[AISWorld] FACULTY OPENING: TENURE-TRACK ISYS ASSISTANT PROFESSORS POSITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS

[Mary Lacity]

The Sam M. Walton College of Business invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in the Information Systems department to begin August 2024. The Assistant Professor is expected to conduct research suitable for publication in top tier journals and to teach three courses per year (the normal annual teaching load is three courses for all research active faculty). The courses taught could be a mix of graduate and undergraduate courses, and a mix of face-to-face and online courses, as needed. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience; benefits are competitive. In order to enhance educational diversity, the University of Arkansas seeks to include and integrate individuals from varied backgrounds and with varied characteristics such as those defined by race, ethnicity, national origin, age, gender, socioeconomic background, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and intellectual perspective. We value industry experience and publications in leading information systems journals, such as MISQ, ISR, JMIS and JAIS. Regular, reliable, and non-disruptive attendance is an essential job duty, as is the ability to create and maintain collegial, harmonious working relationships with others.



Minimum Qualifications:



Scholarly Academic per AACSB accreditation standards which includes completion of a doctorate in information systems or a closely related field from a nationally or internationally accredited university prior to the position start date (August 14, 2024)



Demonstrate evidence of excellent research potential based on the quality of their research and their ability to publish in top tier journals, such as a current research pipeline, including working papers, submissions to or revisions at top journals



Demonstrate evidence of excellent teaching potential, such as course/teacher evaluations for courses taught or evidence of excellent performance as a teaching assistant



Additional information:



The Information Systems Department: The department has twelve tenured or tenure-track faculty members (including four professors who hold positions with endowments and three distinguished professors), in addition to nine teaching/clinical faculty members, five full-time instructors, and several part-time instructors. The department is ranked in the top 4 departments in the world in the AIS-8 journals, for the last 3-year period (2020-2022). Faculty research interests are diverse and include behavioral research (management, adoption, use, and impacts of technology and digitalization at individual, organizational, or societal levels) and economics-oriented research (financial impacts of IT, usually based on extensive panel data). Additionally, the departmental faculty is one of the only in the world to include two AIS LEO award winners, a Decision Sciences Institute Lifetime Distinguished Educator, an IEEE Fellow, and three AIS Fellows, and faculty have received numerous other accolades from major professional societies.  We ranked 16th on U.S. News & World Report 2022 "Best Undergraduate Business Programs" in Management Information Systems.



The Information Systems Department has an active research-oriented Ph.D. program, a Master of Information Systems program, Master of Applied Business Analytics program, Master of Healthcare Business Analytics program, Graduate Certificates, and a BSBA major in Information Systems. Our faculty teach courses in enterprise resource planning (ERP), blockchain, database, business analytics, and cybersecurity.



The department has a world-class Enterprise Systems program that gives our students experience with industrial-strength technology systems and enterprise-level databases, thanks to more than $200 Million in gifts from our technology platform partners including Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield, IBM, Microsoft, SAP and Teradata. Enterprise Systems also hosts a number of databases including Acxiom, Dillard’s, Nielsen, Tyson Foods and Sam’s Club and receives support from prominent companies such as ConocoPhillips, J. B. Hunt Transport, SAS, Tyson Foods and Walmart.



The Sam M. Walton College of Business: The Sam M. Walton College of Business promotes the values of being “EPIC”, which stands for Excellence, Professionalism, Innovation and Collegiality. The Walton College has nearly 9,000 students. The Walton College has an innovative cross-functional business core program that focuses on business processes, and several new cross-disciplinary minors and concentrations. The Walton College has consistently been ranked among the nation’s top 25 public undergraduate business schools since 2005, according to U.S. News and World Report.



The University of Arkansas: The flagship campus of the University of Arkansas has a total enrollment of more than 32,000 students. It recently completed a successful capital campaign that raised about $1.45 billion.



Location: The University of Arkansas is located in Fayetteville, in the Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas. Fayetteville offers high quality of life, a mild climate, excellent health care, a variety of restaurants, a cost of living index of 92.9, and is minutes from lakes and rivers for fishing, swimming, and boating. Fayetteville’s Walton Arts Center and TheatreSquared offer a rich variety of Broadway, symphony, dance, jazz, and other performances and special events. US News consistently ranks Fayetteville among the 10 best places to live in the U.S., with the most recent ranking (2023) of #10. Fayetteville is a city of approximately 85,000 with a regional (Northwest Arkansas) population of about 535,000. Northwest Arkansas has one of the highest growth rates in the U.S. and was ranked 40th among the “best places for Business and Careers” by Forbes in 2023. Several Fortune 500 companies have their headquarters in Northwest Arkansas, including Walmart, Tyson Foods, and J.B. Hunt Transportation.



All application materials should be uploaded to the U of A's employment system at https://uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/UASYS  (search “R0046347”) before October 29, 2023 for full consideration.  Applications should include a cover letter, CV (including a list of three professional references (name, title, email address and contact number)), evaluations (if any) and sample papers. Late applications will be reviewed as necessary to fill the position.



Questions can be directed to the search committee chair, Dr. Mary Lacity (mclacity at uark.edu<mailto:mclacity at uark.edu>).

Dr. Mary C. Lacity
Chair, ISYS Department Search Committee
David D. Glass Chair and Distinguished Professor of Information Systems
Sam M. Walton College of Business
202 Business Building-IS Dept
1 University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701