Tenure-Track Position - Operations & Decision Sciences
The School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level in the Operations & Decision Sciences Area starting July 1, 2013.
Qualifications for the position include a Ph.D. or completion of a PhD within one year and strong records or promise in both research and teaching. Preference may be given to candidates with research and teaching interests in operations and supply chain management, and/or management science.
Successful candidates for the position must have:
- exceptional research potential including the ability (a) to publish in top-tier journals and (b) to maintain a highly productive research agenda;
- the ability to effectively teach core decision sciences, business analytics, supply chain management, and operations management courses at the undergraduate and graduate (MBA, MSc, and PhD) levels.
The school has over one hundred full-time faculty and more than three thousand undergraduate and graduate students on campuses in Waterloo and Toronto, Ontario. Waterloo, where the main campus is located, is a highly innovative and dynamic region, and is home to a number of leading high technology firms. With a mission to achieve excellence in management education, the school offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, including BBA, MBA, MSc, and PhD. Laurier’s undergraduate and graduate business programs are accredited by the AACSB. For more information, please visit www.wlu.ca/sbe/ods.
Wilfrid Laurier University is committed to employment equity and values diversity. We welcome applications from qualified women and men, including persons of all genders and sexual orientations, persons with disabilities, Aboriginal persons, and persons of a visible minority. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Members of the designated groups must self-identify to be considered for employment equity. Candidates may self-identify, in confidence, to Dr. Peter Carayannopoulos (contact details below). Further information on the equity policy can be found at http://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=2465&p=10545.
All positions are subject to budgetary approval. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a summary of research objectives and best/selected research article(s) along with a teaching summary that includes a brief description of their teaching experience and effectiveness including teaching evaluations, if available. Applicants should arrange for at least three academic referees to submit reference letters to odsptac@wlu.ca at the time of application. Electronic applications are encouraged and all applications must include the Position Number in their application.
Faculty members will attend the INFORMS and DSI conferences. Please send expressions of interest in order to schedule appointments to Dr. Sapna Isotupa (sisotupa@wlu.ca) for the INFORMS conference and to Dr. Hamid Noori(hnoori@wlu.ca) for the DSI conference.
The review of all applications will commence on November 26th, 2012 and continue until the position is filled. Please direct your application quoting Position Number 2013-04 to:
Dr. Peter Carayannopoulos
Associate Dean of Business: Faculty Development & Research
School of Business and Economics
Wilfrid Laurier University
75 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5, CANADA
Email: odsptac@wlu.ca.