University of Arizona
Application Deadline: Review will begin on December 1, 2024.
The College of Information Science at the University of Arizona seeks multiple tenure-track Assistant and Associate Professors who conduct research in the multidisciplinary fields of science, scholarly communication, and technology policy. Broadly construed, these research areas include innovation studies, scientific collaboration studies, biblio/sciento/informetrics, knowledge infrastructures, open science, data governance, policy impact research and more. Review will begin on December 1, 2024.
Duties and responsibilities:
The faculty member will teach courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels and contribute to mentoring students, including those from underrepresented backgrounds.
The faculty member will also participate in outreach and contribute to departmental, college and university service. In these and other ways, the faculty member will help to develop innovative approaches to enhancing student engagement, increasing diversity and expanding collaborations with community and business partners.
Examples of research areas of interest to the College of Information Science include, but are not limited to:
- Impacts of science communication on the public and within media ecosystems - Scholarly communication patterns, practices, norms and trends
- Theories of scientific innovation, collaboration and communication
- The circulation of, and countermeasures for, science misinformation/disinformation
- Open science policy, practice, incentives, obstacles and adoption
- Scientific data curation policy, practice and impact
- Inequality and knowledge production
Collaboration practices in the sciences
Domain” informatics research – e.g., biodiversity informatics, social informatics, geoinformatics, health informatics – grounded in information science methods and theories.
Successful candidates will demonstrate a strong research agenda, the ability to thrive in an interdisciplinary department, the ability to teach in multiple modalities and levels (e.g., both undergraduate and graduate) and skill in mentoring students, including those from underrepresented backgrounds. Successful candidates will ideally bring a record of working on grant-funded teams, and/or will demonstrate promise for obtaining grants in the future. The position is an on campus (in-person) faculty post, expected to begin in August 2025
Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; sick leave and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!
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