Assistant Professor Of Accounting

Assistant Professor of Accounting 
Department of Accounting 
College of Business and Economics  

CBE-3638

Position:

The Department of Accounting at Towson University invites applications for a 9-month tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor rank, beginning August 2023.  

Qualifications: 
Applicants should possess a PhD/DBA or equivalent in accounting, or a PhD/DBA in a related area with professional certification in accounting. ABD applicants will be considered if all degree requirements are expected to be fulfilled by February 1, 2024. Applicants should have a record or demonstrate the potential for a balanced commitment to excellent teaching, quality research and service.   

Responsibilities: 
Responsibilities will include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in accounting, research leading to publications in peer-reviewed journals, and university and community service. Faculty assigned an instructional workload of six (6) course units per academic year for the first year. Beginning the second year the workload reverts back to the standard instructional workload of seven to eight (7-8) course units.  An instructional workload of six (6) course units can be continued if the individual is maintaining qualification as a Scholarly Academic under the college standards.  We are seeking candidates who can teach auditing and financial accounting at the intermediate and advanced levels.  Candidates with strong backgrounds in data analytics are also desired.  Candidates of all areas of specialization are still invited to apply.   

Towson University is the only University System of Maryland institution to have AACSB accreditation for both its business and accounting programs.   

The Department and the College: 

The Department of Accounting offers both undergraduate and master's level graduate programs in accounting and is the only accounting program in the University System of Maryland to hold separate AACSB accreditation. The department consists of 14 full-time faculty members and additional part-time faculty. The College of Business and Economics is accredited by the AACSB for both its business and accounting programs. It conducts undergraduate business programs with majors/concentrations in a wide range of fields, and jointly offers an M.S. in Accounting program with the University of Baltimore, as well as an M.S. in Supply Chain Management. Consistent with the overall mission of Towson University, we seek candidates with a demonstrated sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse backgrounds of TU's students and employees. 

Details of TU's H1B sponsorship policy can be found here: https://www.towson.edu/about/administration/policies/academicaffairs.html 

Towson University: 

Towson University (www.towson.edu) was founded in 1866, is recognized by U.S. News and World Reports as one of the top public universities in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, is Baltimore's largest university, and is the largest public, comprehensive institution in the University of Maryland System. TU enrolls over 19,000 undergraduates and more than 3,000 graduate students across six academic colleges (business, education, fine arts, health professions, liberal arts, science & mathematics), has of 900 full-time faculty, and offers 65 bachelor's 42 master's, and 4 doctoral programs. Our centrally located campus sits on 330 rolling green acres and is 10 miles north of Baltimore, 45 miles north of Washington D.C., and 95 miles south of Philadelphia. 

Application Process: 

Review of applications begins immediately and continues until the position has been filled. Preliminary interviews will be conducted online. Please submit: (1) a letter of application, (2) curriculum vitae, (3) official transcripts, (4) recent teaching evaluations, (5) evidence of scholarly productivity, and (6) three letters of references.

Click the Apply Online button to apply. Please note that the search number for which you are applying is CBE-3638.

Any inquiries, and a confirmation that you have submitted your application (recommended), should be emailed to aschiff@towson.edu  

A Criminal Background Investigation is required for the hired candidate and the results may impact employment.

The safety of our students, faculty, staff, and neighbors has been our top priority and the focus of every one of our decisions since the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the University System of Maryland (USM) has strongly encouraged full COVID vaccination and up-to-date booster shots (when eligible) for all faculty, staff, and students at all schools in the USM as both a reasonable and necessary means of protecting our health and safety.

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Towson University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and has a strong institutional commitment to diversity, as detailed in A More Inclusive TU: Advancing Equity and Diversity (2020 - 25). TU is a national leader in inclusive excellence, the only institution in Maryland with zero achievement gap, and 68% growth in minority enrollment over the past 5 years.  We encourage application from a variety of (dis)abilities, cultural, ethnic, race, sex, gender identity/expression, national origin, age, veteran status, color, religious, socio-economic, sexual orientation and belief backgrounds.