Assistant Professor of Accounting

Centenary College of Louisiana; Shreveport (LA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Centenary College of Louisiana invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Accounting with start in August 2027. The ideal candidate holds a terminal degree from an AACSB-accredited institution and shows commitment to teaching excellence, mentoring undergraduates in research, and professional service.

ABDs within a year of degree completion will be considered. Responsibilities include teaching three 4-credit hour courses per semester, with on-campus office hours

Qualifications

• Terminal degree in Accounting from an AACSB accredited institution.
• Demonstrated strength or commitment to excellence in teaching.
• Work experience in the accounting profession.
• Willingness to mentor undergraduate students in research.
• ABD within one year of degree completion will be considered.
• Candidates with a CPA and a graduate degree in a business discipline will be considered.

Responsibilities

• Teach introductory and upper-level accounting courses for undergraduate and graduate students.
• Teach three 4-credit hour courses per semester and hold on-campus office hours weekly.
• Additional job responsibilities may be provided later in the process.
• Commitment to excellent teaching, student advising and mentoring, professional development and scholarship, and service to the profession and Centenary community.

Job description

Centenary College of Louisiana invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in the Frost School of Business beginning August 2027. Ideally, applicants will have a terminal degree in Accounting from an AACSB accredited institution, demonstrated strength or a commitment to excellence in teaching, work experience in the profession, and a willingness to mentor undergraduate students in research. Also preferred, the terminal degree will be earned in a program with a traditional, campus-based doctoral program. ABDs within one year of degree completion will be considered. Also, candidates with a C.P.A. and a graduate degree in a business discipline will be considered. We seek candidates whose research, teaching, and service have prepared them to contribute to our commitment to the engagement and inclusion of culturally diverse audiences in higher education, particularly in the accounting discipline.

Successful candidates will teach introductory and upper-level accounting undergraduate and graduate courses. Teaching responsibilities include teaching three 4-credit hour courses per semester and holding on-campus office hours each week. Should a candidate move forward in the process, additional job responsibilities will be provided. Qualified candidates are committed to excellent teaching, student advising and mentoring, professional development and scholarship, and service to the profession and the Centenary community. Centenary values interdisciplinary teaching and encourages faculty to contribute to and connect course offerings and scholarship.

Centenary College of Louisiana is a selective, residential, national liberal arts college. Centenary’s beautiful campus in Shreveport’s Highland neighborhood is home to a community of faculty, staff, and students who encourage each other to think critically, care deeply, and achieve more. Centenary is Louisiana’s only U.S. News & World Report Top National Liberal Arts College and is ranked as one of Princeton Review’s “Best 388 Colleges.” The College is located in the Shreveport-Bossier City metroplex in NW Louisiana which boasts a rich cultural heritage and easy access to other major cities in the South.

Centenary offers excellent benefits to faculty including comprehensive insurance options, retirement matching, tuition remission, and exchange programs, free on-campus benefits including membership to the campus fitness center and entry to all athletic and performance events, and annual support for professional development. Start-up funds are available, along with professional development funds (e.g., for conference travel) and competitive internal research support.

Centenary College is committed to providing students with a firm foundation in the liberal arts and to the value of civic debate, the integrity of science, and the inherent usefulness of the liberal arts to help students lead lives of meaning. Centenary recognizes that diversity is essential to its goal of providing an educational environment where students explore the unfamiliar, invent new approaches to understanding, and connect their work and lives to the world at large. We thus encourage applicants who would add to the College's diversity of ideas, beliefs, experiences, and cultural backgrounds. Women, minorities, veterans, and people with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply. EOE.

For full consideration, applications should be submitted by January 11, 2027. Applicants should submit a letter of application and a curriculum vitae. Candidate materials should address experience or commitment to teaching and mentoring undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds and advancing the College’s commitment to diversity.

Candidates who advance in the search will be asked to provide unofficial transcripts and the names, telephone numbers, and email addresses of three references. Background checks are required before candidates can be brought to campus for interviews. Official transcripts are required before a candidate can be hired.