[Air-L] Big Data and Health: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position at MSU

[Kayla D. Hales]

Job Opening: Tenure-System Position in Big Data and Health

News Date: 

09/12/2014 

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position in Big Data and Health
Department of Media and Information
Michigan State University

http://cas.msu.edu/job/posting-0098-tenure-track-assistant-professor-in-big-
data-and-health-department-of-media-and-information/ 

The Department of Media and Information (MI) at Michigan State University
(MSU) invites applications for a full-time, tenure system faculty position
at the rank of Assistant Professor in the area of big data with a strong
interest in health, health IT, e-health, and/or m-health. We seek a scholar
conducting cutting-edge social and/or technical research utilizing big data
approaches-including theory-building, analytics, applications, and effects.
Additional potential areas of research interest might include: mobile
communications, social media, pervasive computing, predictive analytics,
collective intelligence, human computation, computational social science,
and network analysis. Teaching duties will include graduate and
undergraduate courses on topics such as big data analytics, health IT,
social network analysis, social computing, collective intelligence,
human-computer interaction, and other topics related to information and
communications technologies (ICTs). 

The successful candidate will participate in the Trifecta, an
interdisciplinary joint initiative by the Colleges of Communication Arts and
Sciences, Engineering, and Nursing with the overarching goal of using
technology to improve health outcomes and health care organization and
delivery. Candidates should be able to demonstrate their potential to obtain
external funding to support their scholarship and to publish peer-reviewed
works in respected research outlets. Candidates are expected to be excellent
teachers and mentors to graduate students. We encourage individuals from a
diverse range of disciplinary and methodological traditions to apply. A PhD
in a relevant discipline, such as Informatics, Computer Science,
Human-Computer Interaction, Applied Statistics, Management of Information
Systems, Communication, Sociology, Economics, or other social or technical
sciences with emphases on big data, should be completed prior to the start
of the appointment, expected to be August 16, 2015.

The MI department is a member of the iSchools consortium, and home to a
dynamic, interdisciplinary faculty internationally renowned for their
cutting-edge research on the uses and implications of ICTs. The doctoral
program in Media and Information Studies, offered jointly by MI along with
the Departments of Journalism and Advertising & Public Relations, was
recently ranked #3 among Media Ph.D. programs in the U.S. by the National
Research Council. Our curricula address both the theoretical and practical
aspects of ICT and media use and production, and our alumni have achieved
positions of prominence in academia, industry, and government. Projects
involving cross-disciplinary teams are actively pursued and encouraged.
Current research foci of the department include social media, human computer
interaction, digital games and meaningful play, ICT for development (ICT4D),
health and technology, commerce, and communication economics and policy. Our
faculty also engages in creative scholarship, design traditional and
interactive media experiences, and develop sociotechnical systems.

To apply, please visit the Michigan State University Employment
Opportunities website (
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<http://web.archive.org/web/20130109144800/https:/jobs.msu.edu/> edu), refer
to Posting #0098, and complete an electronic submission. Applicants should
submit the following materials electronically: (1) a cover letter indicating
the position you are interested in and summarizing your qualifications for
it, (2) a current vita, (3) if appropriate, the URL to an existing
individual or collaborative website that conveys your current scholarship,
and (4) the names and contact information for three individuals willing to
serve as your recommenders to the search committee. Review of applications
will begin on November 1, 2014, and continue until the position is filled.

Please direct any questions to Dr. Steve Wildman, Search Committee Chair,
Department of Media and Information at Michigan State University, at
swildman at msu.edu.

MSU is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. MSU is committed
to achieving excellence through cultural diversity. The university actively
encourages applications and/or nominations of women, persons of color,
veterans and persons with disabilities.