[Air-L] iSchool at Illinois - Open Rank Faculty Positions

[Jodi Schneider]

Open Rank Faculty positions at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign iSchool:
https://ischool.illinois.edu/our-school/job-openings

*SCHOOL OF INFORMATION SCIENCES*

*University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign*

*Open Rank Faculty Position*

The School of Information Sciences (iSchool) seeks to hire multiple
outstanding full-time faculty members

to join our dynamic and collegial School.



*Data curation. *Possible specializations include techniques and systems
for curation and management; the

behavior and practices of data creators, managers, and users; and policy
and governance, including

national and international data privacy standards. Open rank.



*Explainable AI. *Relevant topics include transparency, opacity, and
explainability in AI algorithms; model

interpretability; and inadvertent or deliberate bias. Open rank.



*Digital Humanities. *Relevant topics include not only the development and
application of digital techniques

in the humanities but also explorations of the larger social and cultural
significance of those methods.

Open rank.



*Information, Technology & Society. *Relevant topics include the political
economy of information; legal

and regulatory issues; information ethics, and impact on societies,
communities, and democratic

government. Contexts may be organizational, public sphere, community, or
global contexts. Interpretive

and historical perspectives are welcome. Open rank.



Preference will be given to the above specializations, but strong
candidates in any area will be considered.



The iSchool is an established national leader in both groundbreaking
information science research and the

preparation of leading information professionals. Our faculty have key
roles in national initiatives and

professional societies and our close relationships with scientific and
cultural institutions ensure that our

research engages critical societal challenges.



The School’s faculty is highly interdisciplinary, with backgrounds in
information science, computer science,

library science, informatics, engineering science, physics, astrophysics,
law, psychology, English, medieval

studies, philosophy, sociology, statistics, science and technology studies,
and history of American

civilization and they hold additional appointments in many other university
departments, as well as world renowned

research institutes such as the National Center for Supercomputing
Applications (NCSA) and the

Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology.



Successful candidates must be comfortable working in an interdisciplinary
academic unit and addressing

audiences in professional master’s degree programs, as well as teaching
students from undergraduate to

Ph.D. levels. The iSchool offers a Master of Science in Information
Management, a Master of Science in

Library and Information Science, a Master of Science in Bioinformatics, a
Certificate of Advanced Study

(CAS), and a CAS in Digital Libraries, a Ph.D., and has a School Librarian
Licensure Program. The School

also participates in a campus-wide undergraduate Informatics minor and the
Ph.D. in Informatics, and

teaches courses in the Master of Computer Science – Data Science program.
The School’s new BS in

Information Sciences begins in the fall of 2020.



Appointments made under this announcement will be effective August 16,
2020. Rank is open, and salary

is commensurate with experience. A Ph.D. degree or equivalent is required
though we will consider

candidates who are close to completion of the doctoral degree. Information
about iSchool programs and

faculty can be found at: http://ischool.illinois.edu/. To ensure full
consideration, please complete your

candidate profile at https://jobs.illinois.edu/ and upload your letter of
application including the area(s) of

interest for which you are applying: Data curation, Explainable AI, Digital
Humanities, and/or Information,

Technology & Society, complete CV/resume, statement on teaching and
research, and a list of three

professional references including contact information by December 1, 2019.
Review of applications will

continue until the position is filled. Applicants may be interviewed before
the closing date, but no hiring

decisions will be made until after the search has closed. We especially
welcome applications from

members of under-represented groups working in these or other areas of the
information sciences.



The University of Illinois is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action
employer. Minorities, women,

veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. For
more information,

visit http://go.illinois.edu/EEO. To learn more about the University’s
commitment to diversity, please

visit http://www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu