[AISWorld] Tenure-Track Faculty Positions at MIS Department, Fox School of Business, Temple University

[Paul A. Pavlou]

The Department of Management Information Systems (MIS) in the Fox School of Business at Temple University invites applications for one or two tenure-track MIS faculty positions beginning Fall 2012. We expect to hire at the Assistant level, but the position may be filled at a more senior level for qualified candidates with tenure upon appointment. These positions are part of our overall growth plan of hiring four faculty members in the next few years. Fox MIS at Temple has a bold new vision and mission (please see below), and we invite colleagues who are interested in this ambitious view of the MIS discipline to join us. We are seeking candidates with a strong record of scholarship or demonstrated ability to publish in premier IS journals, such as Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ) and Information Systems Research (ISR), as well as other top journals in other business disciplines. Salary is competitive and commensurate with rank and qualifications. The positions are subject to final budgetary approval.



Applications should include a cover letter and (a) full curriculum vitae, (b) a brief statement of current and future research interests, (c) evidence of excellence in research, and (d) the names and contact information of three references. We only review **electronic** submissions. Please send all materials electronically to: Dr. Paul A. Pavlou (Hiring Committee Chair), at pavlou at temple.edu<mailto:pavlou at temple.edu> with subject "Application for MIS Faculty Position". Please do not send paper submissions, they cannot be reviewed.



The Fox School mission statement includes a focus on three driving forces of the economy: globalization, information technology (IT), and innovation/entrepreneurship. The Fox School programs are among the best in the world and are highly ranked by the Financial Times, The Economist, U.S. News and World Reports, Forbes, Princeton Review, and Computerworld. The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) places Fox in the Top 1% of institutions worldwide cited for research in the field of business and economics. The Princeton Review has consistently rated the Temple campus as one of the most connected in the nation. Temple in general and the Fox School in particular are one of the few institutions worldwide that have continued to continuously invest in and grow MIS.



The Fox School's MIS department and associated Institute for Business and Information Technology (IBIT) recently celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2010-2011. The vision and mission of Fox MIS is to be a worldwide leader in transformative research and teaching on the design, use, and effects of information technology in a digital world. In research, we seek to produce knowledge that fundamentally transforms the design and use of information technology by integrating multi-disciplinary perspectives. In teaching, we will prepare a diverse and changing population for a life-long pursuit of learning, leadership, and success with information technology in a connected world.



U.S. News and World Reports ranked the Fox BBA in MIS in the top 20 programs for 2012. In 2010, Fox MIS faculty were ranked #1 in the world for research productivity in MISQ and ISR. In 2008/2009, The Chronicle of Higher Education, ranked Fox MIS faculty in the top 10 for research productivity. In 2009, TechRepublic ranked the Fox BBA in MIS in the top 10 U.S. programs for information technology.



Fox MIS faculty regularly publish in top journals such as MISQ and ISR. Fox MIS faculty are connected to industry needs and work on applied projects with the corporate partners of Fox's Institute for Business and Information Technology. The MIS department offers undergraduate, masters, and doctoral programs in information systems including a very successful required course in MIS for all business students. MIS at Fox is a free standing department that embraces and demonstrates the vision of IT playing a major role in higher education and in business.



Temple University is located in Philadelphia, serves 39,000 students, and is one of the three major state-related, research universities in Pennsylvania. Established in 1918, the Fox School of Business is the largest, most comprehensive business school in the Greater Philadelphia region, and among the largest in the world with over 6,500 students, 175 full-time faculty and more than 59,000 alumni. Additional information is available from the university, college, and department websites at: http://www.temple.edu, http://www.fox.temple.edu, and http://community.mis.temple.edu/ and http://ibit.temple.edu/



Temple University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and specifically invites and encourages applications from women and minorities.


Paul A. Pavlou, PhD
Associate Professor of Information Systems, Marketing, and Strategic Management
Stauffer Senior Research Fellow
Director, PhD Program in Business Administration
Fox School of Business
Temple University
http://www.fox.temple.edu/directory/profile/ppavlou/




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