The University of Alabama, Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration

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The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company Endowed Professor in Actuarial Sciences and Risk Management will provide leadership in actuarial science and risk management research and education for the Culverhouse College of Commerce and the University of Alabama. The Dai-ichi Professor will maintain a nationally recognized level of research scholarship with publications in top-tier finance, insurance, economics, actuarial science, and risk management journals.

The Department of Economics, Finance, and Legal Studies at The University of Alabama is seeking candidates for the position of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company Endowed Professor in Actuarial Sciences and Risk Management. The Dai-ichi Professor will provide leadership in insurance research and education for the Culverhouse College of Commerce and the University of Alabama. The Dai-ichi Professor is expected to maintain a nationally-recognized level of research scholarship with publications in top-tier journals and work closely with graduate students and other faculty members in the department and college. The Dai-ichi Professor will teach courses at the undergraduate, master’s, or doctoral level in the areas of risk management, actuarial science, insurance, quantitative finance, and related fields.

Successful candidates must hold an earned doctorate in finance, economics, statistics, or a closely related field and have a research and teaching record consistent with a tenured associate or full professor at a major flagship university. Candidates with a record of externally-funded research (e.g., grant funding) are strongly preferred. We are particularly interested in candidates that can work collaboratively with faculty and graduate students to enhance our research programs.

The appointment will be made at either the associate or full professor level, depending on the candidate’s experience and record. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications, including research and travel support and a reduced teaching load.

Appointment is effective August 16, 2018.

Review of nominations/applications will begin immediately. All applicants will be required to submit a Curriculum Vitae/Resume with contact information for three references, cover letter describing their qualifications and interest in the position. Only on-line applications will be accepted. Applicants may apply online at https://facultyjobs.ua.edu.

Applications will be accepted until April 9, 2018.

The University of Alabama is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status, and will not be discriminated against because of their protected status. Applicants to and employees of this institution are protected under Federal law from discrimination on several bases.

Additional Position Information:

The Department of Economics, Finance, and Legal Studies offers degrees at the undergraduate, Masters and Ph.D. levels. The department offers undergraduate specializations in insurance and risk management and actuarial science. The Masters programs include a full-time MBA, a weekend MBA program for executives, and a one-year MSF. The department offers an excellent research environment including generous travel support, an active seminar series, and Ph.D. graduate student research assistants.

The College has state-of-the art facilities for research and teaching, including multimedia classrooms, subscriptions to WRDS and an excellent collection of databases. The College is home to the Alabama Center for Insurance Information and Research (http://aciir.culverhouse.ua.edu) and a world-class Business Analytics Lab to support the research activities of the Dai-ichi Professor. Additional information is available at the College website: http://www.culverhouse.ua.edu.

The University of Alabama is located in Tuscaloosa, a city of about 100,000 people, located an hour’s drive from Birmingham (a metropolitan area with about 1 million people). The cities of Atlanta, Memphis, Nashville and New Orleans, as well as the beaches along the Gulf of Mexico and Smoky Mountains are all within a few hours driving time