[AISWorld] MIS Lecturer Position in Data Analytics at the University of Georgia

Elena Karahanna ekarah at uga.edu
Fri Oct 5 00:41:51 EDT 2018


The Department of Management Information Systems in the Terry College of Business at The University of Georgia invites applications for a full-time lecturer position (beginning August 2019) to teach classes in data analytics. This is a non-tenure track teaching position and is subject to an annual contract.

In terms of minimum qualifications, candidates should have earned their Ph.D. in Information Systems or a closely related discipline from an AACSB accredited university or international equivalent by August 1, 2019. Moreover, candidates should have demonstrated ability to teach Information Systems at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the area of data analytics. Specifically, candidates should have taught at least two classes in the past four years in this area, and should have received high quality teaching ratings in these classes. Ability to teach Python, Machine Language, and Text Mining will be considered favorably. The normal teaching load is eight, 3-credit classes per academic year.

The Management Information Systems Department offers the following degrees: on-campus Ph.D., online Master of Business & Technology, and on-campus BBA in MIS. In addition, the Terry College of Business offers an on-campus MBA degree, an on-campus Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA), and off-campus Executive/Professional MBA degrees.

The Management Information Systems Department is consistently ranked very highly nationally and internationally for both its programs and its scholarly productivity. For example, the most recent ranking of USA Today College (2016) ranks the undergraduate MIS program 8th in the nation. On the research front, the UT Dallas ranking of research productivity ranks the University of Georgia 11th in North America for overall research in MIS Quarterly and Information Systems Research in the past five years. Faculty hold editorial positions at the premier information systems journals, and current and emeritus faculty include multiple AIS Fellows and an AIS Leo Award winner.

The University of Georgia is the State of Georgia’s flagship university, located in historic Athens, sixty miles from Atlanta. Athens is well known for its quality of life including dining, entertainment and the arts, and outdoor activities. More information regarding the Terry College of Business and the Management Information Systems Department is available at www.terry.uga.edu.

Interested candidates should upload a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, a teaching philosophy statement, and evidence of teaching excellence to http://www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/32904 by Monday November 12, 2018. The department will reach out to your references at the appropriate time in the process. Consideration of applications will begin immediately and will continue until position is filled. We will be conducting initial interviews over Skype, and possibly at ICIS.
Please note that the department is unable to sponsor for U.S. permanent residency.

The University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, genetic information, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or protected veteran status. Persons needing accommodations or assistance with the accessibility of materials related to this search are encouraged to contact Central HR (hrweb at uga.edu). Please do not contact the department or search committee with such requests.

Questions about the position can be directed to the search committee chair, Dr. Maric Boudreau (mcboudre at uga.edu).




Elena Karahanna, Ph.D.
Distinguished Research Professor & L. Edmund Rast Professor of Business
Management Information Systems Department
C413 Benson Hall | 600 S. Lumpkin St. | Athens, GA 30602

http://www.terry.uga.edu/directory/profile/ekarah/
www.elenakarahanna.net<http://www.elenakarahanna.net/>

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