How to Apply
Interested candidates should send a letter of application, current vita, evidence of teaching and research effectiveness, and three letters of recommendation. Electronic submission may be sent using the PDF format and sent to [email protected]. Candidates must also apply using the University of Michigan?s job portal at https://careers.umich.edu job opening ID # 252204
Applications will be reviewed commencing immediately and will be accepted until the positions are filled. Preference will be given to applications received by August 31, 2024. We intend to conduct interviews virtually beginning in August, and will be available for informal conversations at the AAA Annual Meeting. If you have any questions concerning these positions or would like to discuss them further, please reach out to us at [email protected].
Job Summary
THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS at the UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-DEARBORN invites applications for two (2) tenure-track faculty positions in Accounting at the rank of Assistant Professor, starting September, 2025. The candidates? research focus should be in audit, accounting systems/analytics, or taxation. In the short term, teaching responsibilities for one position will focus on taxation, and the other position will focus on some combination of audit, systems, and analytics. Both positions will teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Who We Are
The University of Michigan-Dearborn (UM-Dearborn) is one of three campuses of the University of Michigan. UM-Dearborn is a comprehensive university offering high quality undergraduate, graduate, professional and continuing education to residents of southeastern Michigan, and currently enrolls more than 8,700 students. The College of Business is AACSB accredited and offers a BBA degree with nine concentrations, an MBA degree that can be completed both in-class and online, as well as MS degrees in Accounting, Finance, Business Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Marketing, and Information Systems. The College has recently revised the curricula for most of these degree programs and is expecting significant growth in enrollment at the graduate level. The campus is strategically located on 200 suburban acres of the original Henry Ford Estate in the Greater Detroit Metropolitan region. The campus is a 20 minute drive from downtown Detroit and DTW airport, a major hub connected to destinations around the world. This allows for a short commute from Ann Arbor, Detroit, the Detroit suburbs, and several smaller towns with a more rural environment. More details regarding the College of Business can be found at umdearborn.edu/cob.
The University of Michigan-Dearborn is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment, and strongly encourages applications from underrepresented groups. The University of Michigan-Dearborn is a non-discriminatory, equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
Required Qualifications*
Qualifications required include a Ph.D. in Accounting or similar doctoral degree. Candidate should demonstrate a high potential and ability for research and teaching effectiveness. The successful candidate will be dedicated to quality teaching, research and service. Salary and benefits are AACSB competitive including significant support for research and professional development.
To support high quality research, the College has a reduced teaching load (2-2), guaranteed support for summer research and travel, support to key databases, including CompuStat, CRSP, WRDS, Audit Analytics, Eventus, Executive Compensation, FACTSAT, IBES, SDC New Issues, and Bloomberg among others. The College also has a biweekly research seminar hosting leading researchers from other universities.
Excellence in teaching is a tradition at the College and supported with small classes sizes and strong relationships with public accounting firms, from the Big 4 to local firms, where many of our graduates are partners, as well as industry.
Background Screening
The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks. Background checks are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
U-M EEO/AA Statement
The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.