Assistant Professor of Business Analytics

American Accounting Association; Tacoma (WA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA seeks an on-site Assistant Professor of Business Analytics to begin Fall 2027. The role emphasizes undergraduate teaching in analytics with strong accounting integration and active research within the School of Business and Leadership.

The candidate will typically teach three courses per semester, participate in research, service, and university activities, and contribute to program development.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or D.B.A. 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.

Responsibilities

• Teach business analytics courses, including sections of an introductory course with a significant accounting module (title reflecting the accounting emphasis).
• Incorporate projects to stimulate independent critical thinking, strengthen written and oral communication, and foster experiential learning and problem solving.
• Three-course teaching load per semester; perform research, service, and departmental duties.

Skills

Teaching

Course design

Education

Ph.D./D.B.A. in business analytics

Job description

Assistant Professor of Business Analytics

University of Puget Sound

Tacoma, Washington State (US)

Closing date: Oct 4, 2026

• Focus Area: Education & Research
• Role Type: Faculty
• Role Level: Faculty
• Work Mode: On Site
• Organization Type: Academia

Full/Part Time: Full Time

Regular/Tempoary:

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

Responsibilities

• 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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Application Deadline

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

Compensation And Benefits

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 2026-2027 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, visit: Summary of 2026 Benefits for Faculty Members.pdf - Google Drive

Puget Sound has a well-established Shared Faculty Appointments Policy, https://www.pugetsound.edu/policies/faculty-policies/shared-faculty-appointments

About Puget Sound

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.

About The School Of Business And Leadership

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.

University Diversity Statement

• 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://www.pugetsound.edu/about/diversity-at-puget-sound/

Required Documents

• Curriculum vitae
• Letter of Interest
• Teaching statement, including a list of business courses in business analytics, including data science, data analytics or AI, and special topics courses you would be eager to teach, and your relevant background.
• Teaching evaluations from the most recent four semesters of teaching, if applicable
• Diversity Statement (see prompt below)
• Unofficial transcripts (an official transcript will be required by the successful candidate)
• Contact Information for 3 References. You will be prompted to enter the contact information for three (3) reference providers. The system will automatically email these reference providers to request a letter.

Note: In the online application system, please submit curriculum vitae when prompted to submit resume. Additional documents can be attached within the application.

Applicant's Diversity Statement

As a department and university, we are strongly committed to creating an inclusive and effective teaching, learning, and working environment for all. In their diversity statement, applicants should reflect on how they will advance the values articulated in the University Diversity Statement in all aspects of their future work as faculty and members of the university community.

All offers of employment are contingent on successful completion of a background inquiry.

The University of Puget Sound is an equal opportunity employer.

Given the current Executive Order and the $100,000 petition fee for new H-1b visas, at the moment sponsoring a new H-1b is cost-prohibitive to us. Therefore, unless the executive order is rescinded or blocked by the courts, we are unable to commit to new H visa sponsorship at this time. Applicants with questions about visa sponsorship are encouraged to reach out to Human Resources.

About Puget Sound

Puget Sound is a selective national liberal arts college in Tacoma, Washington, drawing 2,600 students from 48 states and 20 countries. Puget Sound graduates include Rhodes and Fulbright scholars, notables in the arts and culture, entrepreneurs and elected officials, and leaders in business and finance locally and throughout the world. A low student-faculty ratio provides Puget Sound students with personal attention from faculty who have a strong commitment to teaching and offer 1,200 courses each year in more than 40 traditional and interdisciplinary fields, including graduate programs in occupational and physical therapy and in education. Puget Sound is the only nationally ranked independent undergraduate liberal arts college in Western Washington, and one of just five independent colleges in the Pacific Northwest granted a charter by Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's most prestigious academic honorary society. Visit "About Puget Sound" (http://www.pugetsound.edu/about) to learn more about the college.