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The Economics and Business Department at Ohio Wesleyan University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in Accounting starting in August 2024. 

This position will teach accounting courses, lead the Accounting major, and help support growth of the Accounting, Business Administration, and Finance majors and minors, and an interdisciplinary minor in Entrepreneurship. The successful candidate will also play a key role in recruiting prospective students and enhancing existing campus programming through the Woltemade Center and the Delaware Entrepreneurial Center, in particular the Accounting and Finance Fellows program.

This job is part of a cohort of positions with which Ohio Wesleyan seeks to further diversify its curriculum and faculty. This faculty cohort will join an educational community that values equity and interdisciplinarity and fosters close working relationships with students through our signature program in experiential learning, The OWU Connection. Incoming faculty will be provided with mentoring, professional development funds, and opportunities to connect with faculty across the Ohio 5 and GLCA consortia.  For more information about the cluster, please visit www.owu.edu/joinOWUfaculty. For more information about Academic Affairs and its commitment to anti-racism, please visit https://owu.edu/dei.

Responsibilities:

• A six-course annual teaching load (3/3) in financial and/or managerial accounting at the introductory, intermediate and advanced levels, potentially including principles of financial accounting, taxation, auditing, accounting systems and related topics reflecting both the candidate’s expertise and the needs of the department and program. 

• Advising students in their academic journey

• Engaging in a consistent and focused line of professional development

• Providing service to the department, university, and profession

• Assisting in curriculum development, revision, and evaluation

Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree or terminal degree either in Accounting or an accounting specialty area or Business Administration with a minimum of 18 semester graduate hours in accounting

• Professional certification in accounting (CPA, CIA, CMA or CFE)

• Verifiable professional accounting experience 

• Potential for teaching excellence

• Preference for experience teaching at the undergraduate level

• Ability to create an environment that acknowledges, encourages and celebrates difference within the context of varying beliefs, behaviors, orientations, identities, and cultural backgrounds

Successful candidates are expected to pursue excellence in teaching, maintain a productive, ongoing professional development program, and contribute actively to the continued growth of the department and the university. Business faculty at Ohio Wesleyan operate under a formal Memorandum of Agreement which allows both relevant consultative work as well as research to be counted toward professional development requirements.

 Application Requirements: 

1. Cover letter

2. Current CV

3. Names and contact information for three professional references

4. Statement of Teaching Philosophy. Please address your ability to teach a wide range of accounting courses and employ a variety of pedagogical techniques to reach students from diverse backgrounds.

5. Diversity statement: a 1-page statement that describes your experience and/or approach to supporting students from underrepresented groups, including examples of ways you have intentionally addressed or will address diversity, equity, and inclusion in your classroom.

Please submit all materials via  www.owu.edu/joinOWUfaculty, where you will find additional information about working at OWU. Transcripts, reference letters, and additional materials may be requested at a later time and can be sent directly to facultyjobs@owu.edu. Please make sure to include “Economics and Business” in the subject line.  

Review of applications will begin on January 8, 2023 and continue until the position is filled. Questions may be directed to Barbara MacLeod, search chair (bamacleo@owu.edu).

Located in the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area, Ohio Wesleyan is a selective residential liberal arts college enrolling approximately 1,500 students from across the nation and around the world.  The college’s signature program, The OWU Connection, is designed to integrate student knowledge across disciplines, consider diverse and global perspectives, and teach students to apply their knowledge in real-world settings. Ohio Wesleyan is featured in the book Colleges That Change Lives and was recently listed as the No. 1 liberal arts college in Ohio for social mobility by U.S. News and World Report.  OWU is located in Delaware, OH, a lively college town just 30 minutes from Columbus, the 14th most populous city in the United States and part of the fastest growing, most economically vibrant areas of the Midwest.  Columbus, known increasingly as the “Silicon Midwest,” was named by LinkedIn as one of the top 10 U.S. cities in which to launch your career.

To achieve our mission, we continually strive to foster a diverse, inclusive, and anti-racist campus community, which celebrates the value of all persons regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, color, gender identity and or expression, sexual orientation, family configuration, disability, socioeconomic status, religion, national origin, age or military status. OWU is an equal opportunity institution and seeks applications from individuals who will help us honor and strengthen our commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

About Ohio Wesleyan University

OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (www.owu.edu) is a private liberal arts college located 20 miles north of Columbus in Delaware, Ohio. OWU is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and welcomes applications from all. OWU celebrates diversity and does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, religion, color, culture, national origin, sex and/or sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and/or expression, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, economic barriers, or any other legally protected factor. OWU is an equal opportunity institution and has a strong commitment to supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion. Qualified individuals will not be disadvantaged based on being unemployed.

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