Continuing Track Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems

University of Delaware

Lerner College of Business and Economics

Department of Accounting & MIS

The Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics at the University of Delaware invites applications for an instruction-focused faculty position in Management Information Systems at the Assistant Professor level. This 9-month Continuing Track position (not tenure-track) will be filled with an anticipated start date of August 2025. Continuing Track faculty begin with a two-year contract and are eligible for indefinite renewals. CT faculty enjoy contracts that increase in length over time and, like tenure-track faculty, receive full and generous benefits, including family-friendly benefits, as part of their compensation package. CT faculty with terminal degrees hold professorial rank and have a path to promotion up to full professor. All CT faculty earn sabbaticals, have opportunities to pursue research, participate in shared governance, and hold academic leadership positions. More information about the University’s Continuing Track faculty rank can be found at https://sites.udel.edu/ctcaucus/why-do-you-want-to-be-a-ct-faculty-at-ud/.

Candidates must possess a Ph.D. (or expect to complete one by August 2025) in Information Systems, Statistics, Business Analytics, or a related field. Successful candidates will demonstrate the drive and vision to develop innovative, cutting-edge instructional programs. Candidates will be required to be active in our joint program with the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (part of the contract explicitly) and should have expertise in AI. Candidates will be expected to teach courses in Management Information Systems and Business Analytics, including programming, database design, statistics, and data analytics at UD or in our coordinated program in China. Candidates may have a workload which includes an expectation of contributions to the research environment, scholarly publications, and maintenance of faculty qualification status under AACSB accreditation standards.

The Alfred Lerner College at UD has a joint program with the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE), located in Chengdu, China. The candidate will support the SWUFE-UD Institute of Data Science joint program. Specifically, the candidate’s teaching will include courses taught at the SWUFE campus, involving one or two 5-8 week sessions at SWUFE per year. The remainder of the teaching would be at the Newark, Delaware main campus.

Founded in 1743, the University of Delaware (www.udel.edu) combines tradition and innovation, offering students a rich heritage along with the latest in instructional and research technology. Located on an attractive campus in Newark, Delaware, roughly an hour from Philadelphia and Baltimore, and about 2 hours from New York and Washington, D.C., the University is a state-assisted institution with a strong private endowment and selective admission. It is one of the oldest land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant institutions in the nation. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classifies University of Delaware as an R1 research university with very high research activity.

Lerner College has five departments, 42 academic programs, about 4,200 students, 160 faculty members, and state-of-the art facilities. Lerner College supports full-time, part-time, on-site corporate, and online MBA programs in addition to MS programs in functional business areas and non-degree executive education programs. Degree programs are fully accredited by the AACSB.  For more information on Lerner College, see lerner.udel.edu.

The Department of Accounting and Management Information Systems offers bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting and in management information systems and several joint degrees, partnering with both the College of Engineering and the College's MBA programs. To learn more about our faculty please visit http://lerner.udel.edu/departments/accounting-mis/about-accounting-mis.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:  Those interested should upload a cover letter, a curriculum vita, samples of research and a syllabus for a recent course you have taught and include the names and contact information for three references. Letters of reference may be requested at a later time. 

The position is open until filled. All application materials shall be shared with departmental faculty. Selected candidates may have initial interviews using online technologies.

The University of Delaware is an Equal Opportunity Employer which encourages applications from minority group members and women. The University's Notice of Non-Discrimination can be found at http://www.udel.edu/aboutus/legalnotices.html.