[Air-l] Open rank faculty position in HCI/CSCW at IU Bloomington

[Susan Herring]

Indiana University, Bloomington
Faculty Position (Open Rank)
HCI/CSCW

Indiana University's (IU) School of Library and Information Science
(SLIS) at Bloomington invites applications for a tenured or
tenure-track faculty position in the area of human-computer
interaction (HCI). The ideal candidate will have proven excellence in
research and teaching in HCI, with an emphasis on the social
consequences of designs in organizational or institutional settings.
In addition, one or more of the following areas of specialization is
desirable: computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW),
computer-mediated communication, universal usability, participatory
design, multimedia, cross-cultural issues.

The successful candidate will join a full-time interdisciplinary
faculty of seventeen -- recently ranked #1 in North America for its
scholarly productivity and impact -- whose backgrounds include
information science, computer science, linguistics, and political
science. SLIS offers a master's degree (MIS) and Ph.D. in Information
Science, along with a master's in Library Science (MLS) and a
post-master's specialization in Library and Information Science. SLIS
faculty are committed in both their research and teaching to exploring
the cognitive, contextual and social processes that characterize
information behavior at individual, organizational and societal
levels. Interdisciplinary co-operation is encouraged, and the school
maintains dynamic working relations with other academic units such as
Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Journalism, Education, and the
university's new, multi-disciplinary School of Informatics
(http://informatics.indiana.edu/). SLIS is also actively involved in
IU's Digital Library Program (http://www.dlib.indiana.edu) and is home
to the Center for Social Informatics. Further information about SLIS's
faculty, degree programs and research activities, including the Center
for Social Informatics and the school's Usability Laboratory, can be
found at http://www.slis.indiana.edu/.

Indiana University Bloomington is a major public research university
with 1,500 faculty and 35,000 students. The beautiful campus, situated
in one of the top ten "best college towns" in the U.S., hosts 110
research centers and institutes, as well as a wide array of
distinguished academic departments and schools. Indiana University's
library collections are among the largest in the nation, and the
university is consistently rated one of the best networked in the U.S.
The university recently acquired the nation's largest university-owned
supercomputer, and IU is also home to the Abilene network operations
center supporting Internet2 applications and development.

Indiana University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action
employer, offering a full range of benefits, including TIAA/CREF.
Salary is competitive, commensurate with qualifications and
experience. To apply, submit a letter of application which explains
some of the ways you can contribute to SLIS, names of references (3
for assistant rank, 6 for associate and full) and a current curriculum
vitae. Informal inquiries are encouraged.

Applications, curricula vitae and names of references should be sent
to the co-chairs of the search committee:

Susan C. Herring, Ph.D. & Debora Shaw, Ph.D.
School of Library and Information Science
Main Library 011
1320 East 10th Street
Bloomington, IN 47405-3907
Phone: (812) 855-3261; fax: (812) 855-6166.
E-mail: herring at indiana.edu, shawd at indiana.edu

First consideration will be given to applications received by January
15, 2002 for employment starting in fall of 2002.

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