Description
The W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University invites applications for two full time 9-month Senior Educator/Instructor positions, one in Management Information Systems (MIS) and the other in Business Analytics (BA). The instructor teaching load will be 4 courses (3-credits each) in fall semester and 4 courses in spring semester. The start date is August 8th, 2022. Potential candidates will teach undergraduate and graduate classes. BA and MIS instructors will teach courses like Introduction to Business Analytics and Introduction to MIS courses, respectively. Candidates will primarily teach face to face but should be willing to teach using other instructional modalities (online, blended) and engage with the local businesses and the larger community to provide applied learning opportunities for the students. Candidates are expected to engage in different service activities at the department, college, university, profession, and local community.
Wichita, KS is known as "The Air Capital of the World" given the large number of aircraft manufacturing companies that call Wichita home. The Barton School of Business works closely with the business community, which provides research opportunities for faculty and keeps our curriculum relevant. The candidate will be a faculty member in the department of Finance, Real Estate, and Decision Sciences (FREDS), which offers programs in Finance, MIS, BA, and Supply Chain with a cross-disciplinary focus that give students the skills to bridge functional business areas by applying expertise in analytics, information systems, and/or supply chain management. For more information on the department, please check the website http://www.wichita.edu/freds, and for full job requirement information, please visit http://jobs.wichita.edu.
Requirements
Qualified candidates must hold a graduate degree in MIS, BA or a closely related area, have at least 2 year of industry experience, and have teaching or training experience. Preference will be given to candidates with graduate degrees from an AACSB accredited institution that have teaching interests in IT and analytics. Candidates must also demonstrate excellent oral and written communications skills.
Qualified candidates should submit their full application package on the People Admin site of the university at http://jobs.wichita.edu (position numbers 991070 and 991071).
Wichita State University does not discriminate in its employment practices, educational programs, or activities on the basis of age, ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, political affiliation, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a veteran.
All employees of Wichita State University are expected to support the WSU Vision, Mission and Values and to help foster an environment rich in diversity of culture, thoughts and experience. Candidates for faculty positions should be able to demonstrate the ability to effectively educate and empower a diverse student population.
Offers of employment are contingent upon completion of a satisfactory criminal background check as required by Board of Regents policy.
About Wichita State University
Wichita State is distinctive for opening pathways to applied learning, applied research and career opportunities, alongside unsurpassed classroom, laboratory, and online education. The university's beautiful 330-acre main campus is a supportive, rapidly expanding learn-work-live-play environment, where students gain knowledge and credentials to prepare for fulfilling lives and careers. Students enjoy a wide selection of day, evening, and summer courses in more than 200 areas of study at the main campus and other locations throughout the metro area and online. WSU's approximately 16,000 students come from every state in the U.S. and more than 100 other countries. Wichita State's Innovation Campus is an interconnected community of partnership buildings, laboratories, and mixed-use areas where students, faculty, staff, entrepreneurs, and businesses have access to the university's vast resources and technology. The Barton School of Business will be moving into a new, state-of-the-art building adjacent to the WSU Innovation Campus beginning in Fall of 2022. For more information, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/wichitastate and Facebook at www.facebook.com/wichitastate.
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Ross Gruetzemacher
Assistant Professor of Business Analytics
Wichita State University
Wichita KS
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