As one of the nation's most innovative public R1 research universities, VCU brings together learning, discovery, creativity, service, and impact in ways few institutions can match. Located in the heart of Richmond, Virginia, VCU is a premier urban research university where bold ideas are encouraged, disciplinary boundaries are crossed, and ambitious scholars find the resources and community to turn vision into reality.
We are seeking an accomplished faculty member and leader to join the Information Systems Department at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The ideal candidate will bring a bold research vision at the intersection of artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, and healthcare systems. The successful candidate will be an exceptional scholar and visionary whose impactful scholarship, attracts top talent and inspires students. This is an opportunity for someone who sees possibilities rather than constraints and who is energized by building new capacity.
At VCU, you will join a community that embraces excellence, rewards innovation, and supports ambitious ideas. Your success will be backed by meaningful institutional investment, competitive compensation, strong benefits, and supportive, motivated colleagues.
We value differing perspectives and believe the most significant breakthroughs happen when talented people come together around a shared purpose.
If you are looking for a platform to help shape a field, strengthen an institution, and mentor the next generation of scholars and leaders, we invite you to learn more about this opportunity.
The VCU School of Business
The Information Systems Department is housed in the VCU School of Business , which advances research that shapes new thinking in business and policy. Scholars here thrive in an environment that values high-impact research, innovative teaching, and cross-disciplinary collaboration and are supported by strong industry partnerships and robust research resources.
Offering bachelor's, master's, certificate and doctoral programs, the School ranks among the top six percent of business schools worldwide. Nearly 4,000 students each year gain the knowledge, skills and experience to succeed in a rapidly changing business environment, and leading national employers actively recruit VCU Business graduates.
The School's location in Virginia's capital connects faculty to a vibrant ecosystem of corporations, startups, nonprofits, healthcare organizations and government agencies that create rich opportunities for research, partnership and impact.
This isn't business as usual. It's innovation at work.
The Information Systems Department
The Department of Information Systems brings together scholars with expertise in artificial intelligence, analytics, digital technologies, healthcare delivery, information credibility, cybersecurity and related fields. Faculty share a commitment to rigorous, relevant scholarship, meaningful mentorship, intellectual generosity and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
The School's Human-AI ColLab provides a powerful platform for this work, supporting research on how people, organizations, information systems and artificial intelligence interact. The ColLab enables scholars to launch new research initiatives, engage students, build external partnerships and advance human-centered, responsible AI.
For a scholar ready to build something consequential, help shape the direction of a school and university, and create a lasting academic legacy, VCU offers a distinctive platform to lead.
Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will maintain an internationally recognized research program, produce impactful scholarship, secure external funding and provide intellectual leadership in transdisciplinary research involving artificial intelligence, digital technologies and healthcare systems and markets.
The role offers opportunities to shape the School’s strategic research agenda, develop cross-campus initiatives and expand research partnerships. The candidate will build collaborations across the School of Business, VCU Health and other university units; mentor junior faculty and doctoral students; teach information systems courses; contribute to curriculum development; and provide academic and professional service.
Through research, collaboration and leadership, the successful candidate will contribute substantially to the School’s national and international academic reputation.
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications
- A Ph.D. and an internationally recognized research program in information systems that integrates artificial intelligence and advanced analytics within healthcare systems;

