Job Description

The Department of Marketing at Boise State University invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure track Assistant Professor of Marketing faculty position beginning August 2026. This role carries salary and promotion opportunities similar to a tenure-track position, including advancement to associate and full professor ranks (without tenure). Faculty in this position teach a fixed 3-3 course load, conduct peer reviewed research, and engage in departmental and college service. Faculty also have the potential for additional summer teaching opportunities or competitive summer research funding. Candidates must have earned a PhD or DBA in business or a related field to qualify.

Position overview:
This position will carry the title of Clinical or Teaching Assistant Professor of Marketing (non-tenure track). The College of Business and Economics makes the following distinctions between Clinical and Teaching faculty:

Clinical faculty provide a distinctive connection to practice, engaging industry, and community partners to enrich the educational experience

Teaching faculty focus primarily on excellence in instruction and departmental/university service, without an explicit expectation of community engagement.

Clinical and Teaching faculty must meet the College of Business and Economics’ minimum research standards to remain AACSB qualified as Scholarly Academic (SA). Either a Clinical or Teaching faculty appointment contributes to student success, curriculum innovation, and the scholarly community.

The successful candidate will provide evidence of or potential to:

support departmental initiatives that develop and grow academic programs

foster a collaborative, professional, and innovative environment with colleagues and students

help prepare students for the changing landscape of marketing, including advances in AI, digital strategies, and data-driven decision making.

Teaching Responsibilities

The successful candidate will demonstrate a record of or potential to:

teach a range of undergraduate and/or graduate courses in marketing and sales

employ active and experiential learning strategies, such as client projects, service learning, and technology-enhanced instruction

mentor and provide meaningful feedback to students

contribute to course and curriculum design that aligns the marketing and sales programs with industry needs and current and emerging marketing trends.

Scholarly and Professional Activity

Consistent with AACSB requirements, the successful candidate will demonstrate a record of or potential to:

produce scholarly intellectual contributions in peer-reviewed journals sufficient to remain scholarly active as defined by AACSB

engage with professional associations and industry partners that enhance scholarship and classroom practice.

Department overview:
Boise State’s Department of Marketing currently offers Marketing Major (BBA) and Minor programs of study and a Certificate in Professional Sales. Students majoring in marketing may choose emphasis areas in Brand and Product Marketing or Marketing Communications. Marketing courses, on average, enroll 34 students per course. Approximately 105 students per year graduate with a Marketing Major.

Our department stands out as a vibrant and supportive academic community. Joining our department means joining a dedicated faculty team that encourages experiential learning and student engagement, publishes innovative research, and fosters a collaborative and inclusive environment. As a member of our department, you will have opportunities to participate in industry partnerships that connect your expertise to real-world challenges in ways that create lasting impacts in academia and beyond.

About the College of Business and Economics
The Boise State University College of Business and Economics is one of 3% of business schools globally accredited by AACSB in both business and accounting. Our mission is to inspire purpose, grow people, create knowledge and power innovation. It is a growing college that serves approximately 5,000 undergraduate and 500 graduate business students annually. It is dedicated to quality teaching and learning and offers 14 bachelor's degrees and 11 master’s degree programs. The College of Business and Economics graduate programs are highly ranked by U.S. News and Fortune Magazine. Beyond the classroom, the college supports undergraduate learning through an advising center devoted to its students, an innovative internal career services office, the Thompson Family Writing Center, and student organizations and competitions.

The College of Business and Economics creates knowledge through high-quality research with faculty publishing in leading journals in their disciplines as well as serving as editors and reviewers. In addition to powering innovation through faculty and student research and entrepreneurship activities, the college hosts the outward-facing Small Business Development Center Network and TechHelp. These organizations are dedicated to business innovation and economic development in Idaho.