Teaching Professor – Steers Center for Global Real Assets

American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA); Washington (Washington County); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business invites applications for a Teaching Professor in the Steers Center for Global Real Assets. The role focuses on delivering high-quality instruction while supporting experiential learning across MS-GRA, MBA Certificate, and Undergraduate Minor programs.

The successful candidate will carry a 15-credit-hour teaching load related to Real Estate and Infrastructure, collaborate with program heads, mentor students, and contribute to curriculum

Qualifications

• Graduate degree required in Business, Real Estate, Infrastructure, or related field.
• Ph.D. preferred; strong track record in teaching and curriculum development.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality instruction across Real Assets courses within MS-GRA, MBA Certificate, and Undergraduate Minor programs.
• Support experiential learning programs through coaching and mentoring students on projects, internships, and labs.
• Collaborate with Heads of Infrastructure and Real Estate to improve curriculum, course sequencing, and alignment with industry practices.
• Provide guidance to ensure academic rigor and professional relevance of student work products.
• Assist with advising, student engagement, and career pathways in real assets domains.

Skills

Teaching experience

Curriculum development

Student mentoring

Education

PhD preferred

Job description

Teaching Professor – Steers Center for Global Real Assets

We invite applications for a Teaching Professor position in the Steers Center for Global Real Assets. This is a teaching-focused faculty role responsible for delivering high-quality instruction while supporting Heads of Infrastructure and Real Estate in experiential learning, student outcomes, and program development.

The position carries a 15-credit-hour teaching load in courses related to Real Estate and/or Infrastructure across the MS-GRA, MBA Certificate, and Undergraduate Minor programs.

• Deliver instruction that integrates classroom learning with real-world application, industry standards, and applied problem-solving.
• Collaborate with the Heads of Infrastructure and Real Estate to support continuous curriculum improvement including course sequencing and integration, alignment with evolving industry practices and feedback from experiential learning outcomes
• Support assigned experiential learning programs by coaching and mentoring students through experiential projects, internships, and applied labs.
• Provide discipline-specific guidance and quality control to ensure academic rigor and professional relevance of student work products.
• Coordinate with the Head of Infrastructure and Head of Real Estate to ensure alignment between classroom instruction and experiential project expectations.
• Support the Associate Director of Student Experience to evaluate and improve the Customer Journey Map, with emphasis on academic advising touchpoints, classroom-to-career integration, and student engagement and retention drivers.
• Collaborate with the Director and Heads of Infrastructure and Real Estate to define competency standards and assessment methods (e.g., capstone examination or equivalent) to be used to validate students’ mastery of core real assets knowledge.
• Support academic and career advising, guidance on industry expectations and professional pathways.

We seek candidates to begin teaching in the Fall 2026 semester.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Candidates must hold a graduate degree (a Ph.D. preferred) in Business, Real Estate, Infrastructure, or a closely related discipline. We seek candidates with a demonstrated record of excellence in teaching and curriculum development across the real assets spectrum, as well as meaningful professional experience in real estate, infrastructure, or adjacent investment and development fields. The successful candidate will be highly student-centric with a demonstrabletrack record of helping young people advance their careers.

ABOUT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY'S MCDONOUGH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Businessoffers unparalleled access to the world's business, policy, and thought leaders. The school, which attracts faculty and students from around the world, is committed to building global business knowledge and inspiring ethical leaders to serve the common good. Known for its emphasis at the intersection of business and global affairs and its values-based approach to business as part of Georgetown's rich Catholic, Jesuit tradition, the school also is focused on how business can be a force for change by addressing fields of the future, such as healthcare, sustainability, and AI and the future of work.The school's undergraduate and graduatedegree programs provide solid grounding in all the core management disciplines, with an emphasis on the global, ethical, and political environment of business. The McDonough School of Business has an ongoing commitment to being a community in diversity as a fundamental aspect of the Georgetown community.

The projected salary or hourly pay range for this position is $150,000-$230,000, which represents the full range of anticipated compensation for this position. Compensation is determined by a number of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s individual qualifications, experience, education, skills, and certifications, as well as the University’s business needs and external factors.

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