George Mason University, Department of Information Sciences and Technology 

Deadline: Dec. 7, 2021

The George Mason University iSchool invites applications for multiple tenure-track or tenured faculty positions beginning Fall 2022. Senior candidates with established records of outstanding research and excellent teaching will be eligible for tenured Associate Professor or Professor positions.

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Pennsylvania State University, College of Information Sciences and Technology 

Deadline: Dec. 11, 2021

The iSchool at The Pennsylvania State University seeks applicants for multiple positions spanning two broad initiatives: 

Faculty Positions in Data Sciences and Artificial Intelligence: As part of a major multi-year faculty hiring initiative in Data Science (DS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), the iSchool invites applications for multiple, open-rank, tenure-line faculty positions in Data Sciences (DS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) beginning in Fall 2022. Learn more

Faculty Positions In Artificial Intelligence, Computational and Data Sciences: The iSchool and the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) at The Pennsylvania State University--University Park invite applications for open-rank tenure-line faculty positions in AI beginning in Fall 2022. IST will serve as the tenure home. Learn more

Kent State University, School of Information

Deadline: Dec. 5, 2021

The Kent State iSchool invites applicants for a full-time, tenure track position in School Librarianship. The iSchool is part of the College of Communication and Information (CCI), a unique collaboration that brings together five distinct but interrelated fields of study – media, design, communication, information, and digital technologies. CCI faculty are creative, dynamic, and interdisciplinary and the iSchool seeks candidates that fully embrace the opportunities that the College offers for transdisciplinary collaboration among our fields.

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University at Albany, Center of Excellence 

Deadline: Feb. 1, 2022

The Center of Excellence is a state-funded organization that focuses on “realworld” problems in New York state. This particular work is a NOAA funded project that includes scientists with backgrounds in meteorology, modeling, communications, hazard assessment and mitigation, and more. This position will work extensively with observations from the New York State Mesonet (NYSM), as well as networks maintained by the NYSM such as the Con Edison micronet. Other networks of opportunity such as ASOS will also be used. Original research will be conducted analyzing the ability existing modeling systems have in reproducing observed distributions of extreme temperatures in NYC, and attempt to relate these results to weather regime and/or forecast time horizon. Concurrently, an informational website designed for use primarily by the National Weather Service and NYC Emergency Management will be created which will incorporate results from the aforementioned research as well as real-time products to aid understanding of the distribution of extreme temperatures within NYC during and before events.

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Georgetown University

Deadline: Aug. 15, 2022

Georgetown University has announced the following openings:

Technology, Ethics and Society Chair: The schools seeks a colleague able to be appointed at the Associate or Full Professor rank with tenure; the discipline is open. Candidates should have a passion for undergraduate education and a proven track record for innovation and leadership in education related to tech and society. The expectation is that this Chair will also serve an inaugural term as Director of the interdisciplinary undergraduate program, to facilitate its visioning and development. Learn more

McDevitt Chair in the Center for Digital Ethics: Candidates should be eligible to be appointed at the Associate or Full Professor rank with tenure in either computer science or philosophy. The school is looking for a colleague who will contribute to Georgetown’s growing community of tech and society scholars, centers, and efforts, with a demonstrated track record of strong original research, and a keen interest in interdisciplinary collaboration. Learn more

Assistant Professorship: For this position the school seeks to appoint a colleague at the rank of Assistant Professor; the discipline is open. The school seeks a junior colleague with an earned PhD or other terminal degree in any discipline relevant to the field of technology and society, a strong promise of scholarly achievement and teaching success, and a demonstrated commitment to multidisciplinary scholarship. Learn more

Texas A&M University Medical Sciences Library, Houston

Deadline: Jan. 7, 2022

Reporting to the University Libraries Dean through the Associate Dean for the Medical Sciences Library (MSL), the Instruction/Clinical Librarian—Houston Campus will provide a broad range of support for students, faculty, and researchers in the College of Medicine (COM) located on TAMU Health’s Houston campus. This position serves as a liaison to the COM programs in Houston, including the newly established EnMed program designed to graduate “physicianeers” who will earn medical doctorates and master of engineering degrees.

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Pratt Institute School of Information

Deadline: Nov. 29, 2021

The Pratt Institute iSchool invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor at the School of Information and Faculty Director of the Spatial Analysis and Visualization Initiative (SAVI) to begin for the Fall 2022 semester. Located at Pratt Manhattan Center, the Pratt Institute iSchool offers Masters programs in Data Analytics and Visualization, Information and Library Science, Information Experience Design and Museums and Digital Culture. The faculty primarily support curriculum and teaching in the MS in Data Analytics and Visualization program, with work complementing other programs in the school as well. The Spatial Analysis and Visualization Initiative (SAVI Center) at Pratt Institute is a mapping and analytics research hub that untangles the complexity of data in the human context through research and design. Its many projects focus on supporting cultural arts organizations, non-profits, and government agencies in conducting data analysis and mapping, creating interactive graphics illustrating key indicators; and conducting much needed multi-day GIS training workshops for various departments in Pratt and organizations outside of Pratt.

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University of Strathclyde Department of Computer and Information Sciences 

Deadline: Dec. 17, 2021

The iSchool at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland seeks to appoint a Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Information Behaviour. The school seeks to an energetic, highly motivated scholar who will contribute to the research, teaching, and administrative activities of the school in the MSc and PhD programs. The successful applicant will have primary research interests and expertise in information behaviour. The appointee will be expected to teach on the Department's masters programmes, with a particular focus on CILIP accredited courses and our modules on information law and ethics. Applicants with practical library experience are particularly encouraged.

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University of Toronto, Faculty of Information

Deadline: Nov. 15, 2021

The iSchool at the University of Toronto invites applications for the following full-time tenure stream positions:

Assistant Professor - Black Studies and the Archive: Applicants must have earned a PhD in the area of Black studies or archival studies; or in a related disciplinary or interdisciplinary area (e.g., history; postcolonial studies; cultural studies; area studies; literary studies; media studies) by the time of appointment (July 1, 2022), or shortly thereafter, with a demonstrated record of excellence in research and teaching. The school welcomes applicants whose research interests are located at the intersection of Black studies and critical archival studies and that fall into one or more of the following areas: Black history and the archive; embodied and oral memory traditions; Black archival imaginaries; Black and liberatory memory work; alternative Black archival spaces. Learn more

Assistant Professor - Indigenous Data Studies: Applicants must have earned a PhD addressing the area of critical data studies from information studies or a related disciplinary or interdisciplinary area (e.g., history; political science; law, data studies, environmental studies, Indigenous studies, science and technology studies, critical heritage studies, communication; sociology, geography, and media studies) by the time of appointment (July 1, 2022), or shortly thereafter, with a demonstrated record of excellence in research and teaching. The school welcomes applicants whose research interests are in Indigenous Data Studies, including: network sovereignty; data sovereignty; data ethics; data governance; digital heritage; digital humanities; critical information studies; digital activism; community-engaged data and digital practices; media and platform studies; and data justice. Learn more

University of Michigan School of Information

Deadline: Jan. 20, 2022

The iSchool at the University of Michigan seeks candidates for a newly created endowed professorship in esports with a focus on data-informed user experience design at the rank of associate or full professor. The rapidly growing area of esports competition has created new opportunities for both the field of human-computer interaction and the use of computer-generated data streams to understand human performance. Ultimately, the University of Michigan seeks to build an academic program for the study of esports that builds connections across disciplines and across campus, including to student-led competitive esports teams.

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