Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Accounting

The Department of Accounting at Loyola Marymount University (LMU), a Carnegie-classified R2 institution in the mainstream of American Catholic higher education, seeks outstanding applicants for the position of Assistant Professor of Accounting (Tenure-Track) who value its mission and share its commitment to inclusive excellence and the building of a just society. LMU is a federally recognized Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI), and a California-recognized Black-Serving Institution (BSI). These designations reflect the university’s continuing commitment to supporting student success, belonging, and thriving within a diverse academic community. Successful candidates will be prepared to teach a diverse undergraduate student body across a range of courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Faculty in this position will be encouraged to contribute to the LMU Core Curriculum , such as through the development of a First-Year Seminar and/or courses incorporating experiential learning for mission . As a Catholic, Jesuit, and Marymount university, LMU values faculty who engage students as whole persons and pursue scholarly work that promotes justice, equity, and the Common Good. LMU’s faculty play a central role in realizing our Mission by shaping learning environments, advancing knowledge, mentoring and forming students, and contributing to the intellectual and institutional life of the university. We welcome candidates who demonstrate both disciplinary excellence and a clear capacity to advance LMU’s mission through their teaching, scholarly, professional, and service-related contributions, as appropriate to their discipline and appointment. LMU’s faculty play a central role in realizing our mission by shaping learning environments, advancing knowledge, mentoring and forming students, and contributing to the intellectual and institutional life of the university. The successful candidate will engage students as whole persons and pursue scholarly and creative work that promotes justice, equity, and the common good in alignment with LMU’s teacher-scholar model, contributing to the larger body of knowledge while setting an example for the importance of lifelong learning. A teacher-scholar at LMU is dedicated to 1) teaching a diverse student body in a transformative learning environment, 2) developing a thriving portfolio in research/scholarship/creative works and mentoring students, 3) participating in service activities at the academic, professional, and/or community levels, and 4) working towards greater equity, inclusion, belonging and accessibility for all in the profession. For more information about our current faculty, please visit Join Our Faculty . Appointment Type and Details This is a tenure-track faculty appointment. Applicants must hold a doctorate in Accounting or a closely related field from an AACSB-accredited university, conferred no later than the position start date of August 15, 2027. Relevant professional experience and certification (CPA or CMA) are desirable but not required. This full-time, 9-month academic appointment (August – May) has an annual salary paid over 12 months with continuous benefits coverage. The standard teaching load for tenure-track faculty is 2-2-2-3 over a two-year cycle. For the first two years, the teaching load is reduced to 2-2-2-2. In addition to teaching, there are expectations to advise students and provide service to the department, college, and university.

Description and Department Environment The Department of Accounting seeks a teacher-scholar with research and teaching interests in all areas of accounting. The ideal candidate will demonstrate interest and potential to engage in collaborative, interdisciplinary research and teaching, including the integration of data analytics and artificial intelligence into accounting pedagogy and scholarship. Faculty