Assistant Professor, Creative & Critical Computing
- iSchools News
- Oct 9
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 2
Application Deadline: November 10, 2025
The School of Information (SI) at Pratt Institute seeks to hire one full-time tenure-track faculty member at the assistant professor level who can contribute meaningfully to our ongoing initiatives around creative and critical computing and support one (or more) of our master’s programs in Information Experience Design (IXD), Data Analytics and Visualization, Library and Information Science (LIS) and Museums and Digital Culture.
Specifically, we seek candidates with expertise in one or more of the following areas:
Applications of AI and ML
Creative coding
Digital and immersive storytelling
User research and advanced usability testing
Technical HCI and design engineering
Embodied, physical, and wearable computing
Mobile, ubiquitous, and pervasive computing
Emotional design and affective computing
Information visualization
Data visualization and physicalization
We seek a faculty member who is passionate about making, looks to bring a creative and critical framework to their work, and can integrate their technical knowledge with an arts/culture perspective. Critical perspectives that address topics such as privacy and surveillance, bias and discrimination, labor and automation, and environment and sustainability are especially welcome.
Examples of Duties
Teach three 3-credit courses per semester (fall and spring)
Work with the School Curriculum Committee to maintain the curriculum in areas of specialization, including the possibility of developing new courses and revising existing courses.
Within the field(s) of specialization, be an active researcher able to produce a sustained record of research and publication in peer-reviewed journals and present peer-reviewed papers at conferences on a regular basis.
Serve on faculty, School, and Institute committees, participate in related school activities, and provide service to the profession.
Serve as an advisor to School of Information graduate students.
Contribute to the life of the school.
Qualifications
An earned doctorate in Information Studies, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Library and Information Science, Computer Science, Data Science, Digital Humanities, or a related field is required. Candidates should have college-level teaching experience and a demonstrated commitment and dedication to Pratt’s values.
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