[Air-L] JOB: Tenure-Track Position in Digital Justice at Queen's University

[Norma Moellers]

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The Dept. of Sociology at Queen's University is seeking to fill a tenure-track position in Digital Justice starting July 1, 2022. Preferred areas of scholarship and teaching are environmental justice, racial justice, and immigration/migration. PhD in Sociology or cognate discipline is required. Application deadline: March 31, 2022. See abbreviated ad below & full ad on the dept. website: https://www.queensu.ca/sociology/sites/doswww/files/uploaded_files/Digital%20Justice%20ad%20.pdf.

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Tenure-track Position with Specialization in Digital Justice

The Department of Sociology at Queen's University invites applications for a Tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor with a specialization in Digital Justice, with a preferred starting date of July 1, 2022. Candidates must have a PhD or equivalent degree in sociology or a cognate discipline completed by the start date of the appointment.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated expertise on how pervasive digitization shapes struggles for social justice and equity. Specifically, we seek a scholar whose research and teaching centres on how contemporary digital technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) produce, sustain, or unsettle social inequalities on a global scale. Key areas of interest to the Department include environmental justice, racial justice, and migration/immigration. The successful candidate would address, for example but not limited to, pressing matters like the environmental impact of the data economy, racism in AI, or the deployment of AI in transnational border regimes. In line with departmental and faculty EDII goals, we are seeking a scholar who approaches Digital Justice from anti-racist, anti-colonial, intersectional, or transnational positions; and we would especially welcome a scholar who works at intersections with Indigenous Studies, Black Studies, Muslim Studies or Postcolonial Studies.

This position will elevate departmental expertise on pressing social justice issues related to AI and other digital technologies and will enhance two streams in the Department: Social Justice and Media, Information & Surveillance. Although the position is based in the Department of Sociology, the successful applicant will also be expected to liaise with and help support interdisciplinary programs on campus including Black Studies, Muslim Studies, Indigenous Studies, or the minor in Artificial Intelligence, as appropriate. Interdisciplinary work with other departments and faculties such as, Development Studies, Computing, Law and Engineering, is encouraged and will build on the Department's existing interdisciplinary links.

A complete application consists of:

  *   a cover letter

a current Curriculum Vitae (including a list of publications);

  *   a statement of research interests;
  *   a statement of teaching interests and experience (including teaching outlines and evaluations if available); and,
  *   Three letters of reference to be sent to Ms. Wendy Schuler, Department Manager at schulerw at queensu.ca<mailto:schulerw at queensu.ca>.
The deadline for applications is March 31, 2022. Applicants should send all documents in their application packages electronically in PDF format to Ms. Wendy Schuler, Department Manager at schulerw at queensu.ca<mailto:schulerw at queensu.ca>.