Assistant Professor of Business Information System

Eastern CT State University • Willimantic, CT

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Eastern Connecticut State University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Business Information Systems at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, beginning Fall 2027. The Department of Accounting and Business Information Systems seeks a colleague committed to teaching excellence, creative activity and scholarship, student advising, and university and community service. The successful candidate will contribute to a growing BIS program preparing students for work across business, technology, data, and organizational decision-making in sectors such as insurance, manufacturing, healthcare, information technology, and the public sector.

The faculty member will teach undergraduate Business Information Systems courses, advise and mentor students, and maintain an active program of scholarly and/or professional activity consistent with departmental and university expectations. They will contribute to curriculum innovation in response to developments in information technology and its applications to work systems, and may collaborate across departments on courses, certificates, and workforce-responsive programming. The role also supports experiential learning, internships, student projects and research, and career preparation.

Teaching needs may include database management, systems analysis and design, operations management and supply chain analytics, enterprise systems and platforms, cloud technologies, business process analysis and improvement, project management, generative AI and AI-assisted decision-making, and emerging areas of information systems. The candidate may also develop and teach Liberal Arts Curriculum (ELAC) courses. As a public liberal arts university, Eastern values cross-disciplinary learning; the successful candidate should make technical concepts accessible to students from varied disciplines and levels of technical preparation, and connect technology, data, organizational work systems, and decision-making to broader questions and applications.

The position is based at Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, Connecticut. Compensation is at the Assistant Professor salary level under the CSU-AAUP Collective Bargaining Unit Agreement. Applications submitted by November 6, 2026, receive highest consideration; the position remains open until filled.

Requirements

• Doctorate in Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Business Information Systems, or a closely related field by the time of appointment.
• Evidence of, or demonstrated potential for, effective undergraduate teaching in information systems.
• Evidence of, or demonstrated potential for, an active program of scholarship.
• Ability to teach and mentor students with diverse disciplinary backgrounds and levels of technical experience.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated undergraduate teaching experience across areas of the IS 2020 curriculum.
• Expertise in project management.
• Expertise in supply chain and logistics analytics.
• Ability to thoughtfully integrate emerging technologies, including Generative AI, across the curriculum.

Responsibilities

• Teach undergraduate courses in Business Information Systems.
• Advise and mentor students, including students with diverse disciplinary backgrounds and levels of technical experience.
• Maintain an active program of scholarly and/or professional activity consistent with departmental and university expectations.
• Contribute to curriculum innovation in response to developments in information technology and its applications to work systems.
• Collaborate, as appropriate, with departmental and cross-disciplinary faculty on courses, certificates, and workforce-responsive programming.
• Support experiential learning, internships, student projects and research, and career preparation.
• Make information systems and technical concepts accessible and relevant to students within and outside of business.
• Potentially develop and teach Liberal Arts Curriculum (ELAC) courses.

Benefits

• Paid personal, vacation, and sick leave accruals.
• Medical, dental, and prescription plans.
• Group life insurance.
• Retirement benefits and retiree health care.
• Tuition waiver for the employee and eligible dependents at Connecticut State Universities.
• Voluntary and supplemental benefits, including deferred retirement contribution plans.
• Dependent Care Assistance and Medical Flexible Spending accounts.
• Long- and short-term disability insurance plans.
• Competitive wages and a wide range of fringe benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree