Eastern Connecticut State University is seeking a qualified candidate to fill the Assistant Professor of Business Information Systems position. Eastern is Connecticut’s Public Liberal Arts University and is located in Willimantic, Connecticut which is 1.5 hours from Boston and 2.5 hours from New York City. Eastern is one of four universities in the Connecticut State College and University System (CSCU). The position also offers substantial health and retirement benefits.
The Department of Accounting and Business Information Systems invites applications from candidates who have a strong commitment to teaching excellence, creative activity and scholarship, student advisement, university and community service. ECSU is especially interested in faculty with demonstrated innovation and excellence in teaching in a liberal arts curriculum, and sensitivity to diverse populations and perspectives.
Position: Assistant Professor, Business Information SystemsThe Department of Accounting and Business Information Systems at Eastern Connecticut StateUniversity invites applications for a tenure-track position in Business Information Systems at therank of Assistant or Associate Professor, beginning Fall 2027.
Position Expectations: The successful candidate will contribute to a growing Business InformationSystems (BIS) program that prepares students for roles in business, technology, data, andorganizational decision-making across the insurance, manufacturing, healthcare, informationtechnology, and public sectors. We seek a faculty member who can contribute to teaching and studentadvising and maintain an active program of scholarly and/ or professional activity cons'istent withdepartmental and university expectations. The successful candidate will contribute to curriculuminnovation in response to rapid developments in information technology and its applications to worksystems. The successful candidate may collaborate with faculty within the departmentand across disciplines on new courses, certificates, and other workforce-responsive programming.The successful candidate will also support experiential learning, internships, student projects andresearch, and career preparation consistent with the program's applied and workforce-connectedidentity.
Teaching Responsibilities: The successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduatecourses in Business Information Systems. Areas of teaching need may include database management,systems analysis and design, operations management and supply chain analytics, enterprise systemsand platforms, cloud technologies, business process analysis and improvement, projectmanagement, generative AI and AI-assisted decision-making and emerging areas of informationsystems.The successful candidate may also contribute to the development and teaching of Liberal ArtsCurriculum (ELAC) courses that situate information systems and technology within broader modesof inquiry and human experience.As a public liberal arts university, Eastern emphasizes learning that crosses traditional disciplinaryboundaries. Candidates should demonstrate the capacity and intellectual fluency to teach and workeffectively with students from multiple disciplines and with varying levels of technicalpreparation. The successful candidate should be able to make information systems and technicalconcepts accessible and relevant to students both within and outside of business, while connectingtechnology, data, organizational work systems, and decision-making to questions, problems, andapplications across disciplines.
Required Qualifications, Applicants must have:- A doctorate in Information Systems, Management Information Systems, BusinessInformation Systems, or a closely related field by the time of appointment;
- Evidence of, or demonstrated potential for, effective undergraduate teaching ininformation systems;
- Evidence of, or demonstrated potential for, an active program of scholarship;
- The ability to teach and mentor students with diverse disciplinary backgrounds andlevels of technical experience.Preferred Qualifications:
- Preference may be given to candidates with demonstrated undergraduate teachingexperience across areas of the IS 2020 curriculum; project management, supply chainand logistics analytics, and the ability to thoughtfully integrate emerging technologies,including Generative AI, across the curriculum.To Apply: Applicants should upload a cover letter, current resume and contact information of three professional references to JazzHR at: Assistant Professor of Business Information System- Eastern CT State University- Career Page. Cover letter should be addressed to Chair, Search Committee for the Assistant Professor of Business Information Systems. Applications submitted by November 6, 2026, will receive highest consideration however, the position will remain open until filled.Compensation and Employee BenefitsThe Assistant Professor of Business Information Systems is compensated at the Assistant Professor salary level in accordance with Connecticut State University American Association of University Professors (CSU-AAUP) Collective Bargaining Unit Agreement. For more information, please visit
- Bargaining Agreements/Pay Plans- Eastern.The State of Connecticut and Eastern Connecticut State University are proud to offer its employees competitive wages and a wide range of fringe benefits including voluntary and supplemental benefits.Fringe benefits include: paid personal, vacation and sick leave accruals; medical, dental, and prescription plans; group life insurance; retirement; retiree health care; tuition waiver for employee and eligible dependents at any of the Connecticut State Universities (Central, Eastern, Southern or Western) as well as an array of voluntary and supplemental benefits such as Deferred Retirement Contribution plans, Dependent Care Assistance and Medical Flexible spending accounts; long and short term disability insurance plans.For more detailed information, please visit Human Resources- Eastern.Eastern Connecticut State University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, age, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, marital status, ancestry, present or past history of mental disorder, learning disability or physical disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information or criminal record. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: LaMar Coleman, Ed.D., Vice President for Equity and Diversity. Dr. Coleman can be reached at: 860-465-5112 or via email at:
colemanla@easternct.edu
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