Assistant Professor, Management Information Systems

Department: Costello College of Business

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 will be commensurate with qualifications 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.

Information Systems and Operations Management (ISOM) is one of the six areas of the Costello College of Business. With 20 tenure line faculty and 14 instructional term faculty, the ISOM area is the largest academic area in the Costello College of Business. 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 conducts 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.

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.

About the Position:

The Assistant Professor of MIS teaches Management Information System courses in undergraduate and graduate programs and delivers high-quality research. This is a full-time position with benefits. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Responsibilities:

• Conducts high-quality research for publication in top-tier academic journals;
• Teaches Management of Information Systems (MIS) courses in undergraduate and/or graduate programs. The teaching load for this position is determined according to the College’s workload policy which specifies an initial load of 9 credits (this typically translates to 3 courses/year) for tenure-track assistant professor candidates and highly productive researchers; and
• Additional responsibilities include service to the ISOM Area, the Costello College of Business, the University, and the profession, such as journal reviewing/editing, academic community engagement, student mentoring, committee membership, and interfacing with the business community.

Required Qualifications:

• PhD or equivalent in MIS or a closely related discipline prior to the start of Fall 2025. For current doctoral students, there must be clear evidence of PhD completion by the Fall semester start date in 2025;
• Collegiality and ability to work well with colleagues;
• Evidence of a strong research trajectory with the potential for publications in top-tier academic journals; and
• Evidence of effective teaching or the potential to effectively teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Alignment of research interests with current MIS faculty; and
• Fewer than three years since PhD conferral.

Instructions to Applicants: 

For full consideration, applicants must apply for Assistant Professor, Management Information Systems at https://jobs.gmu.edu/. Complete and submit the online application to include three professional references with contact information, a Cover Letter/Letter of Intent, CV and a research and teaching statement for review.

Posting Open Date: September 30, 2024

For Full Consideration, Apply by:  October 14, 2024

Open Until Filled:  Yes