The Department of Management in the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship at Kent State University invites applications for the position of Department Chair at the rank of Associate or Full Professor starting July 2024, with a possible negotiated start date in early January 2024.

Kent State University is the largest university in Northern Ohio and is recognized as a Very High Research Activity (R1) institution by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.  Kent State University serves approximately 33,000 students across eight campuses, with 25,000 students on the Kent campus. In addition, the university operates an academic center in Florence, Italy. With enrollment of 3,500 students, the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship offers a wide variety of undergraduate majors and graduate programs including the PhD degree. The college maintains dual AACSB accreditation in both business and accounting, as it pursues its mission to generate societal impact through top-tier research, innovative education and meaningful engagement with the business community. The college is home to the Global Management Center, the John S. and Marlene J. Brinzo Center for Entrepreneurship and the Center for Information Systems. In Summer 2024, the college will move to Crawford Hall, a new state-of-the art facility currently under construction. For more information regarding Crawford Hall, please visit https://www.kent.edu/crawford-hall.

The successful candidate will be the chairperson of the Department of Management, https://www.kent.edu/business/management, which began operating as an independent department on July 1, 2023.  In addition to the chairperson, the Department of Management is home to eight tenure-track faculty and four full-time, non-tenure track faculty, including three faculty members with appointments on regional campuses. The department offers the BBA degree with majors in Business Management, General Business (both in-person and online) and Human Resource Management, multiple courses in the MBA programs (in-person, online and Executive MBA), and a concentration in the PhD program. The department chair reports to the Dean, Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship. A more detailed job description is available at https://jobslist.kent.edu/cw/en-us/job/499739/chairperson-academic-department.

Application Instructions:

To be considered for the position, candidates must submit their application using https://jobslist.kent.edu, including (i) a letter of interest, (ii) an up-to-date curriculum vitae, and (iii) a list of three references. The deadline to submit all materials is September 25, 2023 at 11:55 pm EST.

Candidates in all areas of management will be considered. The preferred start date is July 1, 2024, with a possible negotiated start date in early January 2024. Salary and benefits are competitive and commensurate with experience and level of appointment.

For inquiries about the position please contact the Interim Department Chair Dr. Steven Dennis at sdenni14@kent.edu.

Kent State University is an Equal Opportunity - Affirmative Action employer.