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Assistant Professor in the Finance

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Position description

The School of Business Administration at the University of California, Riverside invites applications for a single tenure-track Ladder-Rank (Open Rank) faculty member in the Finance discipline to begin July 1, 2015. Our priority is to recruit at the Advanced Assistant or Associate Professor level, however, other ranks will also be considered. We seek candidates with superior research training who have achieved or have the potential to achieve outstanding accomplishments and scholarly distinction in the area of empirical finance. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Finance or a related field and demonstrate a strong record of, and continuing potential for, quality research and teaching. Candidates are expected to teach at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.

Screening of candidates will commence immediately and will continue until the positions are filled. We anticipate bringing shortlist candidates to Campus commencing the last week in October 2014.

Interested candidates should upload a cover letter, CV, evidence of teaching excellence, selected articles or research working papers and names and contact information for three references to:

Finance (Assistant Professor) - https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF00140

Finance (Associate and Full Professor): https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF00151

Inquiries may also be made to Peter Chung, Search Committee Chair at peter.chung@ucr.edu..

A team from the school will attend the FMA conference in October 2014 to conduct preliminary interviews but we will also consider applicants who cannot attend the conference.

The School of Business Administration is an AACSB-accredited school and shares the mission of its sister campuses in the University of California system to be known as a leading center of excellence for research and teaching.

Please see our website for further information about the School and the University: http://soba.ucr.edu.

THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE THROUGH DIVERSITY.

Application Requirements

Document requirements
  • Cover Letter (A cover letter indicating clearly area of interest)

  • Curriculum Vitae (Your most recently updated CV)

  • Statement of Teaching (A statement of teaching and/or evidence of teaching excellence (teaching evals))

  • Teaching Evaluation #1 (Optional)

  • Teaching Evaluation #2 (Optional)

  • Teaching Evaluation #3 (Optional)

  • Statement of Research (A statement of research or selection of journal articles and/or research working papers)

  • Journal Article/Research Working Paper #1 (Optional)

  • Journal Article/Research Working Paper #2 (Optional)

  • Journal Article/Research Working Paper #3 (Optional)

  • You may upload "Letter of Recommendation #1" (Optional)

  • You may upload "Letter of Recommendation #2" (Optional)

  • You may upload "Letter of Recommendation #3" (Optional)

  • Misc... document #1 (Optional)

  • Misc... document #2 (Optional)

  • Misc... document #3 (Optional)

Reference requirements
  • 0-3 letters of reference required