Job Description

The Questrom School of Business at Boston University seeks to hire a non-tenure-track Lecturer to teach Innovation and Entrepreneurship and develop collaborative initiatives between the business and engineering schools. The anticipated start date for this faculty position is July 1, 2023. Successful candidates will be expected to teach courses in innovation and entrepreneurship across the Questrom School’s graduate and undergraduate programs and engage outside the classroom with the university’s thriving Innovate@BU initiative.

 

 

This position will act as the Curriculum lead for our Questrom SI 480 class. Engineering undergraduates take this class as part of their Technology Innovation Concentration. It is a very popular class with seven sections per year. The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching four sections a year of the class and taking the lead on ensuring the syllabus is updated and is taught consistently across all sections. They will liaise with Questrom and Engineering administration to ensure that the class achieves the correct learning outcomes. BU places great emphasis on experiential learning within the classroom, and therefore, we are looking for candidates who would be comfortable with that style of pedagogy and learning. Questrom prides itself on using peer-reviewed frameworks and research in educating our entrepreneurs. The successful candidate will convey academic insights and the practical processes to apply them. We also expect this position to create more opportunities for Engineering and Questrom Students to collaborate both within the curriculum in new experiential classes and extra curriculum activities (eg., design contests etc.), the latter in conjunction with Innovate@BU.

 

 

The Questrom School of Business believes that the cultural and social diversity of our faculty, staff, and students is vitally important to the distinction and excellence of our research and academic programs. To that, we are especially eager to have join our ranks a colleague who supports our institutional commitment to ensuring BU is inclusive, equitable, diverse, and a place where all constituents can thrive. The Questrom School of Business seeks to continue diversifying our faculty, student, and staff ranks, recognizing that diversity of experience and thought deepens the intellectual endeavor. The Questrom School of Business offers generous teaching support. The salary is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Required Skills

Preference will be given to candidates who have experience teaching entrepreneurship classes and/or practical experience in an entrepreneurial environment either as an entrepreneur or have a Ph.D. in a related discipline in conjunction with practical experience. Ideally, the candidate will have professional engineering and business experience. The successful candidate, upon hiring, will be appointed to the Strategy & Innovation Department in Questrom. A secondary appointment in Engineering will also be considered.

 

 

How to Apply

Interested candidates should not apply through the Boston University HR website. Candidates are encouraged to send application details to qstacademicsupport@bu.edu and include the following:

1. “Lecturer– Entrepreneurship and Innovation” in the email subject line
2. A cover letter stating interest and qualification
3. A curriculum vitae
4. A statement of where you saw this notice (e.g., the conference name, website, colleague, etc.)
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis as they arrive until the position is filled. We will begin interviewing in April 23

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