Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in Finance

Job Description & Qualification

The Department of Finance at the Leavey School of Business seeks to fill two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions (Associate Professor level may be considered for established candidates with exceptional scholarly achievement) to start in the Fall of 2025.

Basic Qualifications:

Applicants must have a Ph.D. completed or near completion in Finance, Economics or a related field by September 1, 2025. Candidates must have a demonstrated ability to publish their research in high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarly journals and also have demonstrated excellence in teaching at the undergraduate and/or graduate level.

Preferred Qualifications:

The Department of Finance is seeking candidates in all areas of Finance, with preference for those with advanced econometric/data analytics skills.

Responsibilities include:

1. Maintaining a program of research leading to publications in high-quality journals.

2. Teaching graduate and/or undergraduate courses in finance and fulfilling the responsibilities associated with those courses.

3. Providing suitable service to the Department, University, profession, and/or community.

Additional Information:

Applications will be accepted and reviewed until November 24, 2024.

Application Procedure

Interested applicants should fill out an application via the website https://wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/scu/scu/job/Santa-Clara-CA/Tenure-Track-Faculty-Positions-in-Finance_R4866 and submit the following application

documents (on this website, unless otherwise noted):

(1) A letter clearly stating the applicant’s interest in Santa Clara University,

(2) A vita,

(3) A statement of research and teaching interests,

(4) Examples of peer-reviewed scholarship,

(5) Evidence of graduate and/or undergraduate teaching effectiveness.

In addition, we require:

(6) Rookie applicants (completion of Ph.D. after fall 2024) must have three letters of recommendation directly emailed to finance@scu.edu by the letter writers.

(7) Seasoned applicants (Ph.D. completed fall 2024 and earlier) must provide with their application documents the contact information (name, email, and phone numbers) of three references to be contacted at the appropriate time.

About the Organization

Santa Clara University is a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located in California’s Silicon Valley, offering its 8,800 students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, plus master’s, Ph.D., and law degrees.

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For Additional Questions

finance@scu.edu

Job ID

ID: J15660