Lecturer (Management)

Position Title: Lecturer (Management)

Department: Management

Campus Location: Washburn University

Application Deadline:  Application review will begin as applications are received and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants can be assured of full consideration if submitted by: May 3, 2025.

Position Summary: Washburn University’s Greg and Ronda Brenneman School of Business in Topeka, Kansas, invites applications for a lecturer of management for appointment effective Fall 2025. The appointment is for one year, with renewal possible.

Each selected candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to pursuing teaching excellence at Washburn University, including a dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage all learners.

The Brenneman School of Business serves more than 600 BBA, MBA, and MAcc students through its AACSB-accredited programs. In January 2027, the school will move into a newly renovated academic building, the $43 million Advisors Excel Hall.

The standard School teaching load for a lecturer is four courses per semester. The school provides robust professional development and research support, including financial databases software, and generous travel funding. Summer teaching opportunities may be available.

Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of over 5,500 undergraduate, graduate, and law students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals. Each selected candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to pursuing teaching excellence at Washburn University, including a dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage all learners.

Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.

Topeka, the State Capital of Kansas, is home to a vibrant private sector and operations of several Fortune 500 companies, including Goodyear, Walmart, Home Depot, Target, Frito-Lay, and Colgate-Palmolive. It also has a growing insurance and financial services sector with companies such as Advisors Excel, Security Benefit, BlueCross/BlueShield of Kansas, banking and insurance firms, and dozens of small to medium-sized accounting firms. Topeka’s lower cost of living, vibrant arts and sports communities, and educational options make it a very enjoyable and comfortable place to live.

Essential Functions:
• Teaching a variety of management and related courses in the BBA and graduate programs.
• Advising students.
• Commitment to professional and service activities commensurate with AACSB accreditation, School and university expectations.
• Perform additional job-related duties as assigned or as appropriate.

Required Qualifications:
• MBA, or masters in a closely related field.
• Experience teaching management courses.
• Evidence of academic and professional qualifications consistent with AACSB accreditation requirements.
• Demonstrated dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage all learners.
• Official educational transcripts required at time of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:
• PhD in management or closely related field.
• Experience teaching various courses in the field of management, including human resources, organizational behavior, international business, and a BBA core principles of management course.
• Professional experience in management roles.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

• Please upload the following items as a pdf to the “additional document” field via the electronic application: a statement of teaching philosophy, evidence of teaching effectiveness (such as student or peer evaluations), examples of recent scholarly or professional work, etc. Contact information for three current professional references will be collected as part of the application form.

• If you have questions about the position, please contact Search Committee Chair Norma Juma, Brenneman Professor of Management, norma.juma@washburn.edu.

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