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Tenure Track Finance Assistant / Associate Professor, Department of Accounting and Finance (Beginning August 2024)
Job Description
The Department of Accounting and Finance in the Lombardo College of Business welcomes applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor position beginning August 2024. Responsibilities include teaching, advising students, scholarly or creative work and department and university service. Actual assignments will depend upon department needs. Teaching responsibilities may include Managerial Finance, Cases in Finance, Investments, Financial Markets, Behavior Finance, and other finance courses in our general Finance and Wealth Management concentrations; as well as advising students, performing scholarly research, and department and university service. This person will be joining us at an exciting time for our growing college, with new majors, concentrations, and cocurricular initiatives being crafted. We especially value individuals who can lead our wealth management concentration and be a key advisor to the student-led Marauder Fund. Actual course assignments will depend on department needs and will include mixed modalities.
Salary and rank are commensurate with qualifications as well as aligned with the details contained in the Collective Bargaining Agreement and the Millersville University Promotion Statement.
Minimum qualifications required to be considered for appointment at the rank of Associate include having an earned doctorate and a minimum of five years of full-time teaching experience (or its equivalent) and scholarship commensurate with this rank.
A complete application comprises the following:
- A Cover Letter summarizing how the applicant’s education and experience match the required qualifications of the position.
- A current Curriculum Vitae.
- A Teaching Philosophy that includes the applicant’s commitment to inclusive and equitable learning and to working with diverse populations of students.
- Evidence of effective teaching.
- A summary (2 – 5 pages) of Scholarly and/or Creative Activity Plan outlining 3 – 5 year agenda involving undergraduate or graduate students.
- Copies of registrar-issued unofficial transcripts for all degrees conferred and in progress (the successful candidate will be required to provide registrar-issued official transcripts from the issuing institution(s) directly to the Provost’s Office by the start date).
- Three current letters of reference, (applicant to submit names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of individuals who will be contacted to upload current letters of reference directly to a confidential website).
Incomplete applications will not be considered. Applicants are encouraged to submit their application materials far enough in advance of the closing date to allow time for their references to respond. If you choose to provide additional documentation, please upload these items as optional documents.
Please do not link your application to the position until you have uploaded all of the required documents and any optional documents you want to provide. You will not be able to change the materials submitted or upload any new additional materials, after the application process has been completed and you receive a confirmation number.
Located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Millersville University of Pennsylvania is one of the 10 public universities of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education. Our pillars of distinction include exceptionally strong student-faculty relationships, numerous programs of distinction, a beautiful campus and vibrant location, and successful job placement for our students. Our students’ success, both inside and outside of the classroom, is our highest priority, and we provide numerous opportunities to facilitate their academic, personal, and social growth and development. Almost 70 baccalaureate programs are available for our 6,000 students to find their path. Approximately one thousand graduate students enroll in 21 master’s and three doctoral programs. Our faculty are highly respected in their fields and dedicated to the success of students in the classroom, research labs, and in campus life. Over 66,000 alumni live in all 50 states and in 72 countries around the world. We seek individuals who embrace and value our EPPIIC values of exploration, public mission, professionalism, inclusion, integrity, and compassion.
At Millersville University we are committed to fostering a learning and working environment that promotes diversity to foster a climate of inclusion. EPPIIC values and the principles of Inclusive Excellence are an essential part of the foundation for our learning and working environment. Millersville University is an equal opportunity employer and, in compliance with federal and state laws and university policy, is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, disability, veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Individuals from traditionally underrepresented populations are encouraged to apply.
The State System Employee Benefits Summary for faculty can be found at: https://www.passhe.edu/inside/HR/LR/Documents/APSCUF_July2019-June2023.pdf.
Required Qualifications
- An earned doctoral degree or ABD candidate, with completion required by the date of eligibility to apply for reappointment to second year (1/30/25).
- A minimum of 18 graduate credit hours in finance.
- Experience teaching in the field of finance as an instructor of record for at least one face-to-face class.
- Evidence of ability to successfully teach diverse student populations.
