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Position Description
Advertised Job Summary
Instructor or Assistant/Associate Professor of Business Analytics
University of South Carolina Upstate
FAC00196PO25
Spartanburg, SC

Faculty position to teach on the Spartanburg campus.

The Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting in the George Dean Johnson, Jr. College of Business and Economics (JCBE) invites qualified candidates to submit applications for Instructor, Assistant Professor, or Associate Professor of Business Analytics. This is a 9-month tenure-track position for assistant or associate professors, and a 9-month non-tenure-track position for instructors, with a start date of August 16, 2026. The selected candidate will teach undergraduate and graduate business analytics courses and potentially other statistics or business courses relevant to disciplinary expertise in in-person, online, and hybrid formats.

The University of South Carolina Upstate is a comprehensive public university and a senior institution of the University of South Carolina. U.S. News and World Report ranks USC Upstate among its Top Public Regional Colleges and No. 2 in South Carolina. Located between Charlotte and Atlanta along the I-85 corridor, one of the fastest growing business and high-tech regions in the country, the campus is within easy driving distance of the Appalachian mountains and the Atlantic Ocean beaches. The University has an enrollment of approximately 5,000 students and employs approximately 650 full and part-time faculty and staff, reflecting the diversity of Upstate South Carolina. In addition, students and faculty from over 25 nations reflect the university’s international character. USC Upstate is proud of the diversity of its student body and we seek to attract an equally diverse applicant pool for faculty, staff, and administrators. We are an EOE/AA employer and are strongly committed to increasing faculty diversity.

For tenure track positions, USC Upstate is seeking teacher-scholars who (i) have a commitment to excellence in teaching and working with a diverse student population and (ii) show clear potential for scholarly research and publication. USC Upstate is committed to building a faculty with expertise in student and civic engagement and active learning pedagogies, (e.g. service-learning, mentoring undergraduate research, and the scholarship of teaching, learning and application) and with teaching online or hybrid courses. USC Upstate provides extensive support for junior faculty including competitive professional-development funding, opportunities for student-faculty research collaboration, and a range of workshops and mentoring programs to develop our strengths as teacher-scholars.

The AACSB accredited Johnson College of Business and Economics currently awards a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with majors in Accounting, Economics/Finance, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Management, Marketing, and a Master of Science in Business Analytics. The College also offers minors in Business Administration, Business and Entrepreneurship, and Economics as well as a dual program with Landshut University in Germany. The Johnson College is located in a state-of-the-art 60,000 sq. ft. facility in downtown Spartanburg. The College of Business and Economics has approximately 600 undergraduate students from 18 states and 11 countries. For more information, visit https://www.uscupstate.edu/jcbe.
Required Education and Experience
Masters degree for an instructor-level position, or a Ph.D./DBA for tenure track position, in Business Analytics, Statistics, Economics, or related field is required by the start date of the appointment. ABD candidates with a planned completion date by August 15, 2026 are welcome to apply.

To qualify for the rank of Associate Professor, candidates must meet the requirements for Assistant
Professor, have at least five years of relevant experience after the completion of the terminal degree, and a record of excellence in teaching, scholarship and service that meets the College’s criteria for promotion, to include at least three publications in indexed journals within the last five years. A successful background check is required.