Assistant Professor of Marketing - 525451

Department/Organization
206301 - Marketing

Rank
Assistant Professor

Position Summary
Responsibilities include conducting and publishing academic research in high quality journals, generating external research funding, teaching courses in the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programs and engaging in service at a level commensurate with the level of faculty appointment.

Detailed Position Information
The Culverhouse College of Business at the University of Alabama is seeking candidates for two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in the Department of Marketing. Primary duties include teaching marketing at the graduate and undergraduate levels, engaging in a research program that results in articles in outstanding scholarly publications, and performing service as assigned by the Department, College, and University. The position will start August 16, 2025.

Minimum Qualifications
Applications are invited from candidates who have completed their doctorate (or expect to complete their doctorate by August 16, 2025) in marketing or a related field from an AACSB accredited University. In addition, all applicants should have research and teaching experience commensurate with appointment as an assistant professor of marketing at a state flagship university.

Preferred Qualifications
For one position, only applicants with a strong interest in consumer behavior/behavioral research will be considered. The other position is open to faculty with research interests in any topic in marketing (i.e., strategy, behavioral, quantitative). While a broad range of teaching interests can be accommodated, candidates who have teaching expertise and/or interest in the area of social & digital marketing are particularly encouraged to apply.

Instructions and Required Materials for Application
Candidates must apply online at https://careers.ua.edu. A single application will allow applicants to be considered for both positions. Please attach the following required documents: 1. A cover letter, 2. A curriculum vita that includes a list of three references, and 3. A brief description of your research areas/stream, areas of teaching interests, and evidence of teaching effectiveness. (Upload document #3 to the 'Additional Document' tab. Applications received on or before January 15, 2025 will receive full consideration. Review of applications will begin in mid- to late-January with initial interviews closely following.. The posting is expected to remain open until the position is filled. The candidate selected for this position will be required to submit a disclosure and consent form authorizing a background investigation.

About the Division/College/School
The Culverhouse College of Business is home to an inclusive community, committed to personal engagement, and dedicated to shaping the future of business through excellence in teaching, research, and service.

Continuously accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) since 1929, Culverhouse is among the leading public business schools in the country.

The College offers degree programs at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels distributed across five academic departments and the Manderson Graduate School of Business.

Some of its many distinctive programs and labs include the STEM and CREATE Path to the MBA, a value investing library and trading room, a behavioral research lab, and a center focused on data analytics.

About the University
The University of Alabama is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, named one of Travel + Leisure’s 25 Best College Towns and Cities in the U.S. As one of the nation’s premier universities, UA offers bachelor’s, master's and doctoral degrees in nearly 200 fields of study. With more than 1,400 acres of tree-lined academic core campus and over 300 state-of-the art facilities, UA has been ranked among the most beautiful and most impressive college campuses in the South, in the state of Alabama and in the nation.

In Fall 2023, the Capstone set a new enrollment record with more than 39,000 students, including more than 8,200 in the freshman class. The current enrollment includes students from every county in Alabama, every state in the nation and 92 countries around the world. More than 1,100 National Merit Scholars are currently enrolled, making UA one of the largest enrolling institutions of the scholars in the country.

UA was recently recognized as a Top Producing Institution of Fulbright U.S. students for the seventh time in nine years, as well as a Top Producing Institution of Fulbright U.S. Scholars for the fi