Dawley Chair of Entrepreneurship and Enterprise; Associate or Full Professor

Endowed Chair Faculty Position in Entrepreneurship (Full Professor)

The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, is seeking a fulltime, endowed chair position in Entrepreneurship. The successful candidate will join The Citadel’s Tommy & Victoria Baker School of Business, within the Management and Entrepreneurship Department, as the inaugural Harry

F. Dawley, ’55 Professor of Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise.

This fulltime, endowed chair position is aimed at teaching and research in entrepreneurship. The preferred academic areas for this position are entrepreneurship and technology/innovation management.

This position will be appointed at the Associate or full professor level.

Additional teaching responsibilities of the position can include, as needed and as appropriate, courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in general and specialized subjects relating to management and the formation of new ventures.

The Dawley Professor will be an active scholar and will maintain AACSB Scholarly Academic status at all times. The Dawley Professor’s scholarship should be significant and advance the field of entrepreneurship in both theory and practice.

The Dawley Professor will perform other teaching, research, and service to the institution in accordance with the policies and procedures of both The Citadel and The Tommy and Victoria Baker School of Business.

The Dawley Professor will provide a report to the Citadel Foundation annually detailing how he or she fulfilled the duties of the professorship.

To be selected, you must demonstrate the following minimum, essential qualifications:

• PhD or DBA in Entrepreneurship, or a closely related field, earned from an institution accredited by AACSB (or equivalent).

• Experience in teaching effectively undergraduate and/or graduate courses that relate to your qualifications and expertise.
• Willingness to prepare and teach undergraduate and graduate courses in various management areas as needed.

• Ability to achieve and maintain research activities that lead to academic publications consistent with scholarly academic standards for institutions accredited by AACSB.
• Experience in student engagement and in institutional service appropriate to your academic rank and continuing professional advancement.

Review of applicants will begin September 30, 2025. In addition to the online application; please also include in your application the following:

• Letter of Intent
• CV (complete scholarly record)
• Statement of Teaching Philosophy

As a faculty member in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, you would use specialized expertise to teach management across a range of management-related subject areas. As the Department continues to expand and develop, consistent with the Baker School of Business’s current strategic plan, you would play an active role in fulfilling and shaping the undergraduate and MBA program curriculum development as the Department expands and enriches its programs and courses.

Your teaching responsibilities would include preparing and developing courses at undergraduate or MBA-level (or a combination of levels), engaging students through in-person, fully online, and hybrid delivery modes. You would teach general and specialized courses in management as needed by the Department.

Your ongoing teaching, research, and service should contribute to the advancement of scholarship and professionalism in your academic field. You will also be expected to maintain scholarly academic status within the Baker School of Business for its AACSB accreditation.

You will also be directly interacting with students through academic advising.

You will participate actively in institutional service, program assessments, and professional development, appropriate to your faculty role, academic rank, and tenure timeline.

The timeline toward tenure pursuant to The Citadel’s applicable standards and procedures is negotiable.

The Tommy & Victoria Baker School of Business is an innovative, AACSB internationally accredited institution located on The Citadel’s campus in…