Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Finance Job no: 501279 College / VP Area:Lerner College Business & Econ Work type: Faculty Location: Newark Categories: Finance, Full Time Position Announcement Tenure-track Assistant Professor Department of Finance Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics University of Delaware The Department of Finance in the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware invites applications for a tenure-track position in Finance. The beginning date for the position is September 2025. Interested candidates should have a passion for teaching and research in the broadly defined area of Fintech.Candidates must possess a Ph.D.in Finance and pursue a high-quality research program with the objective of publishing in top-tier journals in the field. Candidates must also demonstrate potential for high-quality teaching. Primary teaching responsibility is in Fintech and finance, at the undergraduate and/or graduate levels. The teaching load will initially be three courses per year, and junior faculty are given minimal service requirements. Founded in 1743, the University of Delaware (www.udel.edu) combines tradition and innovation, offering students a rich heritage alongwith the (http://www.udel.edu/) latest in instructional and research technology. Located on an attractive campus in Newark, Delaware, roughly an hour from Philadelphia and Baltimore, and about 2 hours from New York and Washington, D.C., the University is a state-assisted institution with a strong private endowment and selective admission. It is one of the oldest land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant institutions in the nation. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classifies University of Delaware as an R1 research university with very high research activity. Lerner College has five departments, 42 academic programs, about 4,200 students, 160 faculty members, and state-of-the art facilities. Lerner College supports full-time, part-time, on-site corporate, and online MBA programs in addition to MS programs in functional business areas and non-degree executive education programs. All degree programs are fully accredited by the AACSB. For more information on Lerner College, seelerner.udel.edu. The Department of Finance is housed within Lerner College and offers undergraduate and masters’ degree programs in Finance. To learn more about the Department and its faculty members, please visit https://lerner.udel.edu/faculty-staff-directory/groups/finance/. The department promotes a collegial, supportive environment and values candidates who share these values. Salary, benefits, teaching load, and research support are highly competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications. Candidates who currently hold tenure-track appointments at other institutions are strongly encouraged to apply. Ideal candidates have a record of publishing in top journals at rank and evidence of highly effective teaching in graduate and/or undergraduate courses. Applicants should submit a letter of interest, a current curriculum vitae, contact information for three (3) referees, at least one recent paper (publication or manuscript), and recent teaching evaluations, if available. Letters of reference will be requested at time of application submission. Additional information may be requested after initial review of applicants. Submit inquiries, but not application materials or letters of reference, to the search committee chair, Laura Field, lfield@udel.edu. The search committee will begin reviewing applications in October 2023. Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled. We will conduct preliminary interviews via Zoom. The University of Delaware is an Equal Opportunity Employer that encourages applications from minority group members and women. The University's Notice of Non-Discrimination can be found athttp://www.udel.edu/aboutus/legalnotices.html. Employment offers will be conditioned upon successful completion of a criminal background check. A conviction will not necessarily exclude you from employment. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States by the start of their employment at the University of Delaware. 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