Visiting Assistant / Associate Professor of Information Systems / AI at Catawba College (North Carolina, USA)
About the Position
The Ketner School of Business at Catawba College ("Catawba") welcomes applications for the position of Visiting Assistant / Associate Professor of Information Systems / Artificial Intelligence beginning August 2025. We seek dynamic and engaged faculty who are passionate about teaching, mentorship, and program development with an emphasis on applied learning and industry collaboration.We welcome applicants with academic or industry backgrounds in artificial intelligence, computer science, data science, information systems, or related fields. Candidates should have experience applying AI, data analytics, or IT solutions in practice, whether through industry work, consulting, and/or research. A doctoral degree in information systems, computer science, data science, or a closely related discipline is preferred, but candidates with a master's degree and significant industry experience will be strongly considered.Key Responsibilities:Teach undergraduate courses in information systems, computer science, artificial intelligence, data science/analytics, and related areas.Advise and mentor students, including those interested in career pathways in AI, IT, and data science.Contribute to curriculum development and program innovation to align with industry trends.Engage in service activities for the Ketner School of Business and the College.Collaborate with faculty and industry partners to enhance experiential learning opportunities for students.Participate in interdisciplinary initiatives, including potential collaboration with business, environmental science, healthcare, and other programs.If desired, develop courses for Catawba's Honors Program and/or regularly offer a section of the First-Year Seminar as part of their teaching responsibilitiesWe especially welcome candidates with expertise or interests in areas such as:Digital transformation and emerging technologies such as Generative AISustainability & Green IS/ITHealth IT and technology applications in healthcareBusiness intelligence & decision support systemsCybersecurity and data governance
About the Ketner School of Business
The Ralph W. Ketner School of Business embodies Catawba College's mission to provide an education rich in personal attention that blends the knowledge and competencies of liberal studies with career preparation. Ketner offers a broad range of undergraduate majors, an MBA program, and access to unique internship, co-curricular, and experiential education opportunities. Faculty at the Ketner School also contribute to an online BBA program targeted towards non-traditional learners. The Ketner School of Business is a member of the ClimateCAP Initiative and received a Level 4 rating from the Positive Impact Rating (PIR) association in 2024.
About Catawba College
Founded in 1851 and perennially ranked as one of the best colleges in the South, Catawba College provides an education focused on an institutional philosophy of a liberal education, which entails a broad range of knowledge, intellectual and practical skills, and individual and social responsibility fostered and developed in all academic programs. Catawba offers 70 academic majors to nearly 1,400 students hailing from 34 U.S. states and 19 foreign countries. Like the student body, the Catawba faculty, constituting nearly 100 full-time members, is broadly diverse.
Catawba College's scenic campus is located within the historic piedmont city of Salisbury, North Carolina, (pop. 36,000), part of the greater Charlotte metropolitan area. Spread out over 276 wooded acres and 41 buildings, the campus is a beautiful blend of neogothic architecture set on a shaded hillside adjacent to the Center for the Environment facility and the ecological preserve. Centrally located, it is only two hours away from the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina and four hours away from some of the best beaches on the Atlantic Coast. Salisbury is a 45-minute drive from Charlotte Douglas International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the United States (9th nationwide in passenger traffic in 2023) with links to numerous domestic and overseas destinations.
In August 2024, Catawba College received a $200 million anonymous gift to its endowment, the third transformative gift of its kind in three years. One-third of the annual distributions of this gift will provide funding for programs that support environmental education and sustainability. In the coming years, the Smokestack, a reclamation of the College's old coal power plant, will be renovated according to Living Building Challenge standards and will provide an additional 10,000 square feet of student space. A new 150-bed residence hall is scheduled for completion in August 2026 and is pursuing Passive House certification. In April 2023, Catawba became the 13th college campus in the United States to achieve carbon neutrality and the 1st in North Carolina to attain this distinction.
Applicants must submit the following materials to email@example.com:
· A letter of application;· Curriculum Vitae;· A statement of teaching philosophy (including evidence of teaching effectiveness, if available);· Evidence of scholarship (maximum of three examples); and· Contact information for three (3) professional references; references will not be contacted until candidates have successfully advanced through the initial stages of the selection process.
Review of completed applications continues until the position is filled.
Informal enquiries about the position should be directed to Dean Imran Chowdhury, firstname.lastname@example.org.