Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in Finance

Purpose:

The Department of Finance at the Leavey School of Business seeks to fill two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions (Associate Professor level may be considered for established candidates with exceptional scholarly achievement) to start in the Fall of 2024.

 

Basic Qualifications:

Applicants must have a Ph.D. completed or near completion in Finance, Economics or a related field by September 1, 2024. Candidates must have a demonstrated ability to publish their research in high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarly journals and also have demonstrated excellence in teaching at the undergraduate and/or graduate level.

 

Preferred Qualifications:

The Department of Finance is seeking candidates in all areas of Finance, with preference for those with advanced econometric/data analytics skills.

 

Responsibilities include:

Maintaining a program of research leading to publications in high-quality journals. Teaching graduate and/or undergraduate courses in finance and fulfilling the responsibilities associated with those courses. Providing suitable service to the Department, University, profession, and/or community.

 

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Interested applicants should fill out an application and submit the following application

documents (on this website, unless otherwise noted):

(1) A letter clearly stating the applicant’s interest in Santa Clara University,

(2) A vita,

(3) A statement of research and teaching interests,

(4) Examples of peer-reviewed scholarship,

(5) Evidence of graduate and/or undergraduate teaching effectiveness.

 

In addition, we require:

(6) Rookie applicants (completion of Ph.D. after fall 2023) must have three letters of recommendation directly emailed to finance@scu.edu by the letter writers.

(7) Seasoned applicants (Ph.D. completed fall 2023 and earlier) must provide with their application documents the contact information (name, email, and phone numbers) of three references to be contacted at the appropriate time.

 

Please note that once you have submitted your materials through this website you will no longer be able to access your application; all updated materials will have to be submitted to

finance@scu.edu.

 

Questions about this position may be directed to finance@scu.edu.

 

Additional Information:

Applications will be accepted and reviewed until the position is filled.

 

Application Documents:

Required Documents

-Cover Letter

-Curriculum Vitae

-Examples of scholarship

-3 Recommendation letters (if PhD completion occurs after fall 2023) or contact information for 3 references (if PhD completion occurred in fall 2023 or earlier)

 

Optional Documents

-Student/Teacher/Course Evaluations/Effectiveness

-Statement of Teaching Philosophy and Research Plans

-Teaching Statement

Salary Range:

Salary starting at $160,000.

 

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