Position Announcement

Temporary Instructor, Department of Hospitality and Sport Business Management

Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, University of Delaware

The Department of Hospitality and Sport Business Management (HSBM) in the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware invites applications for a temporary instructor position in Restaurant Operations and Food and Beverage Management. The beginning date for the position is August 2027.  This is a temporary, one-year position, renewable up to two times.

The ideal candidate would possess at least a master’s degree in hospitality management or related field. Successful candidates will demonstrate the drive and vision to develop an innovative, cutting-edge instructional program. Specific expertise is desired in fine-dining front-of-house operations, wine and beverage management, guest experience, and service management. The successful candidate will teach and work directly in Vita Nova, our student-operated fine-dining restaurant and experiential learning laboratory, integrating classroom instruction with hands-on front-of-house, beverage, and restaurant operations. Teaching load is typically a maximum of eight courses per year with potential reductions for service. 

Founded in 1743, the University of Delaware (www.udel.edu) combines tradition and innovation, offering students a rich heritage along with the latest in instructional and research technology. Located on an attractive campus in Newark, Delaware, roughly an hour from Philadelphia and Baltimore, and about 2 hours from New York and Washington, D.C., the University is a state-assisted institution with a strong private endowment and selective admission. It is one of the oldest land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant institutions in the nation. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classifies University of Delaware as an R1 research university with very high research activity.

Lerner College has five departments, 42 academic programs, about 4,200 students, 160 faculty members, and state-of-the art facilities. Lerner College supports full-time, part-time, and online MBA programs in addition to MS programs in functional business areas and non-degree executive education programs. Degree programs are fully accredited by the AACSB.  For more information on Lerner College, see lerner.udel.edu.

The Department of Hospitality and Sport Business Management is housed within Lerner College and offers several degree programs in Hospitality Business Management, Sport Business Management, and Master programs and a PhD in Hospitality and Sport Business Analytics. With its learning lab fine dining restaurant Vita Nova, HSBM is leading experiential learning in Hospitality. To learn more about the Department and its faculty members, please visit the HSBM Department website link. The department promotes a collegial, supportive environment and values candidates who share these values.

Salary and benefits are highly competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Applicants should submit a letter of interest, a current resume or curriculum vitae, recent teaching evaluations, accompanying certificates and three (3) letters of reference.  Additional information may be requested after initial review of applicants. Submit inquiries, but not application materials or letters of reference, to the search committee chair, Markus Schukert, markus@udel.edu.

The search committee will begin reviewing applications in November 2026. Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled. We will conduct preliminary interviews via Zoom.