Assistant Professor of Business Analytics

University of Puget Sound Assistant Professor of Business Analytics

Job

Location:

Business & Leadership

Full/Part Time:
Full Time

Regular/Tempoary:

Appointment:
School of Business and Leadership, full-time tenure-line Assistant Professor position; begins Fall Term 2027

• Teach business courses in business analytics, including several sections as needed of an introductory course with a significant accounting module (which must be reflected in the course's title).
• All teaching should include projects that stimulate independent critical thinking, promote effective written and oral communication skills, facilitate experiential learning, and develop problem solving.
• The standard teaching assignment is three courses per semester.
• Other duties include research, service, university and departmental service.

The University of Puget Sound is an undergraduate liberal arts college with small classes providing individual attention. This is a dynamic time for the School of Business and Leadership. We welcome innovative ideas and new areas of expertise.

Surprise us. Let us surprise you.

• Ph.D. or D.B.A. (ABD considered) in business, with a focus on business analytics, including data science, or data analytics, and/or AI.
• Will consider Ph.D. in appropriate liberal arts disciplines related to business analytics, data science, data analytics, accounting, or AI.
• Commitment to undergraduate teaching and liberal arts education.

To ensure full consideration, interested candidates are encouraged to submit application materials no later than October 15, 2026.

Rank:
Assistant Professor

Salary is commensurate with education and experience.

Faculty salaries at the University of Puget Sound are based on a common salary scale based on experience. Assistant Professor salaries in  begin at $85,177 for an assistant professor without a terminal degree in their first year of full-time post-doctorate teaching through $97,917 annualized based on experience

Puget Sound offers a generous benefits package. For more information, Summary of 2026 Benefits for Faculty  - Google Drive

Puget Sound has a well-established Shared Faculty Appointments Policy, https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).-appointments

The University of Puget Sound is located in Tacoma, Washington, a vibrant, diverse mid-sized urban port city. Within, and near, Tacoma there is ready access to urban, rural, and natural areas as well as opportunities to participate in a wide variety of cultural activities.

The School of Business and Leadership provides students with an innovative business education that prepares them for success as leaders in a complex and dynamic global environment.

The School fulfills its mission by:

• Teaching business fundamentals in a program strongly embedded in the Liberal Arts.
• Offering a core curriculum that focuses on management, marketing, finance, accounting, law, and ethics.
• Emphasizing critical thinking, effective written and oral communication, insightful problem solving, thorough case analysis, and sound research methods.
• Offering majors in business administration, international business, and the Business Leadership Program.
• Promoting off-campus experiences including internships, mentoring, international work and study abroad, field research and experiential learning.
• Striving for faculty excellence in teaching, advising, professional development, and University and community service.

By executing its mission, the School strengthens its ties to other academic units on campus, and helps to fulfill the overall mission of the university.

• We acknowledge the richness of commonalities and differences we share as a university community; the intrinsic worth of all who work and study here; that education is enhanced by the investigation of and the reflection upon multiple perspectives.
• We aspire to create respect for and appreciation of all persons as a key characteristic of our campus community; to increase the diversity of all parts of our University community through commitment to diversity in our recruitment and retention efforts; to foster a spirit of openness to active engagement among all members of our campus community.
• We act to achieve an environment that welcomes and supports diversity; to ensure full educational opportunity for all who teach and learn here; to prepare effectively citizen-leaders for a pluralistic world.

Puget Sound is committed to an environment that welcomes and supports diversity. We seek diversity of identity, thought, perspective, and background in our students, faculty, and staff. To learn more please visit http:///

• Curriculum vitae
• Letter of Interest
• Teaching statement, including a list of business courses in business analytics, including data science, data analytics or…