Teaching Assistant Professor of Accounting - Fayetteville, United States - University of Arkansas

Description

Teaching Assistant Professor of Accounting

Summary of Job Duties:
The William Dillard Department of Accounting in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas seeks applications from interested candidates to fill a Non-Tenure Track Teaching Assistant Professor of Accounting position effective Fall 2024. Salary is competitive and commensurate with education and experience.

This position is expected to teach eight courses per year with a mix of face-to-face and online courses, as needed, normally with no more than two course preparations per semester.

Teaching assignments will emphasize Principles of Accounting I, which provides students with a broad exposure to the fundamentals of accounting, and upper-level course(s) that focus on various aspects of corporate accounting (product costing, corporate controllership, etc.).

Regular, reliable, and non-disruptive attendance is an essential job duty, as is the ability to create and maintain collegial, harmonious working relationships with others.

Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:

Ph.D. in accounting or related field from an accredited institution of higher education conferred by the start of employment

At least three years or more of prior teaching experience in higher education in a College of Business setting

Be academically qualified per AACSB

Professional experience in a managerial capacity in a corporate accounting environment

Preferred Qualifications:

Strong teaching records, who have demonstrated the ability to provide an excellent learning environment in the classroom

Experience effectively coordinating a team of instructors to implement a consistent set of course materials across multiple sections

Additional Information:

The William Dillard Department of Accounting: The department develops outstanding students and faculty who meaningfully impact the global accounting community. The department currently has thirteen tenured or tenure-track faculty members, six teaching/clinical faculty members, eight full-time instructors, and several part-time instructors. The department offers an undergraduate degree program in accounting and graduate programs at both the master's and doctoral levels. The department also offers a five-year integrated program, which leads to the simultaneous awarding of an undergraduate degree and a master's degree. The department's programs are accredited by the AACSB – The International Association for Management Education, which ensures quality and promotes excellence and continuous improvement in undergraduate and graduate education. The department was named as part of a gift that was provided in honor of William Dillard Sr.

The Sam M. Walton College of Business: The Sam M. Walton College of Business promotes the values of being "EPIC", which stands for Excellence, Professionalism, Innovation and Collegiality. The Walton College has nearly 9,000 students. The Walton College has an innovative cross-functional business core program that focuses on business processes, and several new cross-disciplinary minors and concentrations. The Walton College has consistently been ranked among the nation's top 25 public undergraduate business schools since 2005, according to U.S. News and World Report.

The University of Arkansas: The flagship campus of the University of Arkansas has a total enrollment of more than 32,000 students. It recently completed a successful capital campaign that raised about $1.45 billion.

Location: The University of Arkansas is located in Fayetteville, in the Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas. Fayetteville offers high quality of life, a mild climate, excellent health care, a variety of restaurants, a cost of living index of 92.9, and is minutes from lakes and rivers for fishing, swimming, and boating. Fayetteville's Walton Arts Center and TheatreSquared offer a rich variety of Broadway, symphony, dance, jazz, and other performances and special events. US News consistently ranks Fayetteville among the 10 best places to live in the U.S., with the most recent ranking of #10. Fayetteville is a city of approximately 85,000 with a regional (Northwest Arkansas) population of about 535,000. Northwest Arkansas has one of the highest growth rates in the U.S. and was ranked 40th among the "best places for Business and Careers" by Forbes in 2023. Several Fortune 500 companies have their headquarters in Northwest Arkansas, including Walmart, Tyson Foods, and J.B. Hunt Transportation.

Salary Information:

Commensurate with education and experience