University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Information Sciences
Application Deadline: December 8, 2022
The School of Information Sciences (iSchool) at the University of Illinois invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position at all ranks (Assistant, Associate or Full Professor). We especially welcome applications in the broad areas of inclusive design, accessible technology and ability-based design for, with, and by people with disabilities. Disabilities include different kinds of impairments such as sensory, physical, or cognitive, that may be permanent, progressive (e.g., due to aging or illness), temporary, or situational. The research topics include but are not limited to:
Participatory design, co-design, action research or other research methods directly involving people with disabilities
Inclusive design and research that would lead to direct impacts for the targeted communities of disabilities
Information behavior of people with disabilities
Accessibility related adoption, learning and use especially in the context of Virtual/Mixed/Extended/Augmented Reality and Games
Critical approaches to technology design with and by people with disabilities
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