Instructional Assistant or Associate Professor

Department: Costello College of Business

Classification: 9-month Instructional Faculty

Job Category: Instructional Faculty

Job Type: Full-Time

Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)

Location: Fairfax, VA

Workplace Type: On Site Required

Sponsorship Eligibility: Not eligible for visa sponsorship

Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience

Criminal Background Check: Yes

About the Department:

The Donald G. Costello College of Business at George Mason University is one of the largest business schools in Virginia, and is located near Washington, D.C., in Arlington and Fairfax, and at George Mason’s global campus in Incheon, South Korea. The college’s AACSB-accredited business and accounting curricula prepare undergraduate and graduate students from the U.S. and across the globe for career success in business and government. Its research-based faculty and focus on multi-disciplinary academic programs, inclusive entrepreneurship, modular education, experiential learning, and corporate partner engagement are transforming the landscape of business education and workforce development.  Learn more at business.gmu.edu.

About the Position:

With 20 tenure-line faculty and 14 term faculty, the ISOM area is the largest academic area in the College of Business. It is an ambitious and collegial group that highly values excellence in research, teaching, and service. It includes faculty in Analytics, Management of Information Systems (MIS), and Operations and Supply Chain Management (OSCM) disciplines, with several having multidisciplinary interests. Our faculty conducts managerially relevant research using a diverse set of methodologies. The ISOM area faculty have published regularly in premier journals. Our faculty members have won coveted University and Professional Society awards for their research and teaching. Many of our faculty serve on editorial boards of leading journals, and all are active professionally in their respective fields.

Responsibilities:

• Major responsibilities include teaching ISOM courses in undergraduate and graduate programs. The teaching load for this position is determined according to the college’s workload policy.
• Additional responsibilities include service to the ISOM area, the Costello College of Business, the university, and the profession, such as academic community engagement, student mentoring, committee membership, and interfacing with the business community.

Information about Undergraduate and Graduate OSCM Courses: https://catalog.gmu.edu/courses/operations--supply-chain-management

Information about our Program Offerings:

• Undergraduate Program Offerings: https://business.gmu.edu/undergraduate/academic-programs/
  • OSCM Concentration
  • Business Analytics Concentration
  • OSCM Minor
  • Business Analytics Minor
• Graduate Program Offerings: https://business.gmu.edu/graduate/
  
  • MBA
  • MS in Management
  • MS in Business Analytics
  • Graduate Certificates in Business Analytics, Business Fundamentals, and Government Contract Management

Required Qualifications:

• Terminal degree in a related field;
• Experience teaching college-level OSCM (or related) courses;
• Good citizenship in terms of service is critical, as is the ability to work well with colleagues; and
• Expertise in areas of operations management and project management.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Qualified to be a Scholarly Academic by a PhD earned after May 2022 or at least two publications in business peer-reviewed journals on the ABDC list, accepted after July 1, 2022;
• Clear evidence of teaching experience and ability; and 
• Ability to teach courses in data analytics, management science, and forecasting.

Instructions to Applicants: 

For full consideration, applicants must apply for the Instructional Assistant or Associate Professor at https://jobs.gmu.edu/. Complete and submit the online application to include three professional references with contact information, and provide a letter of intent, CV, and recent teaching evaluations.

Posting Open Date:  October 27, 2025

For Full Consideration, Apply by:  November 10, 2025

Open Until Filled:  Yes