Assistant/Associate Professor of Business Analytics
Tenure Track Position
Beginning August 2017
Position: The Operations & Supply Chain Management program in the Scott College of Business at Indiana
State University anticipates hiring a tenure‐track faculty member in Business Analytics beginning the 2017‐
18 academic year. Appointments at the rank of assistant or associate professor will be considered,
commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Qualifications: Candidates possessing an earned doctorate or ABD near completion from an AACSB accredited
business school or equivalent will be considered. The candidate’s area of study should be in
business analytics, management science/operations research, or related field. Experience and/or interest
in supply chain analytics is a plus. Candidates must demonstrate a strong commitment to excellence in
teaching business analytics and statistics courses at the undergraduate and MBA level. There is the
possibility of some teaching in an online environment. Candidates should also show potential for publishing
top quality research in the Analytics/SCM/OM field. Candidates who also possess business experience
and/or relevant industry certification (e.g. CAP, SAP, APICS) will be given special consideration.
Salary: Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Marketing and Operations Department: The successful candidate will be part of the Operations & Supply
Chain Management (OSCM) program, whose faculty offer an undergraduate major and minor with strong
experiential components. The OSCM Program is housed within the Marketing and Operations Department.
There are approximately twelve full‐time faculty members in the department.
College of Business: The Scott College of Business offers both MBA and undergraduate programs with a
variety of majors, including Operations & Supply Chain Management. Both the undergraduate and the MBA
programs are accredited by AACSB. For more information on the Scott College of Business, visit
http://www.indstate.edu/business/.
Indiana State University: A comprehensive university founded in 1865, Indiana State University is located
in Terre Haute, a city of 60,000. In addition to being a transportation and retail hub for the region, Terre
Haute serves as the cultural, medical, and athletic center for the quarter‐million people who live in westcentral
Indiana and east‐central Illinois. The University has approximately 1,800 employees and enrolls
approximately 14,000 undergraduate and graduate students in more than 100 degree programs that
extend to the doctoral level. Immersion in experiential learning and community engagement activities is a
cornerstone value of Indiana State University.
Application: Preliminary screening begins immediately and continues until the position is filled. For earliest
consideration, send letter of interest; vita; and names, addresses, and phone numbers of three references
to the following. Include your plans to attend the INFORMS and DSI conferences this fall.
Dr. Paul Schikora
Scott College of Business
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN 47809
Paul.Schikora@indstate.edu
This position is dependent upon final approval and funding at the university level. At that time, all
applications will need to be formally submitted through the university hiring site at http://jobs.indstate.edu.
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Concetta DePaolo
Professor, Operations & Supply Chain Management
Scott College of Business at Indiana State University
Terre Haute Indiana
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