Position Description
The Assistant / Associate Professor or Lecturer of Accounting is a
full-time faculty position within the University’s College of
Business and Leadership. The faculty member is an academic
professional committed to excellence in teaching, advising,
scholarship, and service, who has and maintains academic and
practical competence in the accounting field. The faculty member
will have teaching responsibilities in both traditional (in-person)
and online programs. The teaching role also includes online
curriculum development. Rank will be determined based on academic
credentials.
Position Responsibilities
- Prepares for and teaches course loads (typically 24 credits) as
assigned and with effectiveness.
Teaches a variety of accounting courses in the business and
accounting majors, in both on-ground and online delivery
formats.
Creates online course content as necessary and assigned.
Serves as a faculty advisor for assigned students, assisting in
mentoring and oversight of advisees’ progression toward degree
completion.
Remains competent and conversant in the accounting field.
Fulfills faculty service requirements, including university
committees, assignments, and functions as required of a full-time
faculty member.
Fulfills the expectations for faculty scholarship and
creative/professional endeavor as required of a full-time faculty
member.
Participates in academic department and college meetings and
activities.
Provides spiritual mentoring for students and support for
colleagues.
Participates in graduation exercises as required and
appropriate.
Reviews, understands, and follows the employee expectations
enumerated in the faculty handbook.
Understands and follows FERPA regulations.
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Academic credentials suitable for a faculty role in accounting:
for a tenure-track position, this would be a doctorate. For a
lecturer position, this would be an MBA with a specialization in
accounting or a master’s degree in accounting.
- Professional accounting work experience and CPA license
strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated excellence teaching accounting at the
undergraduate level.
- Demonstrated excellence facilitating online courses for
undergraduate or graduate students.
- Proficiency (or ability and willingness to acquire proficiency)
with online learning tools and software platforms
- Proficiency (or ability and willingness to acquire proficiency)
in providing video content for online learners.
- Demonstrated commitment to the principles of diversity, equity,
and inclusion in teaching, scholarship, service, and
administration.
- Demonstrated capacity for integrity, honesty, and principled
behavior.