[AISWorld] Faculty positions at Temple University

[Munir Mandviwalla]

The Department of Management Information Systems in the Fox School of
Business at Temple University invites applications for one or two faculty
positions in Management Information Systems beginning September 2011. We
expect to hire at the Assistant or above level, the position can be filled
with tenure upon appointment or at the untenured level. This is part of our
overall growth plan of hiring four faculty members in the next three years.
The positions are subject to final budgetary approval. 

We are seeking candidates that have a record of scholarship in premier MIS
journals such as Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ) and
Information Systems Research (ISR), as well as top journals in other
management disciplines. Fox MIS at Temple has a bold new vision and mission
for the future (see below) and we invite colleagues who are interested in
this ambitious view of the IS discipline to join us. Salary is competitive
and commensurate with rank and qualifications. 

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, and (d) the names and contact information for
three references. We only review **electronic** submissions. Please send all
materials to: Dr. Munir Mandviwalla (department chair), at
mandviwa at temple.edu. Please do not send paper submissions, they will not be
reviewed. 

Temple University is located in Philadelphia, serves 34,000 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 6,000 students, 145 full-time faculty and
more than 51,000 alumni. 

The Fox School mission statement includes a focus on three driving forces of
the economy: globalization, information technology (IT), and innovation and
entrepreneurship. The Fox School’s programs are among the best in the world
and are highly ranked by the Financial Times, The Economist, U.S. News and
World Reports, Forbes, Princeton Review, and Computerworld. The Institute
for Scientific Information (ISI) places Fox in the Top 1% of institutions
worldwide cited for research in the field of business and economics. The
Princeton Review has consistently rated the Temple campus as one of the most
connected in the nation. 

The Fox School’s MIS department and associated Institute for Business and
Information Technology (IBIT) is celebrating its 10th anniversary in
2010-2011. The vision and mission of Fox MIS 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, we will
produce knowledge that fundamentally transforms the design and use of
information technology by integrating multi-disciplinary perspectives. In
teaching, we will prepare a diverse and changing population for a life-long
pursuit of learning, leadership, and success with information technology in
a connected world. 

In 2008/2009, The Chronicle of Higher Education, ranked Fox MIS faculty in
the top 10 for research productivity. In 2009, TechRepublic ranked the Fox
BBA in MIS in the top 10 U.S. programs for information technology. Fox MIS
faculty regularly publish in top journals such as Management Information
Systems Quarterly (MISQ) and Information Systems Research (ISR). Fox MIS
faculty are connected to industry needs and work on applied projects with
the corporate partners of Fox’s Institute for Business and Information
Technology. The MIS department offers undergraduate, masters, and doctoral
programs in information systems including a required course in MIS for all
business students. 
 
Temple University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and
specifically invites and encourages applications from women and minorities.
Additional information is available from the university, college, and
department websites at: http://www.temple.edu, http://www.fox.temple.edu,
and http://community.mis.temple.edu/ and http://ibit.temple.edu/ 


Munir Mandviwalla, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chair of MIS
Executive Director, Institute for Business and Information Technology
Fox School of Business, Temple University
mandviwa at temple.edu, 215.204.5617
http://community.mis.temple.edu/mmandviwalla