Associate or Full Professor, MIS (Tenured)

The University of Arizona Management Information Systems (MIS) Department is recruiting a tenured Associate/Full Professor for the 2026-2027 academic year. Areas of emphasis in the department include artificial intelligence, analytics, cybersecurity, and healthcare.

With a strong national and international reputation as an agile, innovative, and research-oriented department, MIS is well poised to meet the challenge of serving the evolving research, learning, service, and teaching needs of a premier 21st century discipline.

The MIS Department is one of the six academic departments in the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona. Founded in 1974, the department was a pioneer in defining and advancing the field of Information Systems. Since its inception, the MIS Department has made outstanding contributions to the field, both by creating relevant and impactful research and by offering leading edge educational programs. The department has well-established and highly successful research centers that have generated over $200M in funded research projects since the 1980's. MIS faculty members have also been successful with technology transfer initiatives through successful commercialization of their research. The department has been ranked in the top 5 in the field of information systems for over 30 years.

The MIS Department offers undergraduate, masters, and PhD programs in MIS. Over 5,000 students, including 250 PhD students, have graduated from these programs. US News & World Report currently ranks the undergraduate program #4 and the MS program #3 among all universities. The MIS Department is also home to multiple research centers including the Artificial Intelligence Lab, the Center for the Management of Information, and the INSITE Business Intelligence and Analytics Center.

Outstanding U of A benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; sick leave and holidays; U of A/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to U of A recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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• Actively contribute to the intellectual environment in our department through research, teaching, and service.
• Conduct research leading to high quality publications. The department has a long history of extramural funding and the expectation is that the applicant will contribute on that dimension.
• Teach courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels in traditional and online classrooms
• Mentor student, both undergraduate and graduate.
• Participate in outreach and contribute to departmental, college, and university service.

• PhD in Management Information Systems or related field.
• An active research agenda and a record of research excellence as evidenced by publications in top academic journals.
• Excellence in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels as demonstrated by teaching evaluations.
• Experience teaching in online graduate or undergraduate programs, MBA, executive education programs, and/or doctoral education.

Preference will be given to candidates with:

• Evidence of outstanding research and teaching background in artificial intelligence.
• Demonstrated ability to obtain extramural funding.