Assistant or Associate Lecturer in Management

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Department

The College of Business Administration (COBA) at Texas A&M University-Central Texas welcomes highly qualified applicants to fill an immediate need for an Assistant or Associate Lecturer in Management starting in Fall 2026. This faculty position is a renewable fixed-term position with potential additional summer teaching opportunities. Application reviews will begin immediately. We are looking for a dynamic and collegial individual with a passion for teaching a proven track record of excellence both within and beyond the classroom and the qualifications to teach a variety of courses in multiple areas. Our immediate need is for instruction in human resources management and international business but courses in leadership organizational development sustainability and others are also available depending on applicant qualifications and interest. The ideal applicant should be a well-rounded and innovative faculty member who can contribute value in many ways and who possesses an established and well-documented track record of teaching excellence in both in person and online formats industry experience/engagement and experience with academic program development/growth.

A Presidential Proclamation issued on September 19 2025 imposes a $100000 fee on all new H1B petitions filed after September 21 2025 and Texas A&M UniversityCentral Texas will not pay this fee. Additionally a moratorium issued by Governor Abbott on January 27 2026 restricts the filing of new H1B petitions unless approved by the Texas Workforce Commission. Accordingly if you will now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status this moratorium may affect our ability to employ you should you be selected as the final candidate. Applicants must be authorized to work for any U.S. employer.

Institutional and College Overview

Established as an independent member of the Texas A&M University System in 2009 A&M-Central Texas is a friendly and dynamic regional teaching institution that prides itself on excellence in instruction but also embraces a growing emphasis on research. A&M-Central Texas is truly unique in that it is an upper- and masters-level institution offering only junior- and senior-level coursework needed to successfully complete baccalaureate degrees and all coursework leading to the completion of masters degrees. As such A&M-Central Texas maintains active partnerships with the major community colleges within the Austin and Central Texas region as well with Fort Hood a premier outpost of the U.S. Army and one of the largest military installations in the world. Our multifaceted student demographic includes a significant proportion of first-generation college students non-traditional learners and military-affiliated personnel.

The College of Business Administration is accredited by AACSB and we are eager to have dynamic and collegial new faculty members partner with us in pursuit of our major strategic initiatives of which there are many on the near horizon. This is an exciting time of rapid change within the College that affords new faculty members many opportunities to make an immediate significant and lasting impact.

A&M-Central Texas is located on the southern edge of Killeen TX a city of approximately 150000 located about halfway between Austin and Wacoabout 60 miles either way. Our faculty members enjoy a wide variety of living options by virtue of the multiplicity in the areafrom quiet and rural to bustling and cosmopolitan. It is an easy drive to great art food shopping and night life as well as to hunting fishing hiking and camping for those who prefer the outdoors. Central Texas is also a great place for families with many options for schooling worship civic engagement and recreation. It also has light traffic and a reasonable cost of living. The major metropolitan areas of Houston Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio are all within a 3-hour radius of Killeen.

Responsibilities

The candidate will be expected to provide quality instruction for four or five courses per term primarily at the undergraduate level and in a variety of course delivery formats (face-to-face online or hybrid). This position will primarily support the BBA Management and BBA Human Resources Management programs by providing instruction in personnel and human resource management international business and leadership but course assignments may vary according to evolving department addition to supporting these particular programs this faculty member will be expected to support department needs by teaching in one or more secondary areas. At present we have needs in organizational change and development business sustainability and general management. Our department faculty freely share course content with each other and many courses are developed collaboratively. Wherever possible previous course syllabi and instructional content from current faculty will be shared with this candidate to minimize the volume of preparations that are required. Faculty are also encouraged to propose and deliver new courses often on a trial basis to explore new content areas that add value to student career aspirations and to our academic programs.

While research output is not a key requirement for this position the candidate is expected to engage in scholarly and/or professional activities sufficient to maintain scholarly academic or professional academic status per AACSB faculty classifications. This could be achieved by producing scholarship maintaining a recognized professional certification attending academic or trade conferences engaging in consulting or other industry-related activities and/or by completing other relevant professional development activities (workshops etc.). Professional development funds are available to support this and faculty within the College frequently collaborate on research projects together.

Service expectations for this position will be limited primarily to those events committees or initiatives that support and promote the Management & Marketing Department and the College of Business Administration (e.g. recruiting events department/college meetings accreditation-related tasks focus groups with industry partners etc.).

Minimum Qualifications:

To be eligible to apply for this position candidates should:

• Possess a terminal degree (doctorate) in management or a closely related discipline. ABD applicants will not be considered.

• Have at least three (3) years of full-time teaching experience at the baccalaureate level or higher.

• Be eligible for the AACSB scholarly academic or professional academic faculty classification.

• Have a documented track record of successfully teaching courses in human resource management and international business.

Preferred Qualifications:

The ideal candidate for this position would also possess:

• Additional academic and/or professional qualifications to support teaching in primary and secondary areas.

• At least two (2) additional years of full-time teaching experience including graduate courses.

• Industry experience including ongoing engagement.

• Program development and student recruiting experience.

• Have a documented track record of successfully teaching courses in some of the secondary instructional areas listed above.

Salary: Commensurate

Hours: Variable faculty hours vary according to course schedule and modality. Nights and weekends may be required.

To Apply:

Please apply directly on our Texas A&M University-Central Texas Job Site. Please submit a cover letter a curriculum vitae teaching philosophy transcripts and the contact information of three professional references or three letters of references when applying for this position.

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