Assistant Professor of Accounting - 527345

Department/Organization
206401 - School Of Accountancy

Rank
Assistant Professor

Position Summary
Primary duties will include teaching accounting at the graduate and undergraduate level, engaging in a research program that results in published articles in outstanding scholarly publications and performing service as assigned by the Department, College, and University.

Detailed Position Information
The Culverhouse School of Accountancy at the Culverhouse College of Business at the University of Alabama invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Accounting beginning August 16, 2026. Primary duties include teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels, engaging in a research program that results in outstanding scholarly publications, and performing service as assigned by the Department, College, and University.

Minimum Qualifications
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: (1) A doctoral degree in accounting (in hand or completed by August 16, 2026); (2) a high-quality research agenda, and current working and / or published papers; (3) demonstrated excellence in teaching.

Preferred Qualifications
Applications from all areas of accounting are welcome.

Instructions and Required Materials for Application
Review of applicants will begin immediately. Candidates must apply online at https://careers.ua.edu. Candidates must attach a cover letter describing their interest in the position, a curriculum vita, teaching evaluations (if available), a list of three references, and at least one or two current working papers. All these materials must be attached at the time of submission for the application to be considered. In addition, candidates should have the three letters of reference e-mailed to Ms. Kimberly Niven at kpniven@ua.edu, with the subject line ‘Letter of reference for (candidate’s name)’. The candidate selected for this position will be required to submit a disclosure and consent form authorizing a background investigation. Initial interviews may be held via Zoom or other means. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

About the Division/College/School
The Culverhouse College of Business is home to an inclusive community, committed to personal engagement, and dedicated to shaping the future of business through excellence in teaching, research, and service.

Continuously accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) since 1929, Culverhouse is among the leading public business schools in the country.

The College offers degree programs at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels distributed across five academic departments and the Manderson Graduate School of Business.

Some of its many distinctive programs and labs include the STEM and CREATE Path to the MBA, a value investing library and trading room, a behavioral research lab, and a center focused on data analytics.

About the University
The University of Alabama is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, named one of Travel + Leisure’s 25 Best College Towns and Cities in the U.S. As one of the nation’s premier universities, UA offers bachelor’s, master's and doctoral degrees in nearly 200 fields of study. With more than 1,400 acres of tree-lined academic core campus and over 300 state-of-the art facilities, UA has been ranked among the most beautiful and most impressive college campuses in the South, in the state of Alabama and in the nation.

In Fall 2023, the Capstone set a new enrollment record with more than 39,000 students, including more than 8,200 in the freshman class. The current enrollment includes students from every county in Alabama, every state in the nation and 92 countries around the world. More than 1,100 National Merit Scholars are currently enrolled, making UA one of the largest enrolling institutions of the scholars in the country.

UA was recently recognized as a Top Producing Institution of Fulbright U.S. students for the seventh time in nine years, as well as a Top Producing Institution of Fulbright U.S. Scholars for the first time. UA is one of only 12 universities in the nation to receive both honors.

For reasons like this, the University made Forbes list of America’s Top Colleges for 2023 and Time magazine’s list of Top 50 Best Colleges for Future Leaders. It also made Princeton Review’s list of Top Value Colleges.

UA is also designated among the top doctoral research universities in the United States in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. One of the fastest growing major research institutions in the nation, UA saw a 21% increase