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.

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.

• 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.

 

 

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