This is a tenure-track, nine-month appointment, beginning August 1, 2010.  Filling the position is contingent upon funding. 

Responsibilities:  Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in possible combinations of the following: Merchandising content area such as retailing, retail mathematics, computer applications and allocation, entrepreneurship and product development.  Other related areas such as: Introduction to the fashion industries, textile science, visual merchandising and promotions, and creative problem solving.  Incumbent will participate in research, grantsmanship and other scholarly activities, direct graduate student research, and assume leadership of outreach activities in focus area.  Advise undergraduate and graduate students, serve on committees, participate in curriculum development and assume other responsibilities normally associated with a university teaching position.  Teach M.S. level on-line courses for the Great Plains IDEA.   

Qualifications: Doctoral degree required with specialization in an area of teaching/scholarly expertise.  Applicants must score at least 22-24 on the IBT exam.  Scholarship should complement and support teaching assignments.  Industry experience, successful teaching and research experience desired.  Ability to work effectively with students, co-workers, and administrative personnel should be demonstrated.  Must provide evidence of employment eligibility as required by IRCA.  Send academic credentials to 

Dr. Randall Russ, 
Department of Design, Housing, and Merchandising, 
College of Human Environmental Sciences, 
Oklahoma State University, 
Stillwater, OK 74078-6142.  Phone: 405-744-5035.   
Fax: 744-6910.   

Application deadline date is January 15, 2010.  Additional information about the Department may be found at http://ches.okstate.edu/dhm/.  Oklahoma State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/E-Verify employer committed to diversity. OSU-Stillwater is a tobacco-free campus.

Oklahoma State University is a modern comprehensive land grant university that serves the state, national and international communities by providing its students with exceptional academic experiences, by conducting scholarly research and other creative activities that advance fundamental knowledge, and by disseminating knowledge to the people of Oklahoma and throughout the world.

The OSU System comprises OSU-Stillwater, OSU-Tulsa, OSU-Oklahoma City, OSU-Okmulgee, the OSU Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa, the OSU College of Veterinary Medicine, the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station and the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service.