Equity Statement Umer Iqbal, PhD

At my previous institutes in New Zealand, Dubai and Pakistan, I was the instructor for
accounting and finance courses for years which targeted undergraduates and post-graduates
in business education. I have taken an active role to promote diversity in classroom. The
classes of these institutions consist of multicultural students from different countries and
regions. One effective way I found is to encourage students to engage in peer discussion.
Students learned from each other and gained an appreciation for the diversity they bring to
table. As an instructor, my role is to create and manage an inclusive classroom so that every
student feels comfortable to participate in discussion. To achieve this goal, I usually chose a
discussion topic that interested as many students as possible. I believe that a diverse and
cooperative environment in higher education can prepare students to become better
professionals.
Looking forward to my role as a assistant in accounting and finance, I intend to serve as a
mentor and advisor inspiring students from underrepresented groups to pursue more higher-
level accounting and finance courses, and to increase their confidence that they can succeed
in the academic/professional goals. I will personally pursue class activities and train minority
graduate students in my area, and to provide mentoring for minority students to encourage
them in academic careers, which is an important function of The College of St. Scholastica.
Regards,

I have started my career as Lecturer in year 2012 in a college at Faisalabad Pakistan, during
my MS thesis. At this stage, I got realized that teaching and research are my passion and I can
continue my career with this. After completion of MS program from a well reputed business
school from Islamabad, Pakistan, I have joined well known university in Pakistan, FAST-
National University as a Lecturer. This is a well-reputed university in the field of computer
and management sciences. I have served there for more than three-years from July-2013 to
Sep-2016. During my service at FAST-NU, I have been promoted as an Assistant Professor
in year 2015. At FAST-NU, I was engaged in research, teaching and administrative
responsibilities. I taught multiple courses in the field of Finance and Accounting (please see
resume).
Meanwhile, I was working on my research proposal to initiate my PhD. I have got the
admission in the Lincoln University, New Zealand and moved to New Zealand in Oct-2016
to start my PhD in Finance and Accounting. During my stay in NZ, I was not only engaged in
research but also doing teaching on fixed-term contract in local tertiary colleges of NZ under
the guidelines of New Zealand Quality Assurance (NZQA).
During the PhD program, I have also secured one summer scholarship from Lincoln
University New Zealand worth NZD5,000, one research conference budget worth NZD4,000
and International Research Scholarship from HEC-Pakistan worth USD15,000.
After completion of PhD, I came back to Pakistan and served in two-universities Currently, I
am serving in Al Falah University Dubai and teaching accounting courses. In accounting and
finance related courses, I did teach Financial Statement Analysis, Corporate tax, Accounting
Information System, Financial Accounting, Auditing Islamic Finance, Business Finance,
Financial Management, Corporate Finance, Business Research Methods, Financial Statement
Analysis, Financial Institutions and Markets, Commercial Banking, Seminar in Finance, Risk
and Insurance Management and Financial Modelling in various institutions.

I hope this statement will help to you analyze my credentials for this position.

As a lecturer/assistant professor in accounting and finance, I am committed to providing my

students both a challenging and an enjoyable learning experience. Building a rapport with
students and creating an atmosphere conducive to learning is as important as having
command over the subject matter.
I have taught a wide range of accounting and finance courses such as Islamic Finance,
Business Finance, Financial Management, Corporate Finance, Business Research Methods,
Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Institutions and Markets, Commercial Banking,
Seminar in Finance, Risk and Insurance Management, Financial Modelling, Corporate Tax,
Accounting Information System, Fundamental of Accounting, Financial Accounting, Audit
Assurance and Managerial Accounting in various institutions.
As far as concern is for my research interest, I continuously got through the research journals
and get familiarity of new emerging issues in the field of finance, economics, accounting, and
environmental innovation. As environment and sustainability are the contemporary issues of
society, I am doing my research in this area and successfully published an article in well
reputed journal and received first revision from another reputed journal in the relevant field
(please see resume).
Based on aforementioned details, I believe to meet desirable requirements of the role.