Multiple Faculty Positions, Open Rank (Tenure-Track or Tenured)

 Multiple Faculty Positions, Open Rank (Tenure-Track or Tenured)

Department of Library and Information Science

Rutgers University’s School of Communication and Information 

Overview

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national research university and the state of New Jersey’s preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Established in 1766, the university is the eighth oldest higher education institution in the United States. More than 68,000 students and 22,000 faculty and staff learn, work, and serve the public at Rutgers locations across New Jersey and around the world.

Rutgers University’s School of Communication and Information houses a dynamic and engaged community of scholars studying real world problems related to information, knowledge, interaction, technology, culture, media, creativity, and their interrelations. Our commitment to solutions is stimulated by intersecting research challenges: health and wellness; social media interaction and collaborative design; global media, community, and democracy; and organizations, policy, and leadership. We value our culture of collegiality and provide generous support for our scholars’ varied research enterprises. Geographically adjacent and closely connected to the world’s largest media and information hubs and supported by Rutgers’ vibrant scholarly community, we embrace the university goals of promoting diversity throughout our networks and programs. For more about the school, please see http://comminfo.rutgers.edu. 

Position information

We welcome applications from scholars whose work intersects with, enhances, and extends the existing focus areas within the Department of Library and Information Science. We encourage applicants whose agendas will develop connections with other units in the school and university and we will give particular consideration to candidates who are conducting interdisciplinary research and teaching in data and computational social science, which are points of growth within the school.  Specifically, we are looking to hire assistant, associate, full, or distinguished professors whose research and teaching interests address one or more of the following areas:

Interaction and design, which may include: 

• human-computer interaction, mobile and ubiquitous computing, interactive information retrieval
• universal design, information architecture, UI design;
• data visualization and representation

Health and wellness informatics, which may include: 

• design of socio-technical systems for health;
• health data science;
• health social informatics

Information cultures and spaces, heritage, and access, which may include:

• cultural heritage, curation, preservation, and archives
• architecture, metadata, linked data, and building dynamic solutions for object preservation and access;
• information cultures, policies and social justice  

Data and computational social science, which may include: 

• human-centered data science;
• data mining and machine learning
• social media analytics

For queries regarding the position, please contact Nicholas Belkin (belkin@rutgers.edu) or Rebecca Reynolds (rbreynol@comminfo.rutgers.edu).

Qualifications and Requirements

A Ph.D. or equivalent degree in a relevant field is expected as of June 2018. Applicants should have a demonstrated record or strong likelihood of top‐tier peer‐reviewed publication and evidence of or preparation for effective teaching. Senior‐level applicants should provide evidence of leadership in research, instruction, and service, with a strong record of external funding a plus. Responsibilities of the successful applicants include undergraduate and graduate teaching assignments in library and information science, an active program of research in the candidate’s area of scholarly expertise, and service contributions in accordance with the university policy for tenure‐track and tenured appointments.

How to Apply

Applications should address the points above and clearly articulate the candidate’s fit to specific departmental and school‐wide research foci. Active review of applications will begin on October 2, 2017, and the positions will remain open until filled. Please include a letter of application, CV, up to three representative publications, and names and contact information for three referees (no letters at this time).  Submit applications to: http://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/48818.

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