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Assistant / Associate Professor of Finance - Banking / Financial Institutions Specialization
The E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business Administration at Coastal Carolina University invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position at the assistant / associate professor level in the Department of Finance and Economics beginning Fall 2025. To be considered, candidates should possess a Ph.D. in finance from an AACSB-accredited program with a primary specialization in banking along with a secondary specialization supportive of one or the other concentrations offered by the Department (wealth management, corporate finance, and commercial and investment real estate).
Applicants who are A.B.D. candidates with a clear and documentable plan for degree completion by August 2025 may be considered. For A.B.D. candidates, a letter from the candidate’s dissertation committee chair documenting the timeline for defending the candidate’s dissertation must be included in the application.
Candidates with a completed Ph.D. must have a recent and consistent record of publication in quality refereed journals (ex. ABDC ranked). The Department of Finance and Economics values candidates with industry experience and a record of community engagement. The ideal candidate would be ready to engage in industry outreach is support of the Department’s programs. Candidates holding relevant professional certifications (CFA®, CFP®, ABA Certifications, etc.) are preferred.
The teaching load is three courses per academic semester, and may include face-to-face, hybrid, and / or online deliveries. In addition to teaching responsibilities, the successful candidate will be required to engage in research and scholarship resulting in quality publications. The Wall College of Business has a WRDS platform with access to CRSP, Compustat and access to Datastream to support quality scholarship and teaching. The position also requires service activities, including undergraduate student advising, contributing to assessment of student learning outcomes, and other service to the college, university, community and profession. It is expected the individual chosen for this position will possess a commitment to teaching excellence, demonstrated ability or capacity to produce quality scholarly academic research, a commitment to involvement in service to the university and the profession, excellent communication skills, and effective teamwork skills.
Accredited by AACSB International, the Wall College of Business serves more than 3000 graduate and undergraduate students. The college offers undergraduate majors in six disciplines (Accounting, Economics, Finance, Management, Marketing, and Hospitality, Resort and Tourism Management), as well as MBA and MAcc graduate programs. Additional information about the College and the University and its programs can be obtained by accessing the university’s web site (http : / / www.coastal.edu).
The Department of Finance and Economics houses majors in both disciplines. The finance major offers a choice of three concentrations : wealth management; banking and consumer finance; and corporate finance. Capstone courses in all three concentrations make use of simulations with the Student Managed Investment Fund embedded in the wealth management capstone. Enrollment in the finance degree has experienced a significant increase in the recent past and is approaching approximately 600 students. The department also has minors in economics, commercial and investment real estate, and actuarial science and risk management along with a certificate in financial planning (CFP® Board Registered Program).
Coastal Carolina University is a public comprehensive liberal arts institution located in Conway, South Carolina, just nine miles from the Atlantic coastal resort city of Myrtle Beach. Coastal Carolina University enrolls over 10,800 students from 49 states and 55 nations. The University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the baccalaureate and master’s degrees of national and / or regional significance in the arts and sciences, business, humanities, education, and health and human services, a specialist degree in instructional technology, and PhD degrees in marine science : coastal and marine systems science and education sciences.
The University provides equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, national origin, or because an employee or applicant for employment is an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, an Armed Forces service medal veteran, a recently separated veteran, or an active-duty wartime or campaign badge veteran, or other “protected veteran,” as defined by law.
Coastal Carolina University is an EO / AA employer.
Interested candidates should electronically submit at https : / / www.schooljobs.com / careers / ccu / jobs / 4762412 / assistant-associate-professor-of-finance 1) a letter of application, 2) curriculum vitae, 3) statement on teaching philosophy, 4) statement on research philosophy, 5) their copies of the most recent student evaluations of teaching, 6) unofficial graduate transcripts, 7) names and contact information for at least three professional references, 8)
- ABD Candidates - a letter from your dissertation chair or department chair certifying your ABD status and your anticipated dissertation timeline. Failure to include the required submissions will result in your file being removed from consideration. Review of application materials will begin on January 16
and continue until the position is filled. It is expected that first-round interviews will be conducted in February, 2025.
