University of Tennessee, Knoxville, School of Information Sciences

Application deadline: Open until filled

The School of Information Sciences in the College of Communication and Information (CCI) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK), seeks two Assistant Professors for 9-month, tenure-track positions to start in August 2023. The successful candidates will conduct research, teach, and advise students in our ALA-accredited master’s degree program, college-wide doctoral program, and the undergraduate program in Information Sciences. Teaching modes include face-to-face, synchronous online, asynchronous online, and hybrid. School, college, university, and professional service are also expected.

Applications from individuals with research and/or teaching interests in one or more of the following areas are especially welcome (listed in alphabetical, not priority, order):

• Archives, records management, and/or special collections
• Data science and/or computational social science
• Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)/User Experience Design (UXD)
• Information retrieval and Interaction
• Information security/integrity and/or cybersecurity
• Machine learning, artificial intelligence, human-AI interaction, and ethical/social AI
• Public librarianship
• School librarianship

We are particularly interested in applicants with research and teaching interests in areas that extend the school’s areas of expertise and make theoretical/practical contributions to the library and information science field to strengthen its identity. Experience in industry, or other professional settings, is also a plus.

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Florida State University, School of Information

Application Deadline: Review of applications will begin November 15, 2022 and continue until the position is filled.

We are seeking faculty colleagues with interdisciplinary, sociotechnical systems research interests. Candidates should be able to articulate a research agenda that fits within the broader research interests of the iSchool and demonstrate the ability to work effectively within a highly interdisciplinary environment. Portfolios of research and teaching could include human-computer interaction, cybersecurity, human-centered computing, user experience (UX), data management, data science, social, and cultural informatics. 

Successful applicants will be expected to teach at all levels, including courses in the school's bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs; experience with teaching online, as well as face-to-face, is preferred. Faculty typically teach 2 courses per semester (fall and spring) each academic year. All faculty members are expected to advise students and to serve on School, College, and University committees.

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University of Texas at Austin, School of Information

Prioritized consideration date: October 3, 2022

• • Cultural Heritage Informatics
  • Health Informatics
  • Human-Centered Data Science
  • Social Informatics
  • Social Justice Informatics
  • User Experience (UX) Design

We are particularly interested in information scholars who have expertise that spans more than one concentration or focuses on the intersections of these concentrations. Successful candidates will address the human and/or societal implications of information and technology. Candidates focused on human-centered design and use of information technology for human benefit, social good, and/or social justice in local and global contexts will fit well within the culture of our school and are particularly encouraged to apply.

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University of Maryland, College Park, College of Information Studies

Best consideration date: December 15, 2022

The College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park (iSchool) invites applications for an open rank tenured or tenure track faculty position in the area of data visualization and visual analytics. The iSchool particularly seeks candidates whose scholarship and teaching interests are centered and focused on one or more of the following areas:

●      Data visualization;

●      Visual analytics;

●      Ubiquitous, immersive, and situated analytics; and

●      Human-computer interaction for visual data representations.

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Next review date: November 7, 2022

The Department of Computational Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for up to a tenured associate professor in Human Computer Interaction.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status. UC Santa Cruz is committed to excellence through diversity and strives to establish a climate that welcomes, celebrates, and promotes respect for the contributions of all students and employees. Inquiries regarding the University’s equal employment opportunity policies may be directed to the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the University of California, Santa Cruz, CA or by phone at (831) 459-2686.

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University at Buffalo, Department of Information Science

Best consideration date: October 31, 2022

The Department of Information Science in the Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York (SUNY) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position to start in Fall 2023. The department has a long history of research excellence and innovative teaching. We value collaboration and collegiality in all our endeavors and are committed to advancing the knowledge and application of the field towards information justice and equity, social responsibility and responsiveness, and critical librarianship and information science. We strive to create a learning environment where our students can examine questions of equity, diversity and inclusion in response to current and critical issues facing the field through our programs: an ALA-accredited MS in Information and Library Science, an MS in School Librarianship, an Advanced Studies Certificate, and a Ph.D. in Information Science.

Our department is particularly interested in expanding its expertise in emerging and critical scholarship that directly addresses information science and its intersection with social issues and the public good. More specifically, we seek an outstanding scholar whose research and teaching focus on the ways information science connects with issues of race, gender, poverty, culture, society, and technology. We are looking for a colleague who will contribute to the department in at least one of the following areas:

·       Multicultural information ethics and policy (e.g., digital divide; information access, moderating hate speech)

·       Equity and health informatics (e.g., disparities in health care for minoritized populations)

·       Inclusive data science and/or data management (e.g., algorithmic bias; Indigenous knowledge organization)

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Deadline: September 9, 2022

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