Assistant​/Associate Professor of Finance; Tenure Track

UMES invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor of Finance. The successful candidate will join a dynamic department dedicated to excellence in teaching, impactful scholarship, transformational student mentorship, and community engagement. This position is a full-time on campus role.

• Teach undergraduate courses as required, within the finance curriculum (e.g., Corporate Finance, Investments, Financial education courses, Analytics/Strategy, Financial Markets & Institutions, International Finance, Financial Management, and related areas, including supporting and prerequisite courses) consistent with the UMES mission to students with different backgrounds, including first generation college students and non-traditional learners.
• Deliver instruction in face-to-face, hybrid, and online modalities.
• Advise, tutor, and mentor students to promote academic progress, secure internships, and provide career development.
• Contribute and participate in curriculum development/improvement, program accreditation, and assurance-of-learning activities.

• Conduct and publish high-quality research in peer-reviewed academic journals consistent with AACSB Scholarly Academic (SA) qualifications and university tenure/tenure track requirements.
• Present research at professional conferences and participate in collaborative scholarly initiatives.
• Associate-level applicants must demonstrate an established record of high-impact research and disciplinary visibility.

• Actively participate in departmental, school, and university committees.
• Provide service to the academic profession and engage in community and industry outreach aligned with the mission of a land-grant institution.
• Actively contribute to and participate in the departmental recruitment, retention and student engagement activities in alignment with the department’s accreditation standards and the university’s HBCU mission of service.

Required:

Ph.D. in Finance or related field from an AACSB-accredited institution. Evidence of strong research potential or productivity. Demonstrated potential for or record of effective teaching and oral communication skills

Preferred:
Ability to teach finance, including supporting and prerequisite courses, in various instructional formats.

• Demonstrated ability to develop rapport with students as evidenced by strong teaching evaluations or recognized teaching excellence. Active scholarly pipeline as evidenced by manuscripts under review or accepted. Evidence of ongoing professional development. Strong organizational and communication skills. Candidates with corporate or additional non-academic financial industry experience. Professional certifications (e.g., CFA, CFP) or relevant industry experience. Experience mentoring students or supporting experiential learning.
  
  For Associate rank: demonstrated potential to pursue or secure external research funding.