University is classified as a high research activity institution and provides faculty with opportunities and institutional support for research, interdisciplinary collaboration, external funding, and industry engaged scholarship.

Teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels using various instructional deliveries (e.g., traditional (face-to-face), hybrid, and fully online). To foster applied learning into the course design and engage with industry and local business community applied projects. To advance knowledge through scholarly activities (e.g., active involvement in committees, student mentorship, recruitment and retention initiative, outreach activities, etc.)

Meet expectations for research, teaching, and service as set forth by the department and college.

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• Teaching: Teach two courses per semester (four courses per academic year) in the Real Estate program at the undergraduate and graduate levels, with courses offered in both in person and online formats. Teaching assignments may include, depending on the candidate's expertise and program needs, Principles of Real Estate, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate Valuation and Appraisal, Real Estate Law, Property Management, Real Estate Investment Analysis, Urban Land Development, and other related courses.
• Applied Learning and Industry Engagement: Incorporate applied and experiential learning into course design and develop meaningful opportunities for students to engage with the real estate industry and broader business community through applied projects, case studies, professional engagement, and other experiential learning activities.
• Research: Develop and maintain an active and sustainable research program consistent with AACSB Scholarly Academic (SA) expectations and the requirements for tenure and…