Assistant or Associate Professor of Accounting
Job Description
The Department of Business Administration at New Mexico Highlands University is accepting applications for a nine-month, tenure-track position in Accounting at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor to begin in August 2024. The Department is accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The successful candidate will teach a variety of accounting courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels within the prescribed curriculum. This position will require the successful candidate to bring fresh scholarship to the discipline.
The School of Business, Media, and Technology, which the Department of Business Administration is part of, is housed within a Hispanic Serving Institution and is dedicated to creating a climate of engagement, diversity, and inclusion, and providing pathways for students from under-represented groups to pursue careers in accounting. All applicants should have a demonstrated willingness to work collaboratively with faculty from a wide range of disciplines, cultures, and academic backgrounds and to advise and teach an undergraduate and graduate student body that is diverse with respect to socio-economic status, culture, and career path.
Duties and Responsibilities
Responsibilities include teaching, advising, and service to NMHU. The normal teaching load is 24 credit hours per academic year with the exception of first year faculty who will teach 18 credit hours during their first year of service. The successful candidate should have experience teaching in various modalities, such as face-to-face, online (synchronous and asynchronous), hybrid (simultaneous face-to-face and online), and blended classes (combination of asynchronous and synchronous in the same class). Engagement in recruitment, advisement, and retention of students, as well as curriculum development is expected. The successful candidate is expected to develop relations with accounting firms for internships or career placements. Participation in department meetings, and service to the department, the university, and the community are expected. The successful candidate must balance excellent teaching with scholarship and professional service. This person will also share faculty duties as they arise.
Minimum Qualifications
- The candidate must possess a Ph.D. in accounting. ABD status candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Experience with online teaching is required.
- The successful candidate must be eligible to work in the U.S.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in teaching a variety of accounting courses.
- Candidates at the Associate level must have the academic credentials as outlined in Article 23 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
- Experience with culturally diverse population.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
See Duties and Responsibilities, Minimum Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications.
Work Location Las Vegas, NM Campus
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number
F340P
Posting Open Date
12/01/2023
Posting Close Date
Open Until Filled
Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants
A complete application must include: 1) Cover Letter/Letter of Application describing teaching and research interests; 2) Curriculum vita; 3) Unofficial copies of advanced degree transcripts; 4) Teaching philosophy; 5) Evidence of teaching and research excellence; 6) Sample of syllabi; and 7) List of three professional references with name, address and email. References will be contacted in conjunction with an on-campus interview and official transcripts and letters of reference will be requested upon acceptance of the on-campus interview. For more detailed information regarding the position you may contact: Dr. Stephen Owusu-Ansah at stephen@nmhu.edu
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