Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems

Title:Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems

Division: Provosts Office

Department: Romain College of Business

FLSA Status:Exempt

Salary Range:Annual Salary

EEO Job Group:2 C5

Position Summary

The University of Southern Indianas Management and Information Sciences Department housed in the Romain College of Business is excited to invite applications for a 9-month tenure-track Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems (CIS) to begin Spring or Fall 2026.

Duties/Responsibilities

The successful candidate will engage in dynamic teaching quality research and service. The standard teaching load for a tenure-track faculty member in the Romain College is three courses per semester with possible opportunities for additional teaching in the summer if desired. The teaching load may include a variety of CIS courses ranging from the introductory CIS course for all business majors to major-specific and MBA courses. In addition to teaching the successful candidate will be expected to maintain an active program of scholarship leading to publications in quality peer-reviewed journals and engage in service to the college university and beyond.

Required Knowledge and Skills

Candidates must hold a doctoral degree in Computer Information Systems (CIS) Management Information Systems (MIS) or a comparable field. Doctoral candidates will be considered if the terminal degree will be completed by the end of their first year of employment. If employment starts in August 2026 terminal degree must be completed by the end of July 2027. Additionally candidates must be qualified as Scholarly Academic (SA) according to Romain College qualifications standards. Candidates must also demonstrate a commitment to effective teaching and student success.

About the College

The Romain College of Business is dual accredited by the AACSB for business and accounting and plays an important role in the economic and social development of the region. The College currently enrolls approximately 1100 undergraduate business majors across eight different programs and more than 1000 MBA students across multiple concentrations. The College also operates several state-of-the-art labs providing faculty access to high quality resources for teaching and research. These labs include the Biometrics Discovery Lab the Judith A. and Robert E. Griffin Experimental Economics Laboratory and the Textual Analytics and Publishing Lab.
The successful candidate will join the Romain College at an exciting time. The Romain Colleges value proposition is leveraging technology in unique ways to build mark-leading competencies in a personalized co-created learning environment. To better realize this value proposition the College is launching a new Center for Applied Business Technologies which includes reimagining the first floor of the already impressive Business and Engineering Center. Opportunities abound for a new faculty member in CIS.

About the Department

The Department of Management and Information Sciences one of three departments in the Romain College houses programs in Computer Information Systems Computer Science Management and Business Administration. The CIS programs and faculty benefit from close collaboration with faculty in Computer Science thanks to the unique arrangement of housing Computer Science in the business school. CIS faculty lead a major with two tracks (Data Analytics and Applied Technologies) two certificates (Cybersecurity and Data Analytics for Business) one post-baccalaureate certificate and two minors. More information about the Romain College of Business and the CIS discipline can be found at and Process