Job Description

Job Summary:
The Department of Accounting & Information Systems at the Wisconsin School of Business invites applications at all ranks (Assistant, Associate, Full Professors) for a position to start August 18, 2025. The position will be responsible for teaching graduate and undergraduate students in Accounting and Information Systems or a related field at the Wisconsin School of Business, conducting scholarly research, contributing to the Accounting PhD program, and performing university service.

We seek candidates whose research addresses the use and human-centered implications of AI and emerging technologies in accounting, with a preference for research with auditing applications. Well-qualified candidates will also have experience and/or interest in teaching analytics, or other courses that cover the application of AI and emerging technologies to accounting problems.

This position is part of the Wisconsin Research, Innovation and Scholarly Excellence (RISE)-Artificial Intelligence (AI) cluster hire initiative (https://rise.wisc.edu/rise-ai/). The candidate's tenure home will be in the Accounting & Information Systems department at the Wisconsin School of Business, and the candidate will participate in interdisciplinary and collaborative efforts with other departments, schools, and colleges. The Accounting Department is excited to add a thought leader who expands our expertise on the role of AI. The candidate should have the potential to bridge academia and industry by using these collaborations to produce relevant and impactful research motivated by real-world problems related to the use of AI in accounting.

The AIS department comprises a vibrant, research-active faculty with broad research and teaching interests. We seek outstanding candidates who complement these interests with high-quality research and teaching in student-centered and collaborative learning environments. We offer accounting degrees at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels. The Wisconsin School of Business is growing and thriving and we offer highly competitive salaries. We are also proud to be part of a great university with excellent resources available to both faculty and students. Madison, Wisconsin is a lively and wonderful place to live with a beautiful university campus on the shores of Lake Mendota. Come and join us!

Responsibilities:
- Create and maintain a strong program of research.
- Provide classroom and individual instruction for undergraduate and graduate degree-seeking students.
- Contribute to the intellectual and academic life of the department, school, and university, as appropriate.
- Participate in interdisciplinary and collaborative efforts with other departments, schools and colleges.
- University and community service will be expected as appropriate.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion

Education:
Required
PhD in Accounting or related field by start date.

Qualifications:
Required:
Candidates with a new or anticipated PhD degree will have a research program underway that will likely result in publications in top-tier journals and demonstrable skills that suggest future excellence in teaching related to the use and human-centered implications of AI and emerging technologies in accounting.