Professor of the Practice - Part Time

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our strategic plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1. Students are our top priority.

2. We strive for excellence.

3. We thrive on diversity.

4. We celebrate collaboration.

5. We champion innovation.

6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.

8. We act ethically.

9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Georgia Institute of Technology campus, George Tower, Atlanta, GA

The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) is undertaking a multi-year effort to strengthen its undergraduate education through an Educational Strategic Initiative organized around systems thinking, business and technical communication, Decision AI, and experiential and project-based learning. Central to this effort is building a connected pathway of design experiences from a new first-year course through Cornerstone Design and Senior Design that engages students in real-world systemic problems from their first semester onward.

The Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems (CHHS) applies ISyE methods to improve health and humanitarian outcomes worldwide, working with government agencies, NGOs, and industry partners on problems ranging from supply chain design to public health logistics. CHHS connects research, education, and practice, including professional education programs such as the Health and Humanitarian Supply Chain Management certificate. This position sits at the intersection of these two efforts. The successful candidate will contribute to:

Supporting ISyE's educational portfolio through design and experiential learning experiences, industry and community connections, and student professional development.

Supporting CHHS's mission in an advisory capacity through educational and partnership input.

ISYE Educational Initiatives (40%)

Develop and deliver curricular and co-curricular experiences, starting with high-priority initiatives, such as:

Build and launch new design experiences and/or courses that connect with the existing curriculum (Cornerstone Design, Senior Design, etc.) and expose first-year ISyE students to real-world systemic applications in multiple fields (e.g., healthcare, supply chains)

Deliver lectures in professional experience and/or health system focused courses (e.g., ISYE 2801, ISYE 4510, etc.)

Advise/mentor students and project teams on professional career development

CHHS Advisory & Consulting Support - (9%)

Contribute subject-matter expertise and advisory input to advance high-priority CHHS goals, such as:

Advise CHHS leadership on the strategic direction and positioning of the Health and Humanitarian Supply Chain Management (HHSCM) certificate, including content relevance and enrollment growth.

Inform the design of global health and humanitarian professional experiences for students, drawing on partner relationships and practitioner insight.

Consult on partnerships and high-priority on/off-campus events and programs as opportunities arise.

This is an open rank search. The final job offer will be dependent on candidate qualifications in alignment with non-tenure track academic faculty ranks as outlined in section 3.2.2 of the Georgia Tech Faculty Handbook (https://www.policylibrary.gatech.edu/faculty-handbook/3.2.2-non-tenure-track-academic-faculty-members-hiring-and-promotion-guideline)

Distinguished professional career with at least 10 years of progressively responsible leadership and/or technical experience in a field relevant to Industrial and Systems Engineering.

National or international recognition for professional accomplishments.

Demonstrated ability to contribute to teaching, mentoring, and engagement with industry, government, or other external partners.

Master's degree in a relevant discipline required; doctorate preferred (depending on the specific role).

Applicants should submit:

A letter of application

Curriculum vitae

A teaching statement and (if available) teaching evaluations

The names and contact information for three references.

Application materials should be submitted as PDF files.

Requests for information may be directed to the search committee chair, Dr. Dima Nazzal, dima.nazzal@isye.gatech.edu. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 25 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The Institute is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and Institute policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Equal opportunity and decisions based on merit are fundamental values of the University System of Georgia ("USG") and Georgia Tech. Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of an individual's race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

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