- Excellent oral, written, interpersonal communication skills.
- Evidence of a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Successful interview.
- Successful teaching demonstration.
- Successful completion of three background checks.
Preferred Qualifications
- PhD in finance.
- Relevant professional designations (ex: CFP, CFA).
- Experience teaching both introductory and upper-level finance courses.
- Evidence of current peer-reviewed publications in business journals.
- A demonstrated record of conducting research with students, consistent with Millersville’s mission as a teaching university.
- Demonstrated effectiveness in teaching across different modalities.
- Significant relevant experience and accomplishments in the finance industry.
Job Description
EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND PERFORMANCE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES :
Tenure Track faculty are responsible for teaching Managerial Finance, Cases in Finance, Investments, Financial Markets, Behavior Finance, and other finance courses in our general Finance and Wealth Management concentrations as well as advising students, performing scholarly research, and department and university service.
Faculty are expected to hold regular office hours as well as be able to teach in a variety of delivery modalities.
For details, please see:
- The CBA, Article 12.B.1, Effective teaching and fulfillment of professional responsibilities (p. 27);
- The Millersville University Promotion Statement and particularly Section V.C.1 Teaching Effectiveness and Fulfillment of Professional Responsibilities (pp. 9-11); and
- The Millersville University Tenure Statement, particularly the section titled Teaching Effectiveness and Fulfillment of Professional Responsibilities (pp. 3-4).
CONTINUING SCHOLARLY GROWTH AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT :
Sustain growth in scholarly and/or creative activities, both within and outside the academic discipline.
For details, please see:
- The CBA, Article 12.B.2, Continuing scholarly growth (p. 28);
- The Millersville University Promotion Statement, particularly Section V.C.2 Continuing Scholarly Growth (pp. 11-13); and
- The Millersville University Tenure Statement, particularly the section titled Continuing Scholarly Growth (pp. 4-6).
SERVICE AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNIVERSITY AND /OR COMMUNITY :
Provide service on an ongoing basis by contributing professionally to department and university governance, the professional community and/or the community at large, in a participatory, developmental, or advisory capacity. Candidates must be willing to participate in undergraduate- and graduate-level curricular activities including assisting in activities associated with maintaining program approval at the state and national levels.
For details, please see:
- The CBA, Article 12.B.3, Service: contribution to the University and/or community (p. 28)
- The Millersville University Promotion Statement, particularly Section V.C.3 Service: Contributions to the University and/or Community (pp. 13-15); and
- The Millersville University Tenure Statement, particularly the section titled Service, Contributions to the University and/or Community (pp. 6-7).
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES :
Supervise interns, practicum students and graduate assistants as well as thesis and dissertations. Other reasonable duties assigned within the faculty member’s field of competence. Additionally, faculty are expected to actively engage in curricular development and evaluation as well as co-curricular, assessment, and accreditation activities.
PERFORMANCE REVIEW / EVALUATIONS :
Please see the CBA, Article 12, Performance Review and Evaluation of Faculty (pp. 27-39).
DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION :
The Department of Accounting and Finance in the Lombardo College of Business is comprised of five full-time faculty members. The college has approximately 750 undergraduate students and offers BS degrees in accounting, finance, information technology, marketing, management, and business administration. The Lombardo College of Business is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).
Essential Functions
- Work is normally performed in a typical interior/classroom and/or an online environment depending on the needs of the department.
- Teach courses face-to-face and/or online using lectures, demonstrations, class discussion, using online tools and/or equipment and/or other appropriate tools appropriate modes of education delivery.
- Speak in a clear voice and hear spoken words.
- Read and write the written word and higher-level statistics/mathematics.
- Manage classroom activities.
- Record and calculate grades, prepare course outline and syllabus, develop course and lesson plans, engage in the selection of appropriate textbooks and other teaching aids necessary to the delivery of instruction.
- Use computer for email, obtain information on websites, prepare class documents, grade papers, submit final grades online and other duties related to teaching and advising students and serving the department, college, university and community.
- No or very limited exposure to physical risks.
- Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard and mouse.
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