[Jobs] policy informatics

[Jeremy Hunsinger]

ASU is seeking to build capacity in policy informatics.  We are  
interested in recruiting two core tenure-track positions (rank open)  
faculty members, particularly at the assistant professor level,  
beginning in the fall semester 2007 who are versed in techniques,  
methods, and theories related to the storage, retrieval, sharing, and  
optimal use of policy data, information, and knowledge for problem  
solving and decision making.  We are particularly interested in  
information choice, use, and effectiveness in policy decisions.   
Faculty will be housed in either the School for Computing and  
Informatics or the School of Public Affairs, or both, and will work  
with senior faculty colleagues at ASU to establish a Center for  
Policy Informatics.  In time, we expect to build a curriculum in  
policy informatics as a core area of study in the School of Public  
Affairs and the School of Computing and Informatics AND as a joint  
degree, with dual concentrations in business, nursing, planning,  
political science, economics, and other fields.

Participating units include:
The School of Computing and Informatics (http://sci.asu.edu) is  
housed on the Tempe campus in the Ira A. Fulton School of  
Engineering.  SCI encompasses the Computer Science and Engineering  
department, a new Biomedical Informatics department and a variety of  
informatics programs. SCI has 40 faculty, 900 undergraduate students,  
350 graduate students (including 160 Ph.D. students).  Six faculty  
members are jointly appointed between SCI and a variety of  
disciplines and institutes inside and outside ASU (arts and media,  
psychology, anthropology, The Biodesign Institute @ ASU and the  
Translational Genomics Institute in Phoenix.).  The School has strong  
research and academic programs and is a major player in ASU’s New  
American University vision.

The School of Public Affairs in the College of Public Programs  
(http://spa.asu.edu) located at the Downtown Phoenix campus  
contributes to the development of multiple, useful, and realistic  
models of governance with accompanying processes for extended civic  
engagement and the training of a new generation of urban leaders  
capable of addressing questions raised by the rapid growth of urban  
citistates.  The new demands on public leadership in the context of  
global urban governance are unprecedented in complexity and scope,  
and demand new approaches in research, teaching and practice.  The  
School ranks in the top twenty-five public administration schools  
nationally, and offers the only program in the region accredited by  
the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and  
Administration (NASPAA).  It offers MPA, MPP, and PhD programs, as  
well as a new undergraduate major in Urban and Metropolitan Studies.

Another major unit relevant to the Center for Policy Informatics is  
the Decision Theater (http://dt.asu.edu).  The Decision Theater at  
Arizona State University is one of the first research centers in the  
nation to focus on immersive, collaborative policy decision making.   
The Decision Theater provides a 260 degree, 3D visualization  
environment coupled with advanced simulation and collaborative  
decision making tools.  It is staffed by an interdisciplinary team of  
undergraduate and graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and  
dedicated professional personnel.  Sponsored projects are supported  
by state and local government, Federal agencies, international  
organizations, and private companies.  The director is R.F. Shangraw  
whose faculty appointment is in the School of Public Affairs.

Applications must include the following: letter of interest,  
Curriculum Vitae, and the names, addresses and phone numbers of three  
professional references. Review of applications will begin on March  
1, 2007; if not filled, weekly thereafter until the search is closed.

Please send the requested items to
R.F. “Rick” Shangraw, Jr.
Executive Director, Decision Theater
Associate Vice President for Research
PO Box 877205
Tempe, AZ  85287-7205
Or email to: Rick.Shangraw at asu.edu.

Arizona State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action  
Employer.

jeremy hunsinger
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