Faculty, Tenure Track

Assistant/Associate Professor of Accounting

Assistant/Associate Professor of Accounting

08/14/2023

Governors State University’s AACSB accredited College of Business seeks applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor of Accounting beginning August 2023.

The successful candidate will be qualified to teach undergraduate and graduate coursework in accounting, including courses in financial accounting, intermediate financial accounting, or other accounting courses as needed.

We seek candidates with outstanding teaching skills, interest in non-traditional and diverse student populations, ability or interest in teaching high quality remote, hybrid, or online courses, a collegial approach to working with colleagues, interest in continuing professional development in innovative areas in the discipline, interest in developing curriculum, evidence or a potential for distinguished scholarship consistent with tenure-track and AACSB expectations for Scholarly Academic faculty, and evidence or potential for substantive professional and university service.

Governors State University is the only regional, public, comprehensive university in Chicago’s south suburban area. GSU provides accessible, high value undergraduate and graduate education to culturally and economically diverse students. Students benefit from the university’s high academic quality, range of convenient class times, increasing hybrid and online offerings, and outstanding educational value.

The exceptionally beautiful University Park, Illinois, campus is conveniently located within easy reach by road and rail to Chicago and surrounding communities that have a wealth of cultural and natural attractions. The highly diverse region GSU serves has a number of high performing schools and engaged communities as well as struggling urban, suburban, and rural communities. GSU seeks to serve as a public square, working to foster educational opportunities for all populations.

GSU is especially interested in candidates who share our values of inclusiveness and diversity to better serve our students. As a Minority Serving Institution and an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution, GSU has been selected to participate in the Illinois Equity in Attainment Initiative (ILEA), and is committed to achieving equity and inclusive excellence by building internal capacity to address inequities in student outcomes and eliminating equity gaps, and by implementing evidence-based interventions for improving student learning and success. The accounting program recently participated in the Gardner Institute’s Curricular Analytics Community, identifying opportunities to improve student success and reduce barriers to completing an accounting degree.

GSU has recently established a Supply Chain Innovation Center and Business Incubator (SCICBI), led by the College of Business and part of the Illinois Innovation Network. The center utilizes GSU faculty expertise and its existing partners in both public and private sectors, the SCICBI provides faculty consulting and employee training to businesses in the supply chain and logistics sector, certificate training for employees in these companies, and also co-working space and mentorship opportunities to startups and entrepreneurs in the supply chain and related sectors.

Please visit www.govst.edu/COB for more information about the programs and courses offered for undergraduates and graduates.

Interested individuals are invited to complete a faculty profile, submit a letter of interest (cover letter), a curriculum vitae, unofficial transcripts, and a list of three references with their contact information.

-ABD in Accounting, Finance or a related field
-Meets AACSB qualifications for Scholarly Academic (SA) or Practice Academic (PA)
-Experience teaching accounting courses.

-PhD in Accounting or a related field
-Teaching experience at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
-Experience teaching online.
-Professional certifications or work experience

09/19/2022

Yes

FA0526P

External

https://employment.govst.edu/postings/7629

Applications and nominations are now being accepted. Interested individuals are invited to complete a faculty profile, submit a letter of interest, a curriculum vitae, unofficial transcripts, and list of three references for consideration by October 14, 2022.