Assistant / Associate Professor or Lecturer of Accounting

Eastern University's College of Education; Pennsylvania; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Online teaching support

Job summary

Eastern University's College of Education invites applications for a full-time Assistant/Associate Professor or Lecturer of Accounting within the College of Business and Leadership. The faculty member will teach in-person and online programs and develop online curricula, with rank determined by credentials.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate excellence in undergraduate accounting instruction, online teaching, and advising, and will engage in service and scholarship while upholding FERPA

Qualifications

• Doctorate required for tenure-track; MBA with accounting specialization or Master's in accounting for lecturer track.
• CPA license and professional accounting work experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated excellence teaching accounting at the undergraduate level.
• Proven ability to facilitate online courses for undergraduate or graduate students.
• Familiarity with online learning tools, software platforms, and video content creation.
• Diversity, equity and inclusion commitment across teaching, scholarship, service, and administration.
• Demonstrated integrity, honesty, and principled behavior.

Responsibilities

• Prepares for and teaches course loads (typically 24 credits) as assigned and with effectiveness.
• Teaches a variety of accounting courses in the business and accounting majors, on-ground and online.
• Creates online course content as necessary and assigned.
• Serves as a faculty advisor for assigned students and mentors progress toward degree completion.
• Participates in department and college meetings and activities; performs service duties.
• Participates in graduation exercises and follows FERPA regulations.

Skills

Teaching excellence accounting

Online course development

Student advising

Curriculum development

Diversity & inclusion

Professional integrity

Education

Doctorate (tenure-track)

MBA with accounting specialization OR Master's in accounting (lecturer)

Job description

The Assistant / Associate Professor or Lecturer of Accounting is a full-time faculty position within the University’s College of Business and Leadership. The faculty member is an academic professional committed to excellence in teaching, advising, scholarship, and service, who has and maintains academic and practical competence in the accounting field. The faculty member will have teaching responsibilities in both traditional (in-person) and online programs. The teaching role also includes online curriculum development. Rank will be determined based on academic credentials.

• Prepares for and teaches course loads (typically 24 credits) as assigned and with effectiveness.
• Teaches a variety of accounting courses in the business and accounting majors, in both on-ground and online delivery formats.
• Creates online course content as necessary and assigned.
• Serves as a faculty advisor for assigned students, assisting in mentoring and oversight of advisees’ progression toward degree completion.
• Remains competent and conversant in the accounting field.
• Fulfills faculty service requirements, including university committees, assignments, and functions as required of a full-time faculty member.
• Fulfills the expectations for faculty scholarship and creative/professional endeavor as required of a full-time faculty member.
• Participates in academic department and college meetings and activities.
• Provides spiritual mentoring for students and support for colleagues.
• Participates in graduation exercises as required and appropriate.
• Reviews, understands, and follows the employee expectations enumerated in the faculty handbook.
• Understands and follows FERPA regulations.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Academic credentials suitable for a faculty role in accounting: for a tenure-track position, this would be a doctorate. For a lecturer position, this would be an MBA with a specialization in accounting or a master’s degree in accounting.
• Professional accounting work experience and CPA license strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated excellence teaching accounting at the undergraduate level.

• Demonstrated excellence facilitating online courses for undergraduate or graduate students.
• Proficiency (or ability and willingness to acquire proficiency) with online learning tools and software platforms
• Proficiency (or ability and willingness to acquire proficiency) in providing video content for online learners.
• Demonstrated commitment to the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion in teaching, scholarship, service, and administration.
• Demonstrated capacity for integrity, honesty, and principled behavior.