[AISWorld] Job Opening at Texas Tech University: Assistant or Associate Professor in Information Systems

[Inmyung Choi]

The Information Systems and Quantitative Sciences (ISQS) Area of the Rawls
College of
Business at Texas Tech University invites applications for a tenure-track
assistant or associate
professor position in information systems beginning Fall semester 2023.

Qualified applicants at the assistant level must possess a strong
commitment to excellence in
teaching. At the associate level, evidence of effective teaching in
information systems is
required. A demonstrated and ongoing commitment to serving diverse student
populations is
desired. Successful candidates at the assistant level must possess a
promising program of high
quality and interesting research. At the associate level, a demonstrated
record of publishing
impactful research in the top tier journals is expected. Candidates who
have records of
scholarship supported by extramural funding and who have the proven
capacity or clear potential
to bring externally sponsored research to Texas Tech University are
encouraged to apply. Service
to the area, college, university, and profession is expected. Candidates
must hold a doctorate in
information systems or a related field (or must have earned a doctorate by
August 2023). Salary
and benefits are competitive and may include a reduced teaching load and
summer support for at
least the first three years.

Screening of applicants begins immediately and continues until the position
is filled. Texas Tech
will not conduct formal interviews at the International Conference on
Information Systems
(ICIS), but ISQS faculty members will be available to meet informally with
candidates attending
ICIS. A complete application consists of a cover letter addressing the
applicant’s qualifications
and a detailed curriculum vitae with a list of references, and sample
papers. To apply, please visit
http://texastech.edu/careers and search for requisition 31576BR. Inquiries
regarding the position
can be sent to Dr. Inmyung Choi, Search Committee Chair, at
inmyung.choi at ttu.edu.

The ISQS area provides a supportive and collegial environment for research,
teaching, and
service. ISQS faculty are productive in research, actively publish in
top-tier journals, and serve
on editorial boards of premier journals. The information systems program
ranked 30th in the UT
Dallas North American Business Rankings based on research contributions
from 2019 to 2022
for publications in *MIS Quarterly* and *Information Systems Research*. The
ISQS area offers an
IT undergraduate degree, a Master’s degree in Data Science, and a Ph.D.
degree. The area is
developing a Master’s degree in Information Systems. The college offers
undergraduate, Master
of Science (online and in-person), MBA (STEM, Professional, and Online),
and Ph.D. degrees.
Ph.D. students graduating from the ISQS area have been placed at R1 schools.

The Rawls College of Business is AACSB accredited. Rawls College is
dedicated to fostering a
community in which all students, staff and faculty feel accepted and
appreciated. We exist in an
interconnected world and strive to educate our students to become globally
conscious business
leaders. To that end, we encourage our students, staff and faculty to
recognize and value diverse
perspectives throughout their careers. It offers a BBA degree with majors
in accounting, energy
Box 42101 | Lubbock, Texas 79409-2101 | 806.742.3188 |
www.rawlscollege.ba.ttu.edu
commerce, finance, information systems, marketing, management, and supply
chain
management. It has three MBA programs: Professional MBA, Online MBA, and
the STEM
MBA. It also offers MS degrees in accounting, data science, finance, and
marketing research &
analytics. In addition, it offers a Ph.D. with concentrations in
accounting, finance, information
systems & quantitative science, management, and marketing. It has 78
tenured or tenure-track
faculty members and 52 non-tenure-track faculty members. The college has
approximately 5,000
undergraduate, 800 masters, and 60 doctoral students.

As an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, Texas Tech
University is
dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse faculty committed to
teaching and working
in a multicultural environment. We actively encourage applications from all
those who can
contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the
diversity and excellence of the
academic community at Texas Tech University. The university welcomes
applications from
minoritized candidates, women, protected veterans, persons with
disabilities, and dual-career
couples.

Texas Tech University is a Carnegie Very High Research Activity University
(Tier1) and a
Hispanic Serving Institution with approximately 40,000 students. The
university is built in
Spanish Renaissance architecture and boasts one of the top university
public art collections in the
nation, with works from some of the world's leading contemporary artists.
Texas Tech is located
in Lubbock, a city of more than 300,000 in the South Plains region of
Texas. With broad streets
and an excellent highway system, Lubbock has the shortest average commute
in the nation;
nearly every point-to-point trip in the city takes 15 minutes or less. The
cost of living is low
compared with most metropolitan areas in the U.S., and Texas has no state
income tax. Excellent
public and private schools are available. The climate is desirable: winters
are short and relatively
mild, and summers are sunny with low humidity.

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Inmyung Choi
Assistant Professor
Information Systems and Quantitative Sciences Area
Rawls College of Business
Texas Tech University
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