POSITION: The University of Alabama in Huntsville invites nominations and applications for a visiting faculty position in Management Science. The preferred appointment would be a visiting assistant professor, but could be at the associate level depending on qualifications and experience. The appointment will start at the beginning of fall semester 2008.

QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must have (or expect to receive by fall of 2008) a Ph.D. in management science, operations management or a related field. The candidate must have a very strong record of publishing high quality research to be considered at the rank of associate professor.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in business statistics and/or production and operations management.

UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY: The Department of Management and Marketing has thirteen full-time and several research and adjunct faculty. This faculty has published in leading academic journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, European Journal of Operational Research and International Journal of Production Research, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Journal of Advertising, International Journal of Research in Marketing, Journal of Labor Economics, and IEEE Transactions in Engineering Management. The Department offers undergraduate degree programs in management and marketing with concentrations in Marketing Management, e-business, Supply Chain Management, Acquisition Management, Human Resource Management and General Management. The department faculty also participate in the College's multi disciplinary Master's degree program in Management of Technology. The college also includes the Center for the Management of Science and Technology (CMOST), the Center for Management and Economic Research (CMER) and the Small Business Development Center (SBDC).

The College of Business Administration is AACSB international accredited and is ranked among the top ten percent of U.S. undergraduate business programs. Barron’s rates the University’s admissions as the most competitive in Alabama. The College has approximately 40 full-time faculty, 35 research, adjunct and part-time faculty, 1,000 undergraduate majors, and 200 master's students. The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is a Carnegie research intensive institution located in the second largest university research park in the country and in one of the nation's major international centers for advanced technological research. The Huntsville metropolitan area is a culturally diverse high technology community with a population of about 365,000. The area is home to more than fifty Fortune 500 companies and is the site of several federal research facilities, including NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, the Army’s Aviation and Missile Command, and the Space and Missile Defense Command. UAH ranks #6 nationally in NASA funded research. Huntsville was named in 2005 as one of the country’s leading ‘Knowledge Worker Metros’ and one of ‘America’s Super Cities of the Future.’

APPLICATIONS: Preference will be given to candidates who apply by July 1, 2008, but the position will remain open until filled. Applicants must submit: (1) a letter of nomination or application, (2) resume, (3) a list of references, to:

Dr. David Berkowitz, Chair
Management Science Search Committee
Department of Management and Marketing
College of Business Administration
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, AL 35899
Email: berkowd@uah.edu