Assistant or Associate Professor of Consumer Sciences

The Department of Consumer Sciences in the College of Human Environmental Sciences at the University of Alabama is seeking an Assistant/Associate Professor to collaborate with existing faculty to expand undergraduate and graduate programs in consumer sciences and family financial planning and counseling.

Minimum Qualifications: Ph.D. in consumer sciences, consumer affairs, family resource management, financial planning, consumer economics, family finance, applied economics, housing, or a closely related field required. Evidence of an emerging (assistant professor) or significant and established (associate professor) research program in consumer sciences, family resource management, financial planning, financial counseling, or a closely related field. Evidence of the ability to teach undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in the consumer science and financial planning and counseling content areas offered by the department.

Preferred Qualifications: Demonstrated record of scholarly research, peer-reviewed publications, and external grant-seeking that complement current departmental faculty expertise. If a candidate's expertise indicates that they would teach courses in our family financial planning and counseling concentration areas, then a current CFP® and/or AFC® is also preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain a nationally recognized research program.
• Seek external funding to support instruction, service, and/or research.
• Teach undergraduate and graduate courses as assigned on campus and online.
• Serve on department, college, and university committees.
• Recruit, mentor, and advise undergraduate and graduate students.

Application Deadline: Review of applicants will begin immediately, but priority consideration will be given to candidates who have applied by November 20, 2026.

Start Date: August 16, 2027

• Cover letter that addresses qualifications and experience.
• Curriculum vitae.
• Names and contact information of three professional references who may be contacted for letters of reference at a later date. Note that letters are NOT required unless requested by the search committee.