Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Technology, Society, and Power

University of Michigan

Application deadline: November 1, 2025

The University of Michigan School of Information invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Technology, Society, and Power. We especially welcome scholars who engage with the critical study of technology (including but not limited to feminist, postcolonial,  and decolonial approaches), interpretive methods, global studies of technology, and the political economy of technology production and use. Areas of research and teaching may include, but are not limited to: science and technology studies, critical computing, history of computing, technology policy, and social, cultural, and political processes of digital technology and/or media. We are also interested in scholars who engage one or several of the following themes: technology and its relationship to governance, violence, control, surveillance, resistance, war, labor exploitation, authoritarianism, and populism. Applicants should have a PhD in information studies, science and technology studies, anthropology, digital studies, communications, or allied fields.

The successful candidate should demonstrate potential for or experience with publication and research funding, for collaborative and interdisciplinary initiatives, and for working with students from diverse backgrounds. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to engage with the Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing (ESC).

UMSI is committed to encouraging a collaborative academic environment. We are excited by a new colleague who shares our mission and offers unique and divergent perspectives on it. We look forward to your application and the possibility of you joining our team.

The anticipated starting date for this university-year appointment is August 25, 2026.

Job Expectations and Responsibilities: Job responsibilities include research, teaching, and service. Job responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Conduct scholarly research resulting in publications in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, edited books, books, and conference proceedings.

• Seek external funding to support their research program.

• Teach in UMSI’s five academic programs.

• Mentor students for independent studies, master’s projects and theses, and doctoral dissertations.

• Provide service to the school, university, and the broader academic community through committee work, journal editing, community engagement, and other opportunities.

• Each contributing member of the UMSI faculty will have a teaching effort equivalent to three semester-long courses per year.

  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Ph.D. in an area such as information, science and technology studies, anthropology, history, media studies, communication, or a related social or information science discipline 

• A strong interest in teaching at the undergraduate and/or graduate levels

• A strong commitment to interdisciplinary research

  
  

Desired Qualifications

• A record in teaching and research

---

Read more