Job Description for the Assistant Professor of International Business position. Review job description, requirements, and qualifications. Apply or register interest for the position.

The Department of Management and Entrepreneurship in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business (LSB) is seeking applicants for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor Position in International Business, starting in Fall 2026. We seek candidates who are effective teachers, scholars, and mentors to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in international business as well as management courses which align with their expertise (e.g., principles of management, strategic management, or organizational behavior).

The successful candidate will:

• Be enthusiastic about teaching international business to undergraduate and Master’s students.
• Provide evidence of teaching effectiveness.
• Demonstrate a vibrant research stream that is interesting to both academics and practitioners, as evidenced by peer-reviewed academic journal articles and/or presentations.
• Hold an earned doctorate from an AACSB-accredited university in International Business or a closely related discipline prior to the start date.
• Exhibit commitment to student success that aligns with Elon’s values of engaged mentorship and innovative curricular design.

The Love School of Business is an exciting context to teach and study International Business. We have a strong undergraduate major, in addition to a well-established International Business Dual Degree program. Developing a global perspective is a core value of the Elon curriculum, and nearly all students (94%) study away during their undergraduate experience. Faculty have many opportunities to lead study abroad experiences at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, should they desire.

About the School: The AACSB-accredited Martha and Spencer Love School of Business has emerged from a time of dramatic growth to become a leader in business education. Our faculty are both dynamic teachers who promote engaged learning and leading scholars who publish their work in top journals. To support our teacher/scholar mission, we provide extensive teaching and research development programs, including pre-tenure sabbatical, summer and academic year grants to support research or teaching innovations, course releases, funds for conference travel, and extensive teaching support (e.g., workshops, consultants, focus groups, communities of practice). The LSB is housed in the Koury Business Center and Sankey Hall, which feature state-of-the-art classrooms, multiple student engagement areas, the LaRose Digital Theatre, the Chandler Family Professional Sales Center, the Reed Finance Center, the Doherty Center for Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, the Center for Organizational Analytics, the Center for Financial Literacy, and the Porter Family Professional Development Center. In 2025, Poets and Quants ranked the school’s undergraduate program #38 in the nation.

About the University: Elon University has built a national reputation as the premier student-centered environment for experiential learning, emphasizing strong personal relationships between students and their faculty and staff mentors. Elon’s rigorous curriculum is grounded in the arts and sciences and complemented by nationally accredited professional programs. The 501 full-time faculty members teach in more than 70 undergraduate majors and 10 graduate programs. Elon’s 6,502 undergraduate and 787 graduate students come from 49 states and 52 other countries.

Elon is ranked among the top universities in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, with a #1 ranking for excellence in undergraduate teaching and a #15 ranking for most innovative national university. Elon also is the leader in the “Programs to Look For” feature – the only college or university ranked in all eight categories of academic programs linked to student success and positive learning outcomes.

To Apply: Please submit a letter of interest; curriculum vitae; research statement overviewing your achievements and research pipeline; teaching statement including examples of how you engage students; summary of teaching evaluations; and a list of three references at https://jobs.elon.edu. Review of candidates will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. To receive full consideration, candidates are strongly encouraged to submit their application by October 27, 2025. A clear background check is a prerequisite for this position.

Candidates who have experience working with a diverse range of people are encouraged to identify their experiences in contributing to a climate of inclusivity in their cover letters. Elon is a dynamic private, co-educational, comprehensive institution that is a national model for actively engaging faculty and students in teaching and learning in a liberal arts based residential campus. To learn more about Elon, please visit the University website at www.elon.edu.

Elon values and celebrates the diverse backgrounds, cultures, experiences, and perspectives of our community members. As an equal opportunity employer, decisions related to hiring, compensating, training, evaluating performance, are made fairly, and we provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified candidates and employees. We examine our unconscious biases and take responsibility for always striving to create an inclusive environment that makes every candidate feel welcome. At Elon we strive to follow our mission, where our employees are empowered to respect human differences, have a passion for lifelong learning, an emphasis on personal integrity and an ethic of service.