The C. T. Bauer College of Business invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position beginning Fall 2009. Qualified candidates must have an earned Ph.D. in Business Administration or closely related field by August 2009, with a major in Operations Management/Supply Chain Management and have both strong research and teaching potential. Preference will be given to candidates who have begun to establish a record of research and quality teaching as evidenced in evaluations. The selected candidate will be expected to (a) teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Supply Chain Management, and (b) conduct research to obtain publications in top-tier and highly regarded journals, to further the educational goals of the College. The College offers generous research support and a three-course annual teaching load to starting Assistant Professors.
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, 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 Department is home to two research centers: The Information Systems Research Center and the Supply Chain Research Center. Melcher Hall and soon to be completed Cemo Hall are home of the Bauer College. These halls provide an abundance of large and small tiered classrooms each of which is equipped with multimedia command consoles networked to the College’s computer systems.
Inquiries and applications can be sent to disc@uh.edu. All applicants should provide a current curriculum vita, a one page statement of research goals, a one page statement of teaching goals and contact information of at least three references. Letters of reference and copies of publications are not required at this time. Application review will begin on January 5, 2009 and continue until the position is filled.
The University of Houston is committed to maintaining an intellectually and culturally diverse faculty and encourages applications from women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities. The University of Houston is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.