Assistant Professor in Risk Management and Insurance (Finance)

Commensurate with Experience/Education

The Department of Finance, Information Systems, Economics, and Risk Management (FISER) of the Marilyn Davies College of Business (MDCOB) at the University of Houston- Downtown (UHD) invites applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) to begin in Fall 2025.

While being the second largest university in Houston, the University of Houston-Downtown provides life-changing educational access and opportunities to individuals living in one of the most diverse metropolitan areas in Texas. The University is noted nationally as both a Hispanic-Serving Institution and a Minority-Serving Institution.

The MDCOB is accredited by AACSB and enrolls more than 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The department offers a major in RMI, and majors and minors in Finance, Management Information Systems, and a minor in Economics.

The candidate selected will have teaching responsibilities including but not limited to Risk management and Insurance, Insurance Operations, Property/Casualty, Life and Health, Risk Management, and other courses to meet department needs.

Candidates must be successful or demonstrate strong potential to conduct discipline-related research consistent with AACSB scholarly academic status and are encouraged to apply. The candidate should provide evidence of experience or demonstrated potential in teaching a variety of risk management and insurance courses. The ideal candidate should demonstrate evidence of leadership or initiative.

The position requires teaching RMI courses during the daytime, evening, and weekend hours, both in person and online. The home campus for this position is the Downtown Houston campus, but the candidate selected may also have teaching assignments at UHD's Northwest campus.

We are nationally recognized for insurance and risk management and have an active chapter of Gamma Iota Sigma International Risk Management, Insurance, and Actuarial Science Collegiate Fraternity.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Earned relevant terminal degree from an AACSB accredited business school (or all-but-dissertation (ABD) status on a relevant doctorate that must be conferred by the date of appointment in Fall 2025)
• Demonstrated record of, or potential for, scholarly research and publications in discipline-related peer-reviewed journals
• Able to be credentialed as a "scholarly academic" at the time of employment under the college's credentialing guidelines

Preferred Qualifications:

• Evidence of experience or demonstrated potential in teaching a variety of risk management or insurance courses
• Evidence of taking initiative or leadership
• Evidence of an active research pipeline or record of scholarly activity
• Professional work experience in risk management or insurance

Required Attachments by Candidate

Scholarly Activity Writing Samples, Evidence of Effective Teaching, Curriculum Vitae, Cover Letter/Letter of Application, Unofficial Transcripts

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