Assistant Professor: Strategic Management

Description

The Management Department in the Fowler College of Business (FCB) at San Diego State University (SDSU) invites applications for a tenure-track, assistant professor position in Strategic Management, starting Fall 2025. Since SDSU values high-quality scholarship and teaching, the successful candidate must exhibit competence/potential in two areas. The first entails conducting high-quality scholarship in Strategic Management, resulting in top-tier journal publications and academic thought leadership. The second involves effectively teaching the undergraduate capstone course in Strategic Management. Teaching in the core MBA Strategy course may also be expected as needed. As the university values and educates a diverse student body, including traditional and non-traditional students, some evening teaching may also be required. Since several department faculty cover strategic management and international business (IB) in their teaching and research, and given FCB’s strengths in IB (see below), candidates with credentials across both these areas are preferred. Filling this position is contingent upon state funding.

SDSU’s Fowler College of Business (FCB) is among the nation’s oldest and largest AACSB-accredited business schools. Jointly with the College of Arts & Letters, FCB offers SDSU’s International Business (IB) program, which has been ranked consistently among the top in the nation (ranked 17th in 2024 by U.S. News & World Report). FCB houses the Wendy Gillespie Center for Advancing Global Business, designated as a National Center of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Education since 1989. The Management Department’s faculty includes 19 tenure-track members, as well as several full-time and part-time lecturers. Research support includes funding for approved projects through grant programs, graduate student assistants, and a budget for conference travel and other research-related expenses. See business.sdsu.edu/departments/management for additional information on FCB and the Management Department. San Diego State University is currently designated as an R2 doctoral university with high research activity, as per the Carnegie Foundation. Additional information about the university is available at http://www.sdsu.edu.

Qualifications

Applicants should have completed a Ph.D. in Strategic Management or in a related area by August 2025. Well-qualified applicants will have demonstrated 1) ability or potential to publish high quality strategic management research and 2) evidence of experience in teaching strategic management courses at the undergraduate and/or graduate level.

We are seeking applicants with demonstrated experience in and/or commitment to teaching and working effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds and members of underrepresented groups. Candidates must satisfy two or more of the eight Building on Inclusive Excellence (BIE) criteria. Candidates that meet BIE criteria: (a) are committed to engaging in service with underrepresented populations within the discipline, (b) have demonstrated knowledge of barriers for underrepresented students and faculty within the discipline, (c) have experience or have demonstrated commitment to teaching and mentoring underrepresented students, (d) have experience or have demonstrated commitment to integrating understanding of underrepresented populations and communities into research, (e) have experience in or have demonstrated commitment to extending knowledge of opportunities and challenges in achieving artistic/scholarly success to members of an underrepresented group, (f) have experience in or have demonstrated commitment to research that engages underrepresented communities, (g) have expertise or demonstrated commitment to developing expertise in cross-cultural communication and collaboration, and/or (h) have research interests that contribute to diversity and equal opportunity in higher education. Please indicate in a separate diversity statement how you meet at least two (2) of these criteria. Additional guidance on our BIE program for applicants is here.

SDSU is the oldest institution of higher education in the San Diego region, with a campus and microsites in San Diego and locations in Southern California's Imperial Valley and Tbilisi in the Republic of Georgia. The highly diverse campus community has a student population of over 37,000. SDSU is included in the Carnegie Foundation's Doctoral Universities - High Research Activity category. Established in 1897, SDSU offers bachelor degrees