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University of Missouri, School of Information Science & Learning Technologies Deadline: September 30, 2022 The School of Information Science and Learning Technologies (SISLT) welcomes applications for the University of Missouri’s Preparing Future Faculty – Faculty Diversity (PFFFD) Postdoctoral Program. This program develops scholars for a faculty career. The ideal candidate would bring expertise in applying information management or data analysis skills to our focal areas in in improving public health, digital humanities, and developing new information management or data analysis strategies to build connections between people and ideas. The fellowships are typically for two years, during which time the postdocs focus on further developing their independent research programs and participating in professional development activities that integrate and expose them to the faculty experience, including the opportunity to teach during the fellowship.

University of California, Berkeley Library Next Review Date: August 31, 2022 The University of California, Berkeley Library seeks a collaborative and user-centered librarian to join a team supporting world-class teaching and research through active engagement with collection development, data and information literacy initiatives, course-based instruction, and individual research assistance.

MIT Libraries Deadline: September 9, 2022 The Engineering Library Liaison will support the research, teaching, and learning needs of academic departments and related research centers in Mechanical Engineering. Support for interdisciplinary initiatives may be designated based on strengths of the successful candidate and needs of MIT. The position is part of Liaison, Instruction and Research Services (LIRS), within the Research and Learning Directorate, and works on campus and remotely, doing in-person as well as online teaching and consultation.

University of Maryland, College Park Best Consideration Date: September 23, 2022 The Department of Government and Politics (GVPT) in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS) and the College of Information Studies (iSchool) at the University of Maryland, College Park, invite applications for two tenure-track positions at the assistant professor level. These positions are open to applicants from any fields within political and information sciences that apply data science concepts and methods in their work. GVPT and the iSchool particularly seek candidates whose scholarship and teaching interests address important social science problems in the fields of American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Politics, and Political Methodology that intersect with Information Science. We encourage candidates to demonstrate how their research contributes toward social justice and equity, diversity and inclusion, or ethical access to information. Both faculty members will have joint appointments at GVPT and iSchool - one with a tenure home at GVPT and the other at the iSchool. Tenure home will be negotiated at the time of hire. The successful candidates will be expected to contribute to the newly formed undergraduate Major in Social Data Science, which is a BSOS-iSchool joint program. We seek a candidate who will build upon our record of educating political and information scientists committed to leadership, service, research, and innovative practice and impact. The successful candidates will be expected to have a high-impact research agenda and to seek external funding for research. They 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.

University of Texas at Austin, School of Information Deadline: October 3, 2022 Candidates will be expected to conduct research and teach at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. The candidates should have expertise in at least one of the iSchool’s concentrations in our new undergraduate informatics degree program which has allowed us to engage in a significant expansion of our faculty in the coming years.

University of California, Santa Cruz Next review date: November 7, 2022 The Department of Computational Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for up to a tenured associate professor in Human Computer Interaction. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status. UC Santa Cruz is committed to excellence through diversity and strives to establish a climate that welcomes, celebrates, and promotes respect for the contributions of all students and employees. Inquiries regarding the University’s equal employment opportunity policies may be directed to the Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the University of California, Santa Cruz, CA or by phone at (831) 459-2686.

University at Buffalo, Department of Information Science Best consideration date: October 31, 2022 The Department of Information Science in the Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York (SUNY) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position to start in Fall 2023. The department has a long history of research excellence and innovative teaching. We value collaboration and collegiality in all our endeavors and are committed to advancing the knowledge and application of the field towards information justice and equity, social responsibility and responsiveness, and critical librarianship and information science. We strive to create a learning environment where our students can examine questions of equity, diversity and inclusion in response to current and critical issues facing the field through our programs: an ALA-accredited MS in Information and Library Science, an MS in School Librarianship, an Advanced Studies Certificate, and a Ph.D. in Information Science. Our department is particularly interested in expanding its expertise in emerging and critical scholarship that directly addresses information science and its intersection with social issues and the public good. More specifically, we seek an outstanding scholar whose research and teaching focus on the ways information science connects with issues of race, gender, poverty, culture, society, and technology. We are looking for a colleague who will contribute to the department in at least one of the following areas: Multicultural information ethics and policy (e.g., digital divide; information access, moderating hate speech) Equity and health informatics (e.g., disparities in health care for minoritized populations) Inclusive data science and/or data management (e.g., algorithmic bias; Indigenous knowledge organization)