[AISWorld] Endowed Chair Position in Analytics at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga

[Gupta, Ashish]

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT

Position Announcement: W. Max Finley Chair in American Business
Specialized Area of Interest:  Business Analytics

The College of Business at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
(UTC) invites applications and nominations for an endowed, senior faculty
position in the area of Business Analytics.   This newly created chair is
expected to play a leading role in advancing the current business
analytics programs through innovative teaching and research, engaging with
the community, and growing analytics expertise campus-wide.

Qualifications

Qualified applicants must have a PhD in Business Analytics, Management
Information Systems, Data Science, or closely related area from an
accredited college or university and be a recognized scholar with
excellent teaching abilities at the undergraduate and graduate level.
Qualified applicants should demonstrate an interest and capacity to work
on real-world problems, engage with the business community, and
collaborate with colleagues within and outside the College of Business to
enhance University programming and efforts in data analytics.  Proven
experience or ability to provide instruction in a variety of modalities
including online is also required.

Program/University Information

The College of Business at UTC serves approximately 2,000 students, has a
collegial faculty, and maintains small class sizes. The College of
Business at UTC is AACSB accredited at the undergraduate and graduate
levels.  In the area of Business Analytics we currently offer an
undergraduate concentration, a graduate certificate, and an online
professional MBA with analytics track.

The University has invested in analytics across campus.  Seed funding was
provided to create the Big Data and Analytics Research Center which
focuses on solving high impact healthcare, smart grid, and other analytics
oriented problems.  Chattanooga is uniquely situated to capitalize on the
competitive advantage of business analytics with its access to The Gig,
highly entrepreneurial thinkers, and its lead participation in the
recently announced Tech Hire Initiative.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is an urban university of more
than 11,000 students that was founded as a private university in 1886. It
became a primary campus of the University of Tennessee in 1969 and its
100-acre campus is located near downtown Chattanooga, in the center of a
scenic metropolitan area of more than 450,000 people.  Chattanooga has
gained international attention for its downtown and riverfront
development, public and private partnerships, excellent quality of life,
and reasonable living costs. Recently, Chattanooga has been featured in US
News and World Report, Outside, and Parade as one of America¹s most
livable cities.  Recently, investments totaling more than $5 billon from
companies such as Sanofi-Aventis, Alstom, and Volkswagen have brought
growth and global business to Chattanooga. The achievements for the
AACSB-accredited College of Business are many. US News and World Report
named UTC in the top 50 regional universities (South) rankings of 2013.
Business Week has named the UTC undergraduate business program among the
best in the nation. The Princeton Review has also noted the UTC College of
Business as an outstanding business school; this New York-based education
services company selected our college for inclusion in the 2013 edition of
its book, "Best 296 Business Schools.²

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the
position is filled.  Representatives from UTC will be attending AMCIS 2015
and ICIS 2015 and be available to discuss the position with interested
individuals that may also be attending the conference.  UTC is an equal
opportunity/affirmative action/Title VI and Title IX/Section 504/ADA /ADEA
institution.  Interested applicants should submit: a letter of
application, a list of 3 references, and a curriculum vita to:  (insert
email address here)
                   

Inquiries about the position can be directed to Dr. Kathleen K. Wheatley,
Management Department Head at Kathleen-Wheatley at utc.edu .


Best,
Ashish

Ashish Gupta, PhD
Director, Big Data & Analytics Research Center (BDARC)
Associate Professor of Analytics & IS
College of Business
University of Tennessee Chattanooga
www.utc.edu/bdarc