Two Assistant Professor of Finance positions

The Department of Economics, Finance and Legal Studies at the Culverhouse College of Business at the University of Alabama invites applications for two tenure-track Assistant Professors of Finance beginning August 16, 2025. Primary duties include teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels, engaging in a research program that results in outstanding scholarly publications, and performing service as assigned by the Department, College, and University.
Required qualifications: (1) A doctoral degree in Finance or Economics (in hand or completed by August 16, 2025); (2) a high-quality research agenda, and current working/published papers; (3) demonstrated excellence in teaching.

Applications from all areas of finance are welcome.

Candidates must apply online at https://careers.ua.edu/jobs/assistant-professor-of-finance-tenure-tenure-track-524579-tuscaloosa-alabama-united-states. Candidates must attach a cover letter describing their interest in the position, a curriculum vita, teaching evaluations (if available), a list of three references, and at least one or two current working papers. All these materials must be attached at the time of submission for the application to be considered. In addition, candidates should have letters of reference e-mailed to slhudson3@ua.edu, with the subject line ‘Letter of reference for (candidate’s name)’. The candidate selected for this position will be required to submit a disclosure and consent form authorizing a background investigation. Interviews will be conducted via Zoom and possibly at the 2024 FMA meetings in Grapevine, TX. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

The Finance program offers degrees at the undergraduate, Masters and Ph.D. levels. The Masters programs include a full-time MBA, a weekend MBA program for executives, and a one-year MS in Finance (MSF). The department offers an excellent research environment including travel support, an active seminar series and Ph.D. graduate research assistants. Departmental faculty have published in many of the top journals in Finance (such as JF, JFE, RFS, JFQA, RoF, RCFS and RAPS), Economics (e.g., AER, Econometrica, QJE, REStud, REStat, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Law and Economics), and related fields (e.g., JAE, and MgtSc). The College has state-of-the art facilities for both teaching and research including multimedia classrooms, subscriptions to WRDS and an excellent set of databases. Additional information is available at the College website: https://culverhouse.ua.edu/.