Assistant or Associate Professor of Finance

A full-time, tenure track position at the Assistant or Associate (pre-tenure) Professor level is available in Finance. Primary teaching responsibilities could include Managerial Finance, Cases in Financial Management, Financial Markets and Institutions, or other finance courses at the undergraduate and MBA level. The starting date is September 2025.
 

Required Qualifications  

 • Ph.D. or ABD in Finance at time of application (or an earned Ph.D. in Economics at time of application if it is accompanied by extensive coursework in finance and/or considerable scholarly finance-related research). If ABD, all degree requirements must be completed by June 15th of the first year of employment. (Assuming the intended September 2025 start date, all degree requirements must be completed by June 15, 2026.)

• Demonstrated excellence in teaching or the demonstration of teaching promise

• Ability to teach core undergraduate courses in Finance

• Scholarship records commensurate with the number of years since completion of the Ph.D. or its equivalent and promise to engage in and produce high quality research.

• For appointment at the Associate Professor level, demonstrated significant research and evidence of successful teaching commensurate with standards for promotion to Associate Professor in the Department, College, and University.

Preferred Qualifications
• Ph.D. in Finance or ABD with evidence that degree completion in 2025 is probable.
• Ability to teach in multiple areas, such as corporate finance, investments, personal finance, and financial institutions.

• Potential to contribute to the mission of the Merriman Financial Literacy Program, which supports WWU students’ skill development in personal finance through for-credit courses, peer-to-peer coaching, workshops, continuing education, and online resources.

• Potential to expand student interest and engagement in the Finance major

• Ability and willingness to engage in both intra- and inter-disciplinary collaborations

• Service record commensurate with the number of years since completion of the Ph.D.

• Ability to work with and teach to an increasingly diverse student population and a desire to advance accessibility, equity, inclusion, and diversity in the College

About the University    Western Washington University, with over 14,000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school, is nationally recognized for its educational programs, students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham, Washington, a coastal community of 90,000 overlooking Bellingham Bay, the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver, British Columbia. Western has additional sites in Anacortes, Bremerton, Everett, Port Angeles, and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes, such as being named one of the top public master's-granting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report. Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success, increasing our Washington impact, and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship, research, and creative activity. Western's greatest strength is the outstanding students, faculty, staff, and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive. In pursuit of this excellence, individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff, faculty, administration, student, and external constituents. Further, individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic, societal, environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.

About the College and Department    The College of Business and Economics and the Department of Finance and Marketing support Western's mission, which states that together with our students, staff, and faculty, we are committed to making a positive impact in the state and the world with a shared focus on academic excellence and inclusive achievement. We encourage applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, veterans, and other candidates from underrepresented backgrounds and with diverse experiences interested in this opportunity.

The College of Business and Economics is considered a leadership unit within the university.  The College is AACSB accredited at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and has more than 60 full-time faculty.  The College grants the MBA degree along with the Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with concentrations in Finance, Marketing, Management, International Business, Operations Management, Management Information Systems and (through the program in Poulsbo) General Business.  Other degree programs within the college include Financial Economics, Business and Sustainability, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management, and Accounting. Resources available to students in Finance and Financial Economics include a finance lab, a student-advised investment scholarship fund, and a chapter of the FMA.  Two professional advisory boards, one for the scholarship fund and one for the Finance program generally, provide consultation and support.  

The College of Business and Economics and the Department of Finance and Marketing support Western’s mission to bring together individuals of diverse backgrounds and perspectives in an inclusive, student-centered university that develops the potential of learners and the well-being of communities.  As a public institution in a state where students of color make up a growing proportion of high school graduates, Western is strongly committed to effectively serving our increasingly diverse student body. 

For application instructions and additional information, visit https://hr.wwu.edu/careers-faculty?job=501886