Visiting Assistant Professor/Instructor - Entrepreneurship

Miami University Alumni Association • Oxford, AL

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About The Position

The Department of Entrepreneurship invites applications for a full-time Visiting Assistant Professor or Instructor for Spring Semester 2027 and Fall Semester 2027. The primary teaching assignment is multiple sections of ESP 201: Entrepreneurship: From Ideas to Actions, the department’s foundational course. The successful candidate will combine practical entrepreneurial experience with academic grounding and create hands-on, engaging learning that turns venture creation into action. The candidate may also teach other courses in the entrepreneurship core as departmental needs require.

In ESP 201, students learn to identify and validate problems worth solving; conduct customer discovery interviews; design value propositions; and build and test business models using tools such as the Lean Canvas and the Business Model Canvas. The course also covers entrepreneurial work and careers across startup, social, corporate, and creative ventures, and how ventures move from idea to action.

Requirements

• For appointment as Visiting Assistant Professor: Ph.D. in business, entrepreneurship, or a closely related field by the date of appointment.
• For appointment as Instructor: By the date of appointment, a master’s degree in business, entrepreneurship, or a closely related field, or a bachelor’s degree (typically in business, technology, or the sciences; degrees in the creative and liberal arts may also be considered), plus at least five years of relevant professional experience.
• Relevant professional experience for Instructor appointment must be in one or more of the following areas: managerial, executive, or highly applied professional roles; founding or working in entrepreneurial organizations; entrepreneurial ecosystem activities such as funding, evaluating, or mentoring ventures; or entrepreneurship education in higher education or in practice.

Nice To Haves

• Experience teaching entrepreneurship, especially introductory or first-year courses.
• Familiarity with customer discovery, lean startup, and business model design methods.
• Demonstrated ability to engage students through experiential and active learning.

Responsibilities

• Teach multiple sections of ESP 201: Entrepreneurship: From Ideas to Actions.
• Develop hands-on, engaging learning that helps students understand and practice the venture-creation process.
• Teach other courses in the entrepreneurship core as departmental needs require.
• Guide students in learning to identify and validate problems, conduct customer discovery interviews, design value propositions, and build and test business models.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level