Assistant/Associate Professor of Finance

GENERAL OBJECTIVES:             

The Carter School of Business (CSB) at Dallas Baptist University is presently receiving applications for a full-time Assistant/Associate or Professor of Finance to start June 2025. Rank and compensation will be commensurate with experience. The successful candidate will teach in their assigned discipline and work with their deans and department chairs in all matters related to their teaching assignments, and other duties.

QUALIFICATIONS: 

Academic Requirements:

• Full-time faculty must hold a terminal degree in business or a related field
• For Teaching on the Undergraduate Level: Must have completed at least 18 graduate semester hours in Finance and hold at least a master's degree with a major in Finance or a related discipline.
• For Teaching on the Graduate Level: Must hold a terminal degree, usually an earned doctorate, in Finance or a related discipline.

Additional Qualifications:

• Must have a minimum of 5 years of experience in higher education
• Department Chair or Program Director experience preferred, but not required

Responsibilities:

• Fulfill the responsibilities and duties for which he/ she is employed, in accordance with his/ her twelve-month during the term period of the contract.
• A full-time faculty member at Dallas Baptist University will not be permitted to teach or serve on the faculty of another academic institution or hold an additional permanent position away from the University.
• Carefully and thoughtfully integrate the Christian faith into their subject
• Teach and provide leadership and oversight to the Finance courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Engage in curriculum updates, revisions, and new course developments.
• Dallas Baptist University places the highest priority on excellence in teaching, but also has a high regard for scholarship, and the faculty member should demonstrate expertise in the discipline and in a variety of methods of instruction.
• Dallas Baptist University is a teaching university that also emphasizes research and publication.
• Use instructional techniques and policies that are in accord with the purpose of DBU, as reflected in its mission statement and appropriate to the specific goals of the of the classes.
• Work with their deans and their department chairs in all matters related to their teaching assignments, and other duties.
• Develop appropriate course syllabi that is available to students two weeks before the first class
• Participate and support all commencement services.
• Participate and serve on committee
• Participate annually in various forms of professional development sponsored by the University as well as engage individually as a scholar and member of learned societies.
• Post and consistently maintain at least ten (10) office hours each semester
• Advise and mentor students
• Participate in all university and school of business faculty meetings

WORK SCHEDULE:

This is a full-time teaching position with classes meeting during the regular workday (8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., Monday–Friday) or weekday evenings, if needed. As part of their duties, full-time professors are required to maintain at least ten (10) regularly scheduled office hours each week. 

WORK LOCATION: 

This position will work on the main campus, located at 3000 Mountain Creek Parkway, Dallas, TX 75211 

• Must be a Christian and a member of a church that holds to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, believing in the New and Old Testaments of the Holy Bible. 
• Must be an active member of a local Baptist church that holds to beliefs consistent with the statement above.
• DBU requires employees to follow all University policies and procedures, which exist to support the Christian mission of DBU and includes, but is not limited to, a Christian Code of Conduct. Click here to read