[AISWorld] Two MIS Positions at the University of Houston, C.T. Bauer College of Business
Jaana Porra
jaana at uh.edu
Mon Oct 8 14:58:08 EDT 2012
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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