Assistant Professor of Business Information System

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.

The Department of Accounting and Business Information Systems at Eastern Connecticut State University invites applications for a tenure-track position in Business Information Systems at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, beginning Fall 2027.

The successful candidate will contribute to a growing Business Information Systems (BIS) program that prepares students for roles in business, technology, data, and organizational decision-making across the insurance, manufacturing, healthcare, information technology, and public sectors. We seek a faculty member who can contribute to teaching and student advising and maintain an active program of scholarly and/ or professional activity cons'istent with departmental and university expectations.

The successful candidate will contribute to curriculum innovation in response to rapid developments in information technology and its applications to work systems. The successful candidate may collaborate with faculty within the department and across disciplines on new courses, certificates, and other workforce-responsive programming. The successful candidate will also support experiential learning, internships, student projects and research, and career preparation consistent with the program's applied and workforce-connected identity.

The successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate courses in Business Information Systems. Areas of teaching need 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 successful candidate may also contribute to the development and teaching of Liberal Arts Curriculum (ELAC) courses that situate information systems and technology within broader modes of inquiry and human experience.

As a public liberal arts university, Eastern emphasizes learning that crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries. Candidates should demonstrate the capacity and intellectual fluency to teach and work effectively with students from multiple disciplines and with varying levels of technical preparation. The successful candidate should be able to make information systems and technical concepts accessible and relevant to students both within and outside of business, while connecting technology, data, organizational work systems, and decision-making to questions, problems, and applications across disciplines.

• A doctorate in Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Business Information Systems, or a…