[Air-L] Assistant Professor Position - Joint INFO & GVPT

[Alison Cardenas]

The College of Information Studies (INFO) at the University of Maryland,
College Park and the Department of Government and Politics (GVPT) in the
College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS) invite applications for a
tenure-track position at the assistant professor level. This position is
open to applicants from any fields within information and political
sciences that
apply data science concepts and methods in their work. INFO and GVPT
particularly seek candidates whose scholarship and teaching interests
address information science concepts and methodologies to study important
social science problems in the broad field of government and politics. We
encourage candidates to demonstrate how their research contributes toward
social justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in the creation,
management, and accessibility of information.

The faculty member will have a joint appointment at INFO (75%) and GVPT
(25%), with a tenure home in INFO. The faculty member will be expected to
teach courses in both INFO and GVPT, as well as to contribute to teaching
and service to the newly formed undergraduate Major in Social Data Science,
which is a INFO-BSOS joint program. We seek a candidate who will build upon
our record of educating information and political scientists committed to
leadership, service, research, and innovative practice and impact.

The faculty member will be expected to have a high-impact research agenda
and to seek external funding for research. The faculty member will also
teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels, provide research advising
to students at all levels, and engage in service to the profession and
shared governance within the university.

In particular candidates whose scholarship speaks to the following broad
substantive topics are encouraged to apply:

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   Social media politics
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   Information disorder (misinformation, disinformation, etc.)
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   Online political and civic participation
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   Policy and governance for emerging technologies
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   Digital democracy and data justice
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   Data science for policy analysis
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   Role of political institutions in production and dissemination of
   information
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   Political and moral values of information systems
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   The political economy of information systems


While these areas of expertise are of particular interest, candidates with
expertise and interest in other relevant topics that apply data science
methods are encouraged to apply. Candidates whose work recognizes the
information norms and assets of marginalized communities particularly
relating to the topics above and other relevant topics, are especially
encouraged to apply.

Best consideration date: Dec 11, 2023

More details at: https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/114626

-- 
Alie Cardenas
Faculty Affairs Administrative Coordinator
College of Information Studies
University of Maryland
AV Williams Building
College Park, MD 20742