McCoy College launches ambitious faculty hiring plan to elevate research prominence

SAN MARCOS, Texas — The McCoy College of Business at Texas State University continues its growth in national and global recognition and as a first-choice destination for both new students and new faculty and staff.

This tremendous growth was recently accentuated by the surpassing the recent milestones of more than 5,200 students enrolled for the fall 2024 semester — 4,758 undergraduate business majors and 416 graduate students.

Now the growth extends to hiring faculty, where McCoy College seeks to fill 14 tenure-line positions along with several additional non-tenure-line roles. This marks the college's largest-ever single expansion as part of a plan to enhance research prominence. Several of these positions have already opened for applications.

Current Faculty Openings*

Department of Accounting

• Assistant Professor (applications have closed)
• Assistant Professor

Department of Finance and Economics

• Assistant Professor in Finance
• Assistant/Associate Professor of Economics

Department of Information Systems and Analytics

• Assistant Professor of Analytics
• Assistant Professor of Information Systems

Department of Marketing

• Assistant/Associate Professor of Instruction (Professional Selling and Sales Management)

Numerous other positions will be posting soon, including additional faculty openings in the Department of Finance and Economics, the Department of Management, and the Department of Marketing. McCoy College will also be creating a new endowed chair in marketing.

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^{* Current faculty positions open as of Oct. 15, 2024.}
 

For more information about this story or other news, email Twister Marquiss, manager of marketing and communications for the McCoy College of Business, at twister@txstate.edu.

About the McCoy College of Business 
Established in 1970, Texas State’s business school officially became the McCoy College of Business in 2004 following a transformational gift of $20 million by Emmett and Miriam McCoy. The college, which offers classes in San Marcos, Round Rock, and online, is accredited by AACSB in both business and accounting, and has graduated nearly 45,000 alumni.