Assistant Professor of Business Analytics & Data Science (Tenure Track)
Saint Mary's College of California
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Posted: 19-Nov-24
Location: Moraga, California
Type: Full-time
Internal Number: 5812312
Assistant Professor of Business Analytics & Data Science (Tenure Track)
Location: Moraga, CA Open Date: Nov 15, 2024 Deadline: Dec 15, 2024 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Description:Background:
The School of Economics and Business Administration at Saint Mary's College, accredited by the AACSB, seeks candidates for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant level for the Business Analytics & Data Science department, starting in the Academic Year 2025-26. Built on Catholic values and 150 years of Lasallian tradition in education, Saint Mary's College emphasizes social justice and global perspectives in its scholarly research, curricular and co-curricular programming. We are particularly interested in faculty candidates whose research and teaching interests will contribute to the department's intellectual activities.
Responsibilities:
Candidates will be expected to primarily teach courses that include Advanced Data Analytics, Cloud Computing, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, and the Business Analytics Capstone. However, candidates who can also teach courses in Data Visualization and Storytelling, Cybersecurity, or Databases will be given additional preference. Candidates are also expected to be proficient in multiple software packages (e.g., Python, Tableau, Power BI, R, SQL, MongoDB, etc.)
Preference will be given to candidates who demonstrate active research and cutting-edge methods in AI and its applications.
Duties will include:
Teaching and research at the undergraduate and graduate levels;
Advising students and serving on committees, as they contribute to the mission of the College;
Participation in College governance and service
Participation in departmental support and service
Development of an innovative undergraduate curriculum aligned with the College's three traditions.
Institutional Background
Saint Mary's College of California is a private, comprehensive, and coeducational university that engages students in rigorous critical thinking, promotes social justice, and educates for human fulfillment consistent with its liberal arts, Catholic and Lasallian traditions. The de La Salle Christian Brothers, the largest teaching order of the Roman Catholic Church, guide the spiritual and academic character of the College. An outstanding, committed faculty and staff who value shared inquiry, integrative learning, and student interaction bring Saint Mary's heritage to life. Located on a stunning 420-acre campus in the Moraga Hills outside of San Francisco, Saint Mary's is known for its rigorous liberal arts education and high-quality graduate programs, including business, education, counseling, leadership, and the arts. Saint Mary's has a diverse student body of approximately 4,000 students, and the College's practices and policies reflect a commitment to inclusive excellence and a community in which all are valued, respected and supported. For more information about Saint Mary's mission and history, see: https://www.stmarys-ca.edu/about-smc/our-mission
Salary Range
The salary range for this position is reflected in the Faculty Salary Scale, available here. In addition to base pay, salary supplementals are offered for these disciplines as determined by current Faculty Salary policies in consultation with the Dean and Provost. The salary range for this position is $100,000 to $140,000.
Qualifications:
Earned PhD in a field related to artificial intelligence, operations management, supply chain management, business analytics, computer science, engineering, statistics, or a closely related field is required before commencing his or her academic appointment.
Earned doctorate from an AACSB-accredited school or equivalent institution.
A strong record of publication or the promise of future research activity.
Demonstrated track record or potential for teaching excellence, scholarly research, and publication in the field.
Experience teaching, advising and mentoring a culturally and educationally diverse student body.
A commitment to excellence and growth in teaching
Demonstrated record of teaching or teaching potential, such as past teaching experience or experience as a graduate teaching assistant.
Desire to contribute to increasing diversity in the computing and data professions and supporting students from diverse backgrounds to be successful.
Our outstanding faculty and staff value shared inquiry, integrative learning, and student interaction both in and outside the classroom. About one-third of Saint Mary's students are first-generation-to-college, and the College has been designated as a Minority and Hispanic-Serving Institution. We seek candidates who can engage and support students of color, women, and underrepresented groups and are interested in participating in initiatives that aim to increase inclusivity.
