[AISWorld] Two MIS Positions at the University of Houston, C.T. Bauer College of Business

[Jaana Porra]

Second posting:

C. T. Bauer College of Business
University of Houston
Positions in Management Information Systems

Description:
The Department of Decision and Information Sciences (DISC) within the 
C. T. Bauer College of Business is seeking qualified applicants for 
one or more faculty positions in the Management Information Systems 
(MIS) area with a start date of September 2013.  Candidates must have 
a Ph.D. in MIS or a closely related discipline, and a demonstrated 
capability for research excellence and high quality teaching.  The 
search is open to rank, however, the preferred starting ranks are at 
the Assistant and Associate Professor levels. Candidates with 
exceptional credentials will be considered for an endowed 
position.  The selected candidate will be expected to (a) publish in 
top-tier and highly respected journals, (b) contribute to the 
mentoring and development of Ph.D. students and (c) teach graduate 
and undergraduate courses in MIS, and in related areas such as 
Business Analytics and Intelligence.  The College offers generous 
research support and an attractive annual teaching load.

About the Department and the C.T. Bauer College of Business
The University of Houston is a major urban university, committed to 
academic excellence, and located on a 550 acre campus three miles 
from downtown Houston. With an enrollment of 36,000 students 
representing more than 130 nations, the University of Houston is one 
of the most ethnically diverse research universities in the 
country.  The C. T. Bauer College of Business is AACSB accredited 
with its 4600 undergraduate and 1200 graduate students pursuing BBA, 
MBA, Executive MBA, MS and Ph.D.  Business Week ranks the C.T. Bauer 
College of Business among the top forty public business schools in 
the country.  Owing to an excellent job market for MIS majors in 
Houston, this new position is to fill the over 300% increase in 
demand since 2008. The DISC department is composed of information 
systems, operations/supply chain management, statistics, and 
operations research faculty members with doctorates from many of the 
country's leading universities. Several DISC faculty members hold 
endowed positions, senior editorial responsibilities with leading 
research journals, and significant leadership positions in 
professional societies. Editorial experience among our  IS faculty 
include a former Editor in Chief of MISQ and Data Base along with 
other roles in MISQ, ISR, JAIS, EJIS, JIT and other journals.

About Houston:
According to leading business magazines like Kiplinger's, Business 
Week, and Forbes, Houston is the Best Place to Live, Work and Play; 
the Best U.S. City to Earn a Living; the Best City to Buy a Home, and 
the Best City for Recent College Graduates.  The low cost of living 
enables a high quality of life, where one can have suburban living in 
the heart of a great metropolis. Houston is also The Energy Capital 
of the World, second only to New York City in the number of Fortune 
500 company headquarters, a major healthcare center, and home of the 
largest US port in total foreign trade and imports. Of the world's 
100 largest non-U.S. based corporations, more than half have 
operations in Houston. The vibrant Houston business community 
provides Bauer College of Business faculty members with exceptional 
opportunities for conducting collaborative industry research.

Application Procedure:
To ensure full consideration, applicants should send a current 
curriculum vita, contact information and at least three references to 
<mailto:discrecruit at bauer.uh.edu>discrecruit at bauer.uh.edu by December 
1 2012.  Letters of reference and copies of publications are not 
desired at this time.  Application review will begin on October 1, 
2012 and continue until the position is filled.  Faculty 
representative(s) will attend the Decision Sciences conference in San 
Francisco in November and the International Conference on Information 
Systems in Orlando, Florida, December 2012.

The University of Houston is an equal opportunity/affirmative action 
employer and is committed to maintaining an intellectually and 
culturally diverse faculty.  Minorities, women, veterans and persons 
with disabilities are encouraged to apply.


Jaana Porra, Ph.D.  MBA, M.Sc.
Associate Professor
Department of Decision and Information Sciences
C.T. Bauer College of Business
University of Houston
Houston TX 77204-6021
jaana at uh.edu
713-743-4583

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Jaana Porra, Ph.D.  MBA, M.Sc.
Associate Professor
Department of Decision and Information Sciences
C.T. Bauer College of Business
University of Houston
Houston TX 77204-6021
jaana at uh.edu
713-743-4583

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