Dept of Acct and Info Mgt - (Fa25) 2 Assistant Professors of Accounting

Description

The Department of Accounting and Information Management (AIM) in the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK), is accepting applications for two full-time, tenure track assistant professors in accounting to begin August 1, 2025. The ideal candidate should have a strong commitment to excellence in research, teaching, and service and should thrive in a diverse and intellectually stimulating environment.

About UTK and the Haslam College of Business
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (https://www.utk.edu/) is the state’s flagship university with approximately 30,000 students currently enrolled on the main campus in Knoxville.  

The Haslam College of Business https://haslam.utk.edu/, with over 10,000 students and 208 full time faculty, is housed in the 174,000 square-foot, $40 million, James A. Haslam II Business Building. After nearly a decade of exponential growth in the business student population, we are breaking ground on a second building, which will be a new, state-of-the-art 300,000-square-foot facility housing classrooms, centers, labs, graduate and executive education, and meeting and office spaces.

In U.S. News and World Report 2023, UTK's Haslam College of Business undergraduate business program was ranked 26th among public institutions. Both our graduate and undergraduate programs are highly ranked in a variety of publications.  For a listing of Haslam College of Business program rankings, please visit https://haslam.utk.edu/rankings.

Knoxville, nestled in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, has a metropolitan statistical area population of approximately 900,000 people. This moderate-sized city has a vibrant nightlife that includes numerous theaters and museums, traditional bluegrass music, world-class restaurants, many cultural festivals, and a downtown Market Square to name a few examples. Surrounded by lakes and the Tennessee River, the Knoxville area boasts wonderful year-round water activities, including boating, fishing, and swimming that make for scenic and breathtaking views of the area.   

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Qualifications

Potential candidates must hold a doctoral degree (at time of appointment) with a specialization in accounting and should have an ongoing program of substantive research in accounting (audit, financial, tax) and demonstrate excellent teaching potential. The ideal candidate will have a strong pipeline of research projects in process and/or an established record of top-tier publications. 

 

Application Instructions

Applications must include the following: a cover letter, a vitae, contact information for three references, and at least one example of published or in-process research. You are encouraged to upload up to two additional examples of published or in-process research in the additional documents section. 

Please submit your application packet to UTK’s Interfolio search system. Review of applications will begin August 26, 2024, and will continue until the positions are filled.

For any inquiries regarding the position, please contact:

Dr. Roy Schmardebeck, Search Committee Chair
           Department of Accounting and Information Management
           Haslam College of Business
           University of Tennessee
           E-mail:  rs@utk.edu

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment and admission without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, and parental status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law. In accordance with the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the University of Tennessee affirmatively states that it does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, or disability in its education programs and activities, and this policy extends to employment by the university. Requ