[AISWorld] Tenure track faculty positions, Fox School of Business, Temple University

[Munir Mandviwalla]

The Department of Management Information Systems (MIS) in the Fox School of
Business at Temple University invites applications for one, and possibly two
tenure-track faculty positions beginning Fall 2016. We prefer to hire at the
Assistant Professor 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. MIS at Temple has a bold vision and mission (please see
below), and we invite colleagues who are interested in this ambitious view
of the 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). 

 

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, such as journal publications or working papers and (d) the names
and contact information of three references. We only review **electronic**
submissions. Please do not send paper submissions, they cannot be reviewed.
We will be attending upcoming conferences (INFORMS, ICIS) to interview
selected candidates. Please send all materials electronically to: Munir
Mandviwalla (Department Chair), at mandviwa at temple.edu
<mailto:mandviwa at temple.edu> 

 

The vision of MIS at Fox 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, our mission is to produce
knowledge that fundamentally transforms the design and use of information
technology by integrating multi-disciplinary perspectives. In teaching, our
mission is to prepare a diverse and changing population for a life-long
pursuit of learning, leadership, and success with information technology in
a connected world. We are particularly interested in colleagues who have a
deep understanding of information technology and reflect that understanding
in their research and teaching. 

 

MIS faculty regularly publish in top journals such as MISQ and ISR. We are
connected to industry and work on applied projects with our network of
corporate partners associated with the Institute for Business and
Information Technology (IBIT). MIS faculty also lead key research centers
including Center for Neural Decision Making, Center for Design + Innovation,
and the Big Data Institute. The MIS department offers undergraduate,
masters, and doctoral programs in information systems including a very
successful required course in MIS for all business students and a university
wide data science course. 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. Fox MIS is also a major contributor to the
discipline with faculty in leadership roles in major conferences, editorial
positions, and in national initiatives such as the IS Job Index and National
Cyber Analyst Challenge powered by Lockheed Martin, as well as the
forthcoming Merck Analytics Challenge. 

 

In 2015, U.S. News and World Report ranked the Fox BBA in MIS in the Top 15
and the Fox graduate programs in Information Systems in the Top 20. The
graduate programs include a highly successful MS in IT auditing and
cyber-security and new online MS Digital Innovation in Marketing. Fox MIS
faculty were ranked #1 in the world for research productivity in top IS
journals for the last three year period. In 2009, TechRepublic ranked the
Fox BBA in MIS in the top 10 U.S. programs. In 2008-2009, The Chronicle of
Higher Education, ranked Fox MIS faculty in the top 10 for research
productivity. The Fox MIS AIS affiliated student chapter was the 2014
chapter-of-the-year and received the Outstanding chapter award in 2010,
2011, 2012, 2013, and 2015 and students from the chapter have won first or
second prizes in the 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 AIS international student
competitions. 

 

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 Report, Forbes, Princeton Review, and Computerworld. The
Princeton Review has consistently rated the Temple campus as one of the most
connected in the nation. The Fox School is one of the few institutions
worldwide that have sustained a long-term commitment to invest in and grow
MIS.

 

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 7,000 students, 195 full-time faculty and
more than 60,000 alumni. Additional information is available 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. 

 

Munir Mandviwalla

Associate Professor and Chair of MIS

Executive Director, Institute for Business and Information Technology

Fox School of Business, Temple University

mandviwa at temple.edu <mailto:mandviwa at temple.edu> , 215.204.5617

http://community.mis.temple.edu/mmandviwalla