Assistant Professor Business/Economics

Southern Oregon University
Ashland - United States
S: $51,842

Assistant Professor Business/Economics
Southern Oregon University

Posting Number: F00044
Appointment Basis: 9 months
FTE: 1.0 FTE
Department: Business Department
Job Location: Ashland (15 A)
Hiring Pay Rate: $51,842 (@ 1.0 FTE, non-reduced)
Benefits Eligible: Yes

This position is subject to sufficient funding.

Position Summary
The Southern Oregon University, (SOU) Division of Business, Communication and Environmental Studies (BCE) invites applications for a tenure track, 9 month, faculty position in Business and Finance at the Assistant Professor level. The candidate should demonstrate competency in teaching, advising, and research. Teaching assignments will include at least two of the four functional areas of finance (managerial finance, investments, financial markets and institutions, and international finance), at the undergraduate and/or graduate level. The desired candidate will also be able to teach intermediate macroeconomics and quantitative methods. Candidates should show excellent written and verbal communication skills, organizational and management experience related to finance and economic data along with the ability to support varied student, faculty, and community-based research initiatives in these areas. Desire and experience to teach, mentor, and support students from diverse background and learning styles.

Minimum Qualifications
• A doctoral degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or related discipline at the time of appointment from a university accredited by the U.S. Department of Education or an internationally recognized accrediting organization or is ABD.
• Ability to teach finance, investments, and intermediate macroeconomics at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Demonstrated maintenance of an active scholarly research and/or outreach program.
• Experience teaching in the face-to-face classroom environment as well as online.
• Applicants must address in their applications their ability to work with and instruct a culturally diverse population.

Preferred Qualifications
• Demonstrated interest and ability in acquiring external funding for research.
• Experience teaching in a college or university setting.
• Experience with academic advising of students.
• Preference given to candidates who can also teach quantitative methods courses.

Physical Demands
Teaching, sitting, and working at a computer.

Posting Date 01/22/2016
Application must be received by 03/01/2016 for priority consideration. To apply, visit: http://apptrkr.com/749178

Official Transcripts
Once hired for a position the candidate shall have sealed official transcripts for all post-secondary degrees mailed from the granting institution directly to the Provost's office. Transcripts should be received by September 1.

Anticipated Appointment Begin Date: 09/16/2016
Contact Name for Applicant Questions: Curt Bacon
Contact Email: bacon@sou.edu

Southern Oregon University is a welcoming community committed to inclusive excellence and the celebration of diversity. Without diversity, our educational process is diminished. Working together in support of our commitment to diversity, we strengthen and enrich our role as learners, educators and members of a tightly connected global community. We encourage those who share in our commitment to diversity, to join our community and we expect all our employees to demonstrate an ability and desire to create an inclusive campus community.

Job summary