[AISWorld] Join me at Tech! Job openings at several levels

[Thomas Stafford (tstaffor)]

Colleagues - 

I will join Louisiana Tech in September (ok, I'm already there, getting started early), and I invite you to consider joining me in what will be the biggest information security faculty in the region. 

We have the opportunity to fill two tenure-track openings in a range of ranks, and our ongoing focus is information security and assurance, as an NSA-Certified Center of Academic Excellence for Cyber Defense Education and Research. 

Selwyn Ellis and I will be on hand in San Diego at AMCIS to meet with interested candidates, and we invite your applications for that purpose. It's an exciting time at Tech. As Co-Editor of Data Base for Advances in Information Systems, and Co-Chair of the 2018 AMCIS conference in New Orleans, I can attest to the excellent level of support Tech provides for research, disciplinary service and scholarly inquiry. As a recent hire, I can also attest to the highly-collegial and superbly congenial atmosphere Tech offers for productive scholars interested in Information Security and other related topics of interest. 

Aside from myself, Jake Lee (SUNY, 2016) has just joined our growing group of security experts, as well. We work in Ruston, LA - a prosaic hamlet situated in the rolling hills midway between Shreveport and Vicksburg in the Northern Louisiana region. While I find the college town atmosphere of Ruston delightfully compelling, those seeking more urban situations can live and commute from Shreveport to the East, as our Dean does, or from West Monroe, just to the West, as I do. 

See the job posting below, and then send us your vita. Let's chat in San Diego!

Collegial regards, 
Tom Stafford
JE Barnes Professor 
La Tech College of Business 

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Position Announcement

Eminent Scholar Chair  and Tenure-Track Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor of Computer Information Systems (CIS). 

Eminent Scholar: engage in scholarly research leading to publication in top tier journals, to teach and mentor undergraduate and graduate students, to provide leadership to doctoral students and to develop program’s external visibility. Preference will be given to candidates who have expertise in Business Analytics, Big Data, Information Security and Assurance, Quantitative Analysis, Research Methods, Networking or Telecommunications. Expertise in other areas will also be considered. 

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor 

Position Status:  Subject to final budgetary approval, effective September 1, 2017.

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor: engage in scholarly research leading to publication in top tier journals, with a preference for Information Security and Assurance topics, to teach and mentor undergraduate and graduate students, to provide scholar service to a growing research program. Preference will be given to candidates who have expertise in Business Analytics, Big Data, Information Security and Assurance, Quantitative Analysis, Research Methods, Networking or Telecommunications. Expertise in other areas will also be considered. 

College of Business: The graduate and undergraduate programs are fully accredited by AACSB International. The College also offers the only doctoral program in the northern part of Louisiana and has been designated as an Area of University Excellence.  The college offers BS, MBA, DBA, and Graduate Certificate Programs in Information Assurance and Communication Systems. The College is a National Center of Academic Excellence in both Cyber Defense Education and Cyber Defense Research.  

Locale:  Louisiana Tech University is a medium-sized university (approximately 11,000 students) whose College of Business is located in a three year old, state-of-the-art facility with an expansion currently under construction.  Located in Ruston, Louisiana, the University is part of growing, pleasant community offering excellent family living conditions, quality schools and medical facilities.  Ruston is on Interstate 20, thirty miles west of Monroe and sixty-five miles east of Shreveport. Louisiana Tech University is a member of the University of Louisiana System

Application: Interested and qualified persons are encouraged to send a cover letter and fully detailed resume or curriculum vita containing education, teaching experience, publications and contact information for three references.  The review process will begin immediately, and applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. Louisiana Tech University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and Minorities are encouraged to apply.

Please clearly specific which position you are applying for.

Please submit letters of inquiry electronically to:

Dr. Selwyn Ellis 
Search Committee Chair
cissearch at latech.edu 

Dr. Selwyn Ellis  and Dr. Tom Stafford will be available at AMCIS to meet with candidates.



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Thomas F. Stafford
Editor-Elect,
ACM Data Base for Advances in Information Systems
Conference Co-Chair,
2018 Americas Conference for Information Systems