[Jobs] utaustin

[jeremy hunsinger]

New Call For Faculty

The School of Information at The University of Texas at Austin invites applications for multiple full-time, tenure-track faculty positions, anticipated to start in Fall 2011. We are considering applicants at both the junior and senior levels. Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

We seek candidates with excellent research and teaching abilities and a commitment to shaping the future of the school and the discipline. We welcome applications from excellent candidates who can enhance our offerings in any area of information studies. Candidates must hold a doctorate degree in a field that is relevant to their area of research and be able to articulate clearly a research agenda that fits within the School's core areas of focus.

The School of Information is ranked 8th in the nation among accredited programs in Library and Information Studies, #1 in the nation in the area of archives and preservation, and #3 in legal librarianship. With over 20 faculty members and lecturers, the School is home to approximately 300 graduate students. The School moved into new facilities in 2009 with extended labs and class space, and offers cutting-edge research and education on the human, social and cultural aspects of information, broadly construed. Learn more about the school and The University of Texas at Austin, by visiting http://www.ischool.utexas.edu.

Applications will be accepted until positions are filled, but priority will be given to applications received by January 15, 2011. Send inquiries and applications, including curriculum vitae, a statement outlining how you see a fit with our program, and the names of three references to:

Professor William Aspray, chair
Faculty Search Committee
University of Texas at Austin, School of Information
1616 Guadalupe St., Suite 5.202
Austin, TX 78701-1213
Or by email to: facultysearch at ischool.utexas.edu
Jeremy Hunsinger
Center for Digital Discourse and Culture
Virginia Tech


Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. --Byron