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B. Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech invites applications for an Associate or Full Professor of Real Estate who will hold the Blackwood Endowed Chair. This is an exciting opportunity for an established scholar to join a growing department interested in expanding its research, teaching, and service capacity while continuing to build its international reputation. The position is a tenured, academic-year appointment beginning August 10, 2027. The successful candidate will conduct high-quality research regularly leading to publications in top-tier academic journals such as Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Journal of Real Estate Research, and Real Estate Economics. Additionally, the candidate will carry an annual teaching load of three courses (9 credits) in the undergraduate real estate program and engage in service activities that increase awareness of the department in both the academic and professional communities. Instructional effectiveness and flexibility are essential, as is a willingness to engage in experiential learning activities that prepare undergraduate students for their eventual entry into the workforce.\nResponsibilities include:\n· Conduct high-quality research leading to publication in top-tier academic journals. · Teach three courses (9 credits) annually in the undergraduate real estate program. · Engage in experiential learning activities that prepare undergraduate students for entry into the workforce.\n· Participate in service activities that increase awareness of the department within academic and professional communities.\n· Explore emerging real estate trends, present at national and international conferences, engage in timely policy debate, and contribute to the professionalization of the real estate industry.\n· Contribute to the Pamplin+ initiative, with its focus on technology readiness and workforce preparation.\n· Work collegially and collaboratively with faculty and staff.\nAbout the Department:\nThanks to a generous $10 million gift from the Blackwood family in 2021, the department’s endowment is well positioned to support the scholarly endeavors of its faculty. Faculty are encouraged to explore emerging real estate trends, present at national and international conferences, engage in timely policy debate, and contribute to the professionalization of the real estate industry at large.\nAt present, the department serves approximately 400 undergraduate students pursuing B.S. Real Estate degrees who complete a core business curriculum coupled with a series of courses introducing them to the fundamentals of real estate development, finance, law, market analysis, operations, and planning. The curriculum also provides students with opportunities to pursue double majors or minors in real estate-adjacent fields while still graduating within four years.\nAs one of seven departments in the Pamplin College of Business, the Blackwood Department of Real Estate and its faculty contribute to the Pamplin+ initiative, which focuses on technology readiness and workforce preparation from the time students enroll in the college until the time they graduate. Faculty are also expected to demonstrate a willingness to work collegially and collaboratively with faculty and staff.\nAdditional information about the department is available at: https://realestate.vt.edu/index.html\nRequired Qualifications\nPh.D. in real estate or related discipline from an accredited institution by the date of initial appointment (Equivalent foreign degrees are acceptable).\nResearch record indicating a nationally/internationally recognized and well developed research program.\nOccasional travel to attend conferences and meetings.\nPreferred Qualifications\nTeaching experience at the undergraduate or graduate level in multiple real estate or real estate-related courses.\nEvidence of engagement with professional real estate societies, organizations, or industry associations.\nExperience mentoring junior faculty, early-career scholars, or other academic colleagues.\nOvertime Status\nExempt: Not eligible for overtime\nAppointment Type\nRegular\nSalary Information\nCommensurate with experience\nReview Date\n11/02/2026; open until filled\nAdditional Information\nOccasional travel to attend conferences and meetings\nThe successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.\nAbout Virginia Tech\nDedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges, a school of medicine, a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School, and Honors College. The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including Blacksburg, the greater Washington, D.C. area, the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, sites in Newport News and Richmond, and numerous Extension offices and research institutes.A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.\nVirginia Tech endorses and encourages participation in professional development opportunities and university shared governance. These valuable contributions to university shared governance provide important representation and perspective, along with opportunities for unique and impactful professional development.\nVirginia Tech does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on the basis of age, color, disability, sex (including pregnancy), gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, ethnicity or national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, or military status, or otherwise discriminate against employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees or applicants, or on any other basis protected by law.\nIf you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact Stephanie Hairston at  during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the event.","description_format":"text","description_chars":6521,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"phd","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Real Estate","Higher Education"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-23T14:58:28Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":63,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.629,"p_room":1,"age_days":8,"expected_fill_days":48,"reasons":["conf:1","stale_co","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-28T05:59:10Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/virginia-tech-associate-or-full-professor","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/virginia-tech-associate-or-full-professor.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-28T19:55:00Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":27587,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-29T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":35633},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=35633"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fvirginia-tech-associate-or-full-professor"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fvirginia-tech-associate-or-full-professor"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fvirginia-tech-associate-or-full-professor"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/virginia-tech-associate-or-full-professor\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fvirginia-tech-associate-or-full-professor"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3157347}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"vt.edu","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3157347},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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