DECISION AND INFORMATION SCIENCES
Faculty Position - Open Rank - Supply Chain Management - Tenured or Tenure-Track
Description:
The C. T. Bauer College of Business invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured faculty position in Supply Chain Management beginning Fall 2010.
The search is open to rank, however, applicants currently at the Associate Professor or higher level will be given preference. The possibility of an endowed professorship position exists for candidates judged to possess exceptional qualifications and a demonstrated record of leadership.
Candidates must have an earned Ph.D. in Business Administration or closely related field with a major in Operations Management/Supply Chain Management and have a proven research and a quality teaching record.
The selected candidate will be expected to
- conduct research to obtain publications in top-tier and highly regarded journals,
- play a leadership role in the mentoring and development of Ph.D. students and
- teach courses in Supply Chain Management.
The College offers generous research support and an attractive annual teaching load.
The University of Houston is a major urban university, committed to academic excellence, and located on a 550 acre campus three miles from downtown Houston, which according to leading business magazines like Kiplinger's, Business Week, and Forbes is the Best Place to Live, Work and Play; the Best U.S. City to Earn a Living; the Best City to Buy a Home, and the Best City for Recent College Graduates. The Energy Capital of the World, Houston is third in number of Fortune 500 companies behind New York and Chicago. In addition, of the world's 100 largest non-U.S. based corporations, more than half have operations in Houston. Among its enrollment of 36,000 are students representing more than 130 nations, making the University of Houston one of the most ethnically diverse research universities in the country.
The C. T. Bauer College of Business is accredited by the AACSB at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and is ranked by Business Week as among the top forty public business schools in the country. It offers BBA, MBA, Executive MBA, MS and Ph.D. degree programs. Faculty members bring an impressive range of expertise to the College with doctorates and advanced training from some of the country's leading universities.
The Department of Decision and Information Sciences within the Bauer College of Business is composed of supply chain management, information systems, and statistics and operations research faculty members, three of whom hold endowed positions. The Supply Chain Management faculty is closely connected to the vibrant Houston business community. Melcher Hall and Cemo Hall, homes of the Bauer College, both house an abundance of large and small tiered classrooms each of which is equipped with multimedia command consoles networked to the College's computer systems.
The University of Houston is committed to maintaining an intellectually and culturally diverse faculty and encourages applications from women, minorities, veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Application Procedures:
Applications should be sent to disc@uh.edu.
All applicants should provide a current curriculum vita, contact information of at least three references, and any relevant supporting material that might support the application. Letters of reference and copies of publications are not required at this time.
Application review will begin on September 1, 2009 and continue until the position is filled.
Faculty representative(s) will attend the INFORMS and Decision Sciences Institute Conferences in the Fall.
For further information, please contact Professor Basheer Khumawala at bkhumawala@uh.edu.
Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action:
The University of Houston is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.