The Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business at UW-Milwaukee invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the assistant or associate professor level beginning fall 2009.  Qualified candidates must have an earned Ph.D. in Business Administration or closely related field by August 2009, with a major in Operations Management/Supply Chain Management and have both strong research and teaching potential.  Preference will be given to candidates with an established record of research and quality teaching as evidenced in evaluations.  The selected candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in Production and Operations Management perform research to obtain publications in top-tier and highly regarded journals, and advise students and serve on faculty committees to further the educational goals of the School.

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is a major urban university, committed to academic excellence, located in the commercial and industrial hub of Wisconsin.  The campus is in a pleasant residential neighborhood on Milwaukee’s northeast side, only a few blocks from Lake Michigan.  UW-Milwaukee is one of the two “doctoral cluster” campuses in the 13-campus University of Wisconsin System, with a student enrollment of approximately 25,000. The newly-dedicated Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business is accredited by the AACSB at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.  It offers BBA, MBA, Executive MBA, MS and Ph.D. degree programs.  A total of 75 full-time faculty members bring an impressive range of expertise to the School, with doctorates and advanced training from some of the country’s leading universities. Lubar Hall is technologically sophisticated, with all its classrooms equipped with multimedia command consoles networked to the School’s computer systems.  Additional information is available at our Web site http://www.uwm.edu/business.

Applicants wishing consideration must apply online at www.jobs.uwm.edu.  Review of applicants begins 12/01/2008 and will continue until position is filled.  As part of a commitment to increasing the diversity of its faculty, the Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business is particularly interested in receiving applications from underrepresented groups.  The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is an AA/EEO employer.  All finalist candidates will require a criminal records review consistent with the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act.  For the UWM Campus Security Report see http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/OSL/CleryAct.

For further information contact Professor Layth C. Alwan at alwan@uwm.edu, 414-229-6253.