Assistant Professor (Accounting)

Position Title: Assistant Professor (Accounting)

Department: Accounting

Campus Location: Washburn University

Application Deadline:  Application review will begin as applications are received and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants can be assured of full consideration if submitted by: May 3, 2025.

Position Summary: Washburn University’s Greg and Ronda Brenneman School of Business in Topeka, Kansas, invites applications for an assistant professor of accounting for a tenure-track appointment effective Fall 2025.

Each selected candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to pursuing teaching excellence at Washburn University, including a dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage all learners.

The Brenneman School of Business serves more than 600 BBA, MBA, and MAcc students through its AACSB-accredited programs. In January 2027, the school will move into a newly renovated academic building, the $43 million Advisors Excel Hall.

The standard School teaching load for tenure-track faculty is three courses per semester. Summer teaching and research support is available. The School provides robust professional development and research support, including financial databases, software, and generous travel funding.

Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of over 5,500 undergraduate, graduate, and law students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.

Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.

Topeka, the State Capital of Kansas, is home to a vibrant private sector and operations of several Fortune 500 companies, including Goodyear, Walmart, Home Depot, Target, Frito-Lay, and Colgate-Palmolive. It also has a growing insurance and financial services sector with companies such as Advisors Excel, Security Benefit, BlueCross/BlueShield of Kansas, banking and insurance firms, and dozens of small to medium-sized accounting firms. Topeka’s lower cost of living, vibrant arts and sports communities, and educational options make it a very enjoyable and comfortable place to live.

Essential Functions:
• Teaching a variety of accounting courses in the BBA and graduate programs. Possible teaching assignments may include Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Intermediate Accounting I and II, and the candidate’s choice of specialized accounting courses.
• Advising students.
• Commitment to scholarly and service activities commensurate with AACSB accreditation, School and university expectations.
• Additional appropriate job-related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:
• Ph.D. in Accounting, although candidates in the final stages of completing their doctoral work will be considered and must complete their Ph.D. before the end of their first year of employment.
• Experience teaching accounting courses.
• Evidence of academic and professional qualifications consistent with AACSB accreditation requirements.
• Demonstrated dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage all learners.
• Official educational transcripts are required at the time of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience teaching accounting and tax courses at the intermediate and advanced level.
• Familiarity with modern-day accounting information systems.
• Desire to teach courses in accounting-related data analytics areas.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

• Please upload the following items as a pdf to the “additional document” field via the electronic application: a statement of teaching philosophy, evidence of teaching effectiveness (such as student or peer evaluations), examples of recent scholarly or professional work, etc. Contact information for three current professional references will be collected as part of the application form.

• If you have questions about the position, please contact Search Committee Chair Jim Martin, Snyder Professor of Business jim.martin@washburn.edu.

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