The foundation for everything we do at Saint Mary's is our mission: To probe deeply the mystery of existence by cultivating the ways of knowing and the arts of thinking. Recognizing that the paths to knowledge are many, Saint Mary's College of California offers a diverse curriculum that includes the humanities, arts, sciences, social sciences, education, business administration and nursing, serving traditional students and adult learners in both undergraduate and graduate programs. As an institution where the liberal arts inform and enrich all areas of learning, it places special importance on fostering the intellectual skills and habits of mind, which liberate persons to probe deeply the mystery of existence and live authentically in response to the truths they discover. This liberation is achieved as faculty and students, led by wonder about the nature of reality, look twice, ask why, seek not merely facts but fundamental principles, strive for an integration of all knowledge and express themselves precisely and eloquently. To affirm and foster the Christian understanding of the human person which animates the educational mission of the Catholic Church. Saint Mary's College holds... that the mystery which inspires wonder about the nature of existence is revealed in the person of Jesus Christ giving a transcendent meaning to creation and human existence. Nourished by its Christian faith, the College understands the intellectual and spiritual journeys of the human person to be inextricably connected. It promotes the dialogue of faith and reason: it builds community among its members through the celebration of the church's sacramental life; it defends the goodness, dignity and freedom of each person, and fosters sensitivity to social and ethical concerns. Recognizing that all those who sincerely quest for truth contribute to and enhance its stature as a Catholic institution of higher learning, Saint Mary's welcomes members from its own and other traditions, inviting them to collaborate in fulfilling the spiritual mission of the College. To create a student-centered educational community whose members support one another with mutual understanding and respect. As a Lasallian college, Saint Mary's holds that students are given to its care by God and that teachers grow spiritually and personally when their work is motivated by faith and zeal. The College seeks students, faculty, administrators and staff from different social, economic and cultural backgrounds who come together to grow in knowledge, wisdom and love. A distinctive mark of a Lasallian school is its awareness of the consequences of economic and social injustice and its commitment to the poor. Its members learn to live "their responsibility to share their goods and their service with those who are in need, a responsibility based on the union of all men and women in the world today and on a clear understanding of the meaning of Christianity." (From: The Brothers of the Christian Schools in the World Today: A Declaration).The foundation for everything we do at Saint Mary's is our mission: To probe deeply the mystery of existence by cultivating the ways of knowing and the arts of thinking. Recognizing that the paths to knowledge are many, Saint Mary's College of California offers a diverse curriculum that includes the humanities, arts, sciences, social sciences, education, business administration and nursing, serving traditional students and adult learners in both undergraduate and graduate programs. As an institution where the liberal arts inform and enrich all areas of learning, it places special importance on fostering the intellectual skills and habits of mind, which liberate persons to probe deeply the mystery of existence and live authentically in response to the truths they discover. This liberation is achieved as faculty and students, led by wonder about the nature of reality, look twice, ask why, seek not merely facts but fundamental principles, strive for an integration of all knowledge and express themselves precisely and eloquently. To affirm and foster the Christian understanding of the human person which animates the educational mission of the Catholic Church. Saint Mary's College holds that the mystery which inspires wonder about the nature of existence is revealed in the person of Jesus Christ giving a transcendent meaning to creation and human existence. Nourished by its Christian faith, the College understands the intellectual and spiritual journeys of the human person to be inextricably connected. It promotes the dialogue of faith and reason: it builds community among its members through the celebration of the church's sacramental life; it defends the goodness, dignity and freedom of each person, and fosters sensitivity to social and ethical concerns. Recognizing that all those who sincerely quest for truth contribute to and enhance its stature as a Catholic institution of higher learning, Saint Mary's welcomes members from its own and other traditions, inviting them to collaborate in fulfilling the spiritual mission of the College. To create a student-centered educational community whose members support one another with mutual understanding and respect. As a Lasallian college, Saint Mary's holds that students are given to its care by God and that teachers grow spiritually and personally when their work is motivated by faith and zeal. The College seeks students, faculty, administrators and staff from different social, economic and cultural backgrounds who come together to grow in knowledge, wisdom and love. A distinctive mark of a Lasallian school is its awareness of the consequences of economic and social injustice and its commitment to the poor. Its members learn to live "their responsibility to share their goods and their service with those who are in need, a responsibility based on the union of all men and women in the world today and on a clear understanding of the meaning of Christianity." (From: The Brothers of the Christian Schools in the World Today: A Declaration).