Assistant Professor of Software Engineering

About Us

For more than 60 years, Kennesaw State University has been known for its entrepreneurial spirit and sense of community. A leader in innovative teaching and learning, Kennesaw State is located just north of Atlanta and combines a suburban setting on two metro-Atlanta campuses in Kennesaw and Marietta. As one of Georgia's largest universities, Kennesaw State offers undergraduate and graduate degrees to over 50,000 students.

Our high‑impact research, and Division I athletics also draw students from throughout the region and across the globe. A member of the University System of Georgia, Kennesaw State is a Carnegie-designated doctoral research institution (R2) committed to becoming a world‑class academic institution positioned to broaden its academic and research missions and expand its scope on a local, regional, and national level.

289605

Marietta, Georgia

Full Time

Regular

As our world grows more connected and complex, the Department of Software Engineering and Game Development makes our world more creative, too. A leader of innovative software development methodologies and first‑rate games, we construct reliable, secure and modern software and imagine immersive, extended realities and lush simulations. Our faculty's breadth of expertise, buoyed by the resource richness of the greater Atlanta area, offers our students support, opportunities and memorable moments to build magic.

Kennesaw State University is now accepting applications for full‑time, tenure‑track faculty positions as Assistant Professor of Software Engineering in the Department of Software Engineering and Game Development with a preferred start date of January 2026. These are nine‑month contracted positions. These positions are for work to be performed in the state of Georgia.

• Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in the area of software engineering
• Service reasonable for the tenure‑track Assistant Professor rank as assigned by the department
• Scholarship/Research expectations including actively seeking external research funding, guiding undergraduate and graduate research and publishing research results to prestigious conferences and journals

• A PhD degree, or the foreign equivalent, in computing, software engineering, computer science or a related discipline is required at the time of hire.

• CV
• Cover Letter
• Unofficial Transcripts (Official Transcripts and Official International Course‑by‑Course Evaluations Due Upon Hire)
• Names, phone numbers, and email addresses of at least 3 references
• Teaching philosophy and how you will advance student success at KSU
• Research interest

Review of applications will begin immediately. For full consideration, please apply by September 30, 2025.

For questions about this faculty opening, please contact Dr. Hassan Pournaghshband, hpournag.

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