Term Assistant Professor, Management Information Systems

Department: Costello College of Business - Information Systems and Operations Management (ISOM)

Classification: 9-month Instructional Faculty

Job Category: Instructional Faculty

Job Type: Full-Time

Work Schedule: Full-time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)

Location: Fairfax, VA

Workplace Type: On Site Required

Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience

Criminal Background Check: Yes

About the Department:

The Donald G. Costello College of Business at George Mason University is one of the largest business schools in Virginia, and is located near Washington, D.C., in Arlington and Fairfax, and at George Mason’s global campus in Incheon, South Korea. The college’s AACSB-accredited business and accounting curricula prepare undergraduate and graduate students from the U.S. and across the globe for career success in business and government. Its research-based faculty and focus on multi-disciplinary academic programs, inclusive entrepreneurship, modular education, experiential learning, and corporate partner engagement are transforming the landscape of business education and workforce development. Learn more at business.gmu.edu.

With 17 tenure line faculty and 13 term faculty, the ISOM area is the largest academic area in the CCB (Click here for details). It is an ambitious, and collegial group that highly values excellence in research, teaching, and service. It includes faculty in MIS, Operations Management, and Business Analytics disciplines, with several having multidisciplinary interests. Our faculty conduct managerially relevant research using a diverse set of methodologies. The ISOM Area faculty have published regularly in premier journals including Management Science, Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge & Data Engineering, Journal of Management Information Systems, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production & Operations Management, Strategic Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, as well as many other top journals. Our faculty members have won coveted University and Professional Society awards for their research and teaching. Many of our faculty serve on editorial boards of leading journals, and all are active professionally in their respective fields.

About the Position:

The Information Systems and Operations Management (ISOM) area of the Donald G Costello College of Business at George Mason University has an opportunity for a Term Faculty (non-tenure track) appointment to teach Management Information Systems (MIS) courses. The position will start in Fall 2024. The rank assignment is contingent on the level and type of experience and education. This is a full-time position with benefits. Salary will be commensurate with qualification and experience. This position does not support work visa sponsorship.

Teaches Management Information System courses in undergraduate and graduate programs. MIS faculty are part of the Information Systems and Operations Management (ISOM) area, one of the six areas of the Costello College of Business.

George Mason has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff, and strongly encourages candidates to apply who will enrich Mason’s academic and culturally inclusive environment. Mason is highly ranked for its campus diversity and is ranked by U.S. News & World Report in 2024 as the top-performing public university in Virginia for social mobility.

Responsibilities:

The teaching load for this position is based on the college’s workload policy (18 or 24 credits annually depending on research publications). Additional responsibilities include research and service to the ISOM Area, the Costello College of Business (CCB), the University, and the profession, such as student mentoring, committees, and interfacing with students and the business community.

The position involves teaching undergraduate and graduate MIS courses in CCB, which offers numerous MIS courses, covering the spectrum of knowledge and skillset with the design and implementation of information systems. The ideal candidate will have a background and intellectual inclination consistent with the offered classes.

Information about undergraduate and graduate MIS courses: https://catalog.gmu.edu/courses/mis/

Information about our program offerings:

Undergraduate Program Offerings: https://business.gmu.edu/undergraduate/academic-programs/

• Management Information Systems Concentration
• Business Analytics Concentration
• Management Information Systems Minor
• Business Analytics Minor

Graduate Program Offerings: https://business.gmu.edu/graduate/

• MBA
• MS in Management
• MS in Business Analytics
• Graduate Certificates in Business Analytics, Business Fundamentals, and Information Security Management

Required Qualifications:

• Terminal degree in a related field;
• Commitment to excellence in teaching, including evidence of effective teaching (for current/recent PhD – evidence of having taught at least one course in MIS/Business Analytics or equivalent topic in related discipline);
• Evidence of effective teaching or the potential to effectively teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels;
• Good citizenship in terms of service is critical, as is the ability to work well with colleagues; and
• Expertise in areas of database design and development.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Research publications in MIS/Business/Technology journals (for current/recent PhD – evidence of a strong research pipeline);
• Teaching potential for graduate level courses;
• Teaching in at least 2 of the following subject areas: database management, programming/systems, development, business analytics/data mining/machine learning, information security;
• Evidence of research publications related to MIS;
• Qualified to be Scholarly Academic by a Ph.D. earned after May 2020 or at least two publications in business peer-reviewed journals on the ABDC list, accepted after July 1, 2020;
• Clear evidence of teaching experience and ability; and
• Expertise in data warehousing and data analytics.

Instructions to Applicants: 

For full consideration, applicants must apply for Term Assistant Professor, Management Information Systems at https://jobs.gmu.edu/. Complete and submit the online application to include three professional references with contact information, and provide a cover letter, CV, teaching evaluations and teaching statements.

Posting Open Date: May 23, 2024

For Full Consideration, Apply by: June 7, 2024

Open Until Filled?:  Yes