Assistant Teaching Professor

Position Title: Assistant Teaching Professor

The UMBC Department of Information Systems invites applications for a non‑tenure‑track position as an Assistant Teaching Professor, with a start date in the Fall semester 2026. Applications for the position must be submitted as PDF files via Interfolio at  Review of applications will start in February 2026 and will continue until positions are filled.

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Fall 2026

The UMBC Department of Information Systems invites applications for a non‑tenure track position at the Assistant Teaching Professor level with a start date of Fall semester 2026.

The Department has 46 full‑time faculty and over 2000 students, including over 1400 undergraduate students. The department offers undergraduate degrees in Information Systems (IS) and Business Technology Administration (BTA). Graduate degree programs, MS and PhD, are offered in both Information Systems, Human‑Centered Computing, and an innovative online MS program in IS. In addition, the Department houses the Master’s in Health Information Technology and the Master’s in Software Engineering, both as professional degree programs.

We offer several accelerated BS/MS options for our students. Our faculty are actively engaged in collaborative interdisciplinary research within and across departments and institutions. Seven of our current faculty have received NSF CAREER awards. IS faculty members lead six research centers: the Center for Real‑time Distributed Sensing and Autonomy (CARDS), the Interactive Systems Research Center (ISRC), NSF HDR institute for Harnessing Data and Model Revolution in the Polar Regions (iHARP), the UMBC site of the Center for Advanced Real Time Analytics (CARTA), the Center for Research in Use‑Inspired Cyber‑Physical Systems (CYPRESS), and Center for Scalable Data and Computational Science (Scale

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UMBC is a public research university ranked as "R1", considered to be among the best research universities in the country. UMBC is a world leader in inclusive excellence in research and teaching. UMBC is ranked #12 among all U.S. universities in undergraduate teaching and #15 for innovation (US News). To continue to advance this goal, the Faculty Development Center provides excellent support, such as classroom observation, collection and analysis of student feedback, as well as regular workshops and pedagogical demonstrations.

Our students can leverage our location near government agencies, such as NIH, NASA, NSF, NIST, DOD, NIDILRR, and USGS. UMBC’s strategic location in the Baltimore‑Washington corridor puts us close to many high‑tech companies and local area medical and nursing schools as well. UMBC was recognized as a top place to work in 2023 by both Modern Think and the Baltimore Sun.

The department, college, and UMBC are deeply committed to the success of all of our faculty. We offer regular and structured support for faculty to develop a thriving and successful teaching career. The campus is close to both energetic urban centers and family‑friendly suburbs. Nearby cities such as Columbia and Ellicott City have been routinely ranked in the top 10 best places to live in the US by Money Magazine.

The successful candidate will be actively involved in online teaching and advising the department's students. This candidate will have experience in one or more areas of teaching that are relevant to our discipline, including technical areas such as cybersecurity, programming, databases, and/or management courses. The Information Systems (IS) Department is multi‑disciplinary, placing a strong emphasis on the theory and application of information systems.

Candidates must have earned a PhD or an equivalent degree in a relevant area. There is a pathway for promotion at UMBC from Assistant Teaching Professor, to Associate Teaching Professor to Teaching Professor.

All candidates are expected to demonstrate their commitment to…