Job location: Winston Salem, NC

Employment Type: Full-time
Posted data: 2019-04-12
Req: R0001575
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Job Description Summary

The Wake Forest University School of Business is seeking qualified candidates for a Tenure-Track Assistant (Senior) or Associate Professor in Management Information Systems (MIS). The start date is Janaury 1, 2020, with a preference for Fall 2019. This individual will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate introductory courses in MIS as well as advanced master’s-level courses in data visualization and the role of analytics in modern society. Candidates should have a Ph.D. (or its equivalent) in MIS or a related field and should have a strong grasp of the roles and tools of big data and analytics in contemporary information systems practice. Evidence of prior teaching effectiveness is a must. The position offers a highly competitive package of compensation and benefits.

Job Description:

Wake Forest University has a long tradition of excellence in market-relevant teaching, and the ideal candidate should demonstrate an ability to contribute to the teaching quality of the School of Business.  The School of Business focuses on educating the whole person, with our faculty members facilitating student acquisition of deep conceptual knowledge, their attainment of a broad set of professional competencies, and their development of a clear sense of professional identity and character.  Therefore, we seek a student-centric colleague who subscribes to this holistic educational philosophy, serves as an exemplary role model, and can demonstrate a commitment to teaching courses that develop students in all three of these areas.

Moreover, we also seek an educator who is dedicated to four central foci in the School of Business’ educational mission – that is, who have a track record of developing the following strengths in others:

• Impactful – Our graduates are able to make immediate, meaningful contributions to their organizations through their ability to think strategically, act practically, and communicate effectively.

• Professional – Our graduates create value for others; embrace a professional identity and understand and commit to stewardship of the honor, traditions, and productive and innovative culture of their professions; and work to strengthen their community using the skill and expertise of their professional training.

• Honorable – To achieve high levels of performance while maintaining the highest standards of individual character, our graduates lead ethically and exhibit personal strengths that enable success with integrity.

• Global – To effectively lead across cultural and geographical boundaries, our graduates leverage diversity and demonstrate a global mindset.

Because we are preparing students to succeed and flourish in the profession, we seek to hire colleagues who understand the marketplace, desire to be deeply connected to it on a continuing basis, and are committed to supporting our students as they prepare for and embark on fulfilling career trajectories.  Applicants with demonstrated ability to design and deliver educational experiences that are valued by industry will be preferred.

Wake Forest embraces the teacher-scholar model wherein our faculty produce original thought leadership that is visible and positively impacts the practice of management.  As a community of teacher-scholars, we systematically and rigorously seek answers to questions of high theoretical, practical, and/or pedagogical importance. Thus, equally important to teaching excellence, candidates’ research should be of the highest quality, as evidenced by a pathway to publications that address important issues in highly regarded outlets, including premier journals (such as those journals recognized by The Financial Times).  The ideal candidate is an accomplished teacher and scholar who has deeply considered the ways in which his/her scholarship can improve the practice of global business, can demonstrate marketplace applications for his/her research, and whose record is in keeping with the University’s teacher-scholar model.   An exemplary candidate will have research interests that align with some aspect of our four central foci, as described above.

Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational institution dedicated to academic excellence in liberal arts, graduate, and professional education.  Founded in 1834, the University is ranked among the top thirty national universities according to U.S. News & World Report.  With over 4,900 undergraduates and 3,000 graduate and professional students, the student-faculty ratio is 10:1.  Wake Forest is a collegiate university offering a vibrant, intellectual community with a rich cultural life, an impressive array of facilities, and a strong athletics program competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).  Since its founding, the University has adopted the motto Pro Humanitate, which is exemplified by a deep institutional commitment to public service and engagement with the world.  Click here for quick facts about the University.

Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, a beautiful, mid-sized city centrally located in the Piedmont-Triad region of North Carolina.  Winston-Salem is a family-friendly city with high quality schools, numerous outdoor recreational activities and events, and is known for its vibrant and thriving arts and innovation scenes.  Residents enjoy close proximity to the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains (1.5 hours) and Atlantic beaches (4 hours), a moderate climate with four distinct seasons, a very reasonable cost of living, and an eclectic variety of restaurants, wine bars, and breweries for dining with friends and family.  Winston-Salem offers many of the amenities of a large city but with the sense of community and quality of life of a smaller town (www.visitwinstonsalem.com).

Wake Forest School of Business

The AACSB-accredited, nationally ranked Wake Forest University School of Business offers undergraduate academic programs in Accountancy, Finance, Business and Enterprise Management, and Mathematical Business, as well as graduate programs encompassing the Master of Science in Accountancy (MSA), Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA), Master of Science in Management (MSM), and Master of Business Administration (MBA).

Wake Forest University continues to rank as a top school for undergraduate business education (ranked #13 by Bloomberg Businessweek in 2016 and #15 by Poets & Quants for Best Undergraduate Business Programs in 2017), and in Spring 2017, U.S. News & World Report continued to rank the part-time MBA programs #1 in North Carolina and now #13 in the nation.  Additionally, The Economist ranks the MSM Program as #4 in the nation, and the MSA Program once again has the #1 CPA pass rate in the country.  Courses are offered at both the beautiful home campus in Winston-Salem and the growing urban Charlotte Center campus in Charlotte, NC.

Farrell Hall

Wake Forest University business programs and faculty are housed in Farrell Hall, the inspiring, four-level, 120,000-square foot home of the Wake Forest University School of Business.  Farrell Hall features state-of-the-art technology and groundbreaking design to create an environment in which faculty-student engagement and interaction thrives.

Application Procedure

For more information about the School of Business and Wake Forest University, click here to visit the School of Business website.  For online application instructions, click here to visit the Wake Forest Careers site and select Apply/Faculty/School of Business.  Required materials include a letter of application, statement of teaching philosophy, current curriculum vitae, and any recent course evaluation results, including raw data and comparative benchmarks.  (Note: Formal transcripts will be required before a hiring offer can be made.) Inquiries about the position should be addressed to askhr@wfu.edu.  

Review of applications will begin immediately.  Applications that include all required information and that are submitted on or before May 15, 2019 will be given full consideration.

Wake Forest seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce and encourages qualified candidates across all group demographics to apply.  In order to provide a safe learning and living community, Wake Forest University conducts background investigations for all final candidates being considered for employment.

 

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Additional Job Description

Time Type Requirement

Full time

In order to provide a safe and productive learning and living community, Wake Forest University conducts background investigations for all final faculty candidates being considered for employment.

Wake Forest seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce and encourages qualified candidates across all group demographics to apply.  In order to provide a safe learning and living community, Wake Forest University conducts background investigations for all final candidates being considered for employment.