[AISWorld] Position Announcement - Assistant Professor of MIS at The University of Alabama

[Clay Posey]

The Culverhouse College of Commerce at The University of Alabama invites
applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor
level in Management Information Systems (MIS) starting August 16, 2017 in
the Department of Information Systems, Statistics, and Management Science.
Candidates must have completed a doctorate in MIS or a closely related
field by the start of the appointment. Current Assistant Professors are
encouraged to apply.

Generally, an ideal candidate should have a demonstrated capability to
produce highimpact research and to excel in undergraduate and graduate
teaching. Research preferences are open, but candidates whose research
complements existing faculty research activity will be viewed as
beneficial. Moreover, data/healthcare analytics and information security
initiatives have increased within the College and across the University in
recent years, and applicants whose interests align with these initiatives
will be assessed favorably. MIS faculty at The University of Alabama have
significant interests in project management, business/data analytics,
software engineering, and information security, among others and have seen
their research published in outlets such as MIS Quarterly, Journal of
Management Information Systems, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering,
Decision Sciences, European Journal of Information Systems, Journal of
Empirical Software Engineering, and Information Systems Journal. Candidates
with teaching interests in project management, process design, software
development and systems delivery, data communications, information
security, or data management are encouraged to apply. Applicants having
relevant professional experience are preferred.

Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and achievements.
Prior to hiring, the candidate must successfully pass a pre-employment
background investigation. Applicants must apply online at
https://facultyjobs.ua.edu/postings/38995 and include a one-page cover
letter, curriculum vitae, one or two representative examples of research
papers, teaching evaluations (if available), and a list of at least three
references with contact information.

The review of applications will begin immediately, though applications will
be accepted until October 1, 2016. Representatives of the search committee
will be available to meet at AMCIS 2016, with priority given to individuals
whose applications are received by August 4th, 2016. All inquiries should
be directed to the search committee chair, Dr. Clay Posey, at
cposey at cba.ua.edu.

The MIS program at the University of Alabama was recently ranked 8th
overall among all universities in Bloomberg BusinessWeek rankings. The
program supports a large undergraduate MIS major along with specializations
in the M.S., MBA, and Ph.D. degree programs. The program benefits from
strong relationships with Fortune 500 companies and global consulting
practices that interact with MIS students and faculty through experiential
learning capstone projects. The program is housed within the Department of
Information Systems, Statistics, and Management Science, which creates
opportunities for cross-disciplinary research.

The University of Alabama is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, a growing
college town with a population of 100,000 and a county population of
200,000. In addition to great sports, Tuscaloosa was named the “most
livable city in America” in 2011. It is noted for:
- Its Pre-K Initiative,
- a 7,400-seat Amphitheatre, which hosted musical groups such as Bob Dylan,
Dave Matthews Band, Jill Scott, and Rascal Flatts,
- the Children’s Hands-on Museum and the Alabama Museum of Natural History,
- several large lakes nearby for fishing and recreation,
- an active Farmers’ Market on the banks of the Black Warrior River, and
- the Annual Kentuck Festival of the Arts, which is a gathering of several
hundred folk, visionary, and contemporary artists who display their work
and craftsmanship.

Kiplinger’s ranked The University of Alabama in its Top 50 Best Values and
U.S. News and World Report ranked the University 43rd nationally among
public universities. More than 600 National Merit Scholars are currently
enrolled at The University, some of whom major in MIS.

Birmingham, 50 miles to the east, has a metro-area population of 1,000,000
and is within convenient driving distances to Atlanta, Memphis, Nashville,
New Orleans, the Appalachian Mountains, and the Gulf Coast.

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Dr. Clay Posey
Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems
Culverhouse College of Commerce
The University of Alabama
Box 870226
Tuscaloosa, AL  35487-0226
voice: 1 (205) 348-0728
fax: 1 (205) 348-0560