Assistant Professor of Marketing/Sustainability

Department: Department of Marketing, Lundquist College of Business
Rank: Assistant Professor
Annual Basis: 9 Month

Application Deadline

Application review will begin on August 15, 2024, with the goal of conducting initial interviews by video conference (e.g., Zoom) in September. Applications received by August 30 will be given consideration. The position is open until filled.

Required Application Materials

Please include the following with your online application:
• A personal statement in a cover letter.
• A curriculum vitae (summarizing education, publication record, service, and professional experience).
• A writing sample (e.g., a working or published paper).
• A statement* articulating a willingness and ability to help foster an inclusive learning environment for the university's diverse set of community members and stakeholders in order to promote and enhance diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (more details below).
• Names and contact information for three professional references.

Applicants who advance to consideration for campus visits will be asked to submit a research statement describing accomplishments and plans and a teaching statement and/or portfolio (e.g., relevant material and evaluations). Reference letters will be requested at this time and managed through our online system with requests sent to the names provided.

*As part of the application process for faculty positions at the University of Oregon, candidates must provide a statement outlining their historical, current, and future efforts to promote equity, inclusion, and diversity in their professional careers. This might include collaboration with local communities, organizations, political involvement, or initiatives to advance equity and inclusion within the university. Search committees carefully assess these statements to evaluate the applicant's demonstrated commitment to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion and often consider the applicant’s: 
• Awareness of inequities and challenges faced by underrepresented minority students and faculty. 
• Track record (commensurate to career stage) of activities that reduce barriers in education or research for underrepresented minority students and faculty. 
• Vision and plans for how their work will continue to contribute to UO’s mission to serve the needs of our diverse state and student population and create an inclusive campus.

The Lundquist College of Business is dedicated to the UO’s goal of building a culturally diverse faculty committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment. We strongly encourage applications from individuals whose experience has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, including those from historically marginalized and currently underrepresented communities in higher education.

Position Announcement

The Department of Marketing is seeking to hire an Assistant Professor with research and teaching interests aligned with the theme of “Marketing for a Better World.”

The marketing discipline is increasingly shifting toward uncovering new ways marketing can address grand challenges and be used for good. The Lundquist College of Business has joined this focus, and in fact, sustainability is a strategic area of concentration for us and for the university. Our current faculty are actively involved in research areas ranging from green marketing to public policy to charitable donations and science communication. We are a mutually supportive community of scholars with overlapping values and a sense of purpose, and we welcome researchers in any area of marketing with this sense of purpose in their research.

Department or Program Summary

The Department of Marketing (https://business.uoregon.edu/departments/marketing) is one of five academic units that make up the Lundquist College of Business (Lundquist), one of the nine colleges and schools within the University of Oregon (UO). The Lundquist College of Business houses the Warsaw Sport Marketing and the Sustainable Business Centers. Ideally, our hire will augment our established reputation stemming from one or both of these two centers. These centers align with both teaching and research at the University of Oregon in terms of concentrations and course offerings. In fact, we recently approved a required sustainability course for all undergraduate majors and Oregon MBA students.

Our marketing faculty are engaged scholars who are recognized for both research and teaching excellence. Our faculty publish in and serve on the Editorial Boards and Editorial Teams of the top marketing journals, while consistently winning teaching awards and engaging with the community. We lo