Biography:Moez Limayem
Moez Limayem | |
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| 9th President of the University of South Florida | |
| Assumed office January 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Rhea Law |
| 7th President of the University of North Florida | |
| In office August 2022 – December 2025 | |
| Preceded by | David Syzmanski |
| Dean of USF Muma College of Business | |
| In office August 2012 – August 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Robert E. Forsythe |
| Succeeded by | Gert-Jan de Vreede |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tunisia |
| Citizenship | United States; Tunisia |
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Moez Limayem is a Tunisian–American academic administrator, scientist and scholar who is the current President of the University of South Florida. He assumed the role of the ninth president in 2026.[1] Prior to this role, he served as the seventh president of the University of North Florida from 2022 to 2025.[2]
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.[3][4]
In September 2025, a presidential search committee announced Limayem as the sole finalist as the ninth president of USF. On October 21, the unanimous decision by the Board of Trustees of his official selection was announced. His nomination was confirmed by the Florida Board of Governors on December 12, 2025, with expectation to assume presidency in 2026. [5]
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.[6][7][8]
Career
Limayem became the seventh President of the University of North Florida in August 2022.[9] Before UNF, he spent a decade as Dean of the Muma College of Business at the University of South Florida, starting in 2012.[10] 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.[11] He also has taught at renowned universities, including Université Laval in Canada, City University of Hong Kong and HEC Lausanne, Université de Lausanne in Switzerland, before landing at University of South Florida in 2012.[12] A founding member of the Mediterranean School of Business in Tunis, he has been teaching there as a visiting professor since 2004 [13][14]
Selected publications
- How habit limits the predictive power of intention: The case of information systems continuance[15]
- Straub, Detmar; Limayem, Moez; Karahanna-Evaristo, Elena (1 Aug 1995). ""Measuring System Usage: Implications for IS Theory Testing"". Management Science 41 (8): 1328–1342. https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/mnsc.41.8.1328.
- Limayem, Moez; Khalifa, Mohamed; Frini, Anissa (July 2000). "What makes consumers buy from Internet? A longitudinal study of online shopping". IEEE 30 (4): 421–432. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/852436.
Personal life
He is married to Alya Limayem, a biology professor.[16][17]
References
- ↑ "Florida Board of Governors confirms Moez Limayem as USF’s next president" (in en). December 12, 2025. https://www.usf.edu/news/2025/florida-board-of-governors-confirms-moez-limayem-as-usfs-next-president.aspx.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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/.
- ↑ "UNF welcomes new President, Moez Limayem" (in en). 2023-04-14. https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/unf-welcomes-new-president-moez-limayem/72Z3RFAK7BG43AMFT5DBBT2WXY/.
- ↑ https://www.usf.edu/news/2025/florida-board-of-governors-confirms-moez-limayem-as-usfs-next-president.aspx
- ↑ "5 Things to Know about New USF Business Dean". http://www.wusf.org/5-things-to-know-about-new-usf-business-dean/.
- ↑ "Moez Limayem". IEEE Xplore Author Details. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37085319900.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "UNF: President Moez Limayem". https://www.unf.edu/president/.
- ↑ "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/.
- ↑ "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/.
- ↑ "Moez Limayem" (in fr-FR). https://www.jeuneafrique.com/131569/archives-thematique/moez-limayem/.
- ↑ "La Mediterranean School of Business honore les diplômés de Licence et de Master". 24 June 2012. https://directinfo.webmanagercenter.com/2016/08/01/la-mediterranean-school-of-business-honore-les-diplomes-de-licence-et-de-master/.
- ↑ "Le Tunisien Moez Limayem désigné doyen à l'université de South Florida". 1 August 2016. https://www.leaders.com.tn/article/8750-le-tunisien-moez-limayem-designe-doyen-a-l-universite-de-south-florida.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "President Moez Limayem" (in en). https://www.unf.edu/president/biography.html.
- ↑ 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/.
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