Biography:Moez Limayem

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Moez Limayem
7th President of the University of North Florida
Assumed office
August 1, 2022
Preceded byDavid M. Szymanski
Dean of USF Muma College of Business
In office
August 2012 – August 2022
Preceded byRobert E. Forsythe
Succeeded byGert-Jan de Vreede
Personal details
BornTunisia
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma mater

Moez Limayem is a Tunisian–American academic administrator, scientist and scholar who is the current President of the University of North Florida. He assumed the role of the seventh president in 2022.[1]

Previously, Limayem served as the Lynn Pippenger Dean of the Muma College of Business at the University of South Florida since 2012. During his deanship at USF, he raised over $126 million in donations for the college.[2][3]

Early life and education

Limayem was born in Tunisia and is proficient in six languages. He earned his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the University of Tunis, Tunisia. He later received an MBA and a PhD in Information Systems from the University of Minnesota, where he started his teaching career.[4][5][6]

Career

Limayem became the seventh President of the University of North Florida in August 2022.[7] Before UNF, he spent a decade as Dean of the Muma College of Business at the University of South Florida, starting in 2012.[8] Before USF, Limayem was part of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, where he held the position of associate dean for research and graduate programs.[9]

Selected publications

Personal life

He is married to Alya Limayem, a biology professor.[11][12]

References

  1. "Florida Board of Governors confirms Dr. Moez Limayem as UNF’s seventh president" (in en). June 30, 2022. https://www.unf.edu/newsroom/2022/06/President-Limayem-confirmation.html. 
  2. Wolfe, Wes (2022-06-30). "Board of Governors confirms USF’s Moez Limayem as next UNF President" (in en-US). https://floridapolitics.com/archives/536268-bog-usf-limayem-unf/. 
  3. "UNF welcomes new President, Moez Limayem" (in en). 2023-04-14. https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/unf-welcomes-new-president-moez-limayem/72Z3RFAK7BG43AMFT5DBBT2WXY/. 
  4. "5 Things to Know about New USF Business Dean". http://www.wusf.org/5-things-to-know-about-new-usf-business-dean/. 
  5. "Moez Limayem". IEEE Xplore Author Details. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37085319900. 
  6. "Statewide education: UNF President Moez Limayem on the challenges of his first year". 23 June 2023. https://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2023/06/23/unf-president-moez-limayem.html. 
  7. "UNF: President Moez Limayem". https://www.unf.edu/president/. 
  8. "Former USF business dean Moez Limayem is confirmed as UNF president". https://www.wusf.org/former-usf-business-dean-moez-limayem-is-confirmed-as-unf-president/. 
  9. "The Top Newsmakers of 2022: Moez Limayem" (in en). 2022-12-30. https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/news/2022/dec/30/the-top-newsmakers-of-2022-moez-limayem/. 
  10. Limayem, Moez; Hirt, Sabine Gabriele; Cheung, Christy M. K. (2007). "How Habit Limits the Predictive Power of Intention: The Case of Information Systems Continuance". MIS Quarterly 31 (4): 705–737. doi:10.2307/25148817. ISSN 0276-7783. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25148817. 
  11. "President Moez Limayem" (in en). https://www.unf.edu/president/biography.html. 
  12. Bloch, Emily. "7 questions for UNF's seventh president, President Moez Limayem" (in en-US). https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/education/2022/10/10/meet-moez-limayem-university-north-florida-new-president-unf/7939024001/.