[AISWorld] Univ of Michigan Comm Studies Position - Race and Digital Media

[Lionel Robert]

*Position Openings*

*Race and Digital Media Faculty Position*

The University of Michigan’s *Department of Communication Studies *and the
new *Digital Studies Institute *(pending approval of the Institute by the
U-M Board of Regents) seek qualified applicants for a 50/50% jointly
appointed open-rank (assistant, associate, or professor rank), tenure-track
professor with research and teaching interests in Race and Digital Media.

We welcome critical and cultural media studies scholars from any discipline
whose work explores race and intersectionalities of race and processes of
identity formation (e.g., ability, class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality) in
the arena of digital media and communication technology. Applicants’
research and teaching interests should center on new technologies–social
media, virtual worlds, gaming and/or mobile media–and their role in
historical or contemporary problems of inequality, inequity, and
discrimination. Teaching and research will encompass the social impact of
new technologies, and the representation and (re)production of marginalized
populations on digital platforms. The successful candidate will have
teaching interests centered on helping students understand the aesthetic
practices, social and political impact, and cultural uses of digital
technologies, which may include the opportunities and challenges digital
environments pose for social activism.

Michigan’s Digital Studies Institute plans to launch a major initiative to
develop pioneering digital studies curricula at the undergraduate and
graduate levels. The person hired for this faculty position will play a
major role in shaping Digital Studies as it continues to grow and will be
part of a three person cluster hire. Job duties include research activity,
teaching of graduate and undergraduate courses, and service to the
department, Digital Studies Institute, College of Literature, Science, and
the Arts, university, and profession. Communication Studies will be the
tenure home. The anticipated starting date for this university-year
appointment is September 1, 2019. All applicants should send a cover
letter, a vita, two representative publications, a statement of teaching
philosophy and experience, evidence of teaching excellence, a statement of
current and future research plans, and a statement of contributions to
diversity. Candidates for this position must have completed their PhD by
September 1, 2019. All applicants should provide names of three references.

Information on our research initiatives and scholarly interests of current
faculty can be found on the Department’s website:http://www.lsa.umich.edu/comm
and the program website https://lsa.umich.edu/digitalstudies. All
applications must be submitted electronically to:
https://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/Apply/1175

For full consideration, complete applications should be submitted by
January 22, 2019.

The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates
and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks.
Background checks will be performed in compliance with the Fair Credit
Reporting Act.

The University of Michigan is committed to fostering and maintaining a
diverse work culture that respects the rights of each individual, without
regard to race, color, national original, ancestry, religious creed, sex,
gender identity, sexual orientation, gender expression, height, weight,
marital status, disability, medical condition, age, or veteran status. The
University of Michigan is supportive of the needs of dual career couples
and is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

For questions about potential fit and your application please email:
racedigitalmedia at umich.edu.





Best regards,

Lionel


*New Paper(s): Robots are Here...:) *

You, S., Kim, J., Lee, S., Kamat, V., *Robert, L. P.* (2018). *Enhancing
Perceived Safety in Human–Robot Collaborative Construction Using Immersive
Virtual Environments*, *Automation in Construction (AutoCon)*, 96,
pp.161-170 (pdf
<https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/145620/You%20et%20al.%202018.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y>
),  link to the article on publisher's site:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2018.09.008 link to copy provided by the
author: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/145620.

Robert, L. P. (2018). *Personality in the Human Robot Interaction
Literature: A Review and Brief Critique*, *Proceedings of the 24th Americas
Conference on Information Systems*, (*AMCIS 2018*), Aug 16-18, New Orleans,
LA. Link to the copy provided by the author:
http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/143811.

You, S. and Robert, L. P. (2018). *Human-Robot Similarity and Willingness
to Work with a Robotic Co-Worker,* *Proceedings of the 13th Annual ACM/IEEE
International Conference on Human Robot Interaction* (*HRI 2018*), March
5–8, 2018, Chicago, IL, USA. Link to copy provided by the author:
http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/140719.

You, S. and Robert, L. P. (2018). *Emotional Attachment, Performance, and
Viability in Teams Collaborating with Embodied Physical Action (EPA) Robots*
, *Journal of the Association for Information Systems*, (*JAIS*),19(5), pp.
377-407. Link to copy provided by the author:
http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/136918.



Lionel P. Robert Jr.
Associate Professor, School of Information
<https://www.si.umich.edu/people/lionel-robert>
Core Faculty, Michigan Robotics Institute
<https://robotics.umich.edu/core-faculty/>
Affiliate Faculty, National Center for Institutional Diversity
<https://lsa.umich.edu/ncid>
Affiliate Faculty, Michigan Interactive and Social Computing
<http://misc.si.umich.edu/>
Director of MAVRIC <https://mavric.si.umich.edu>
Co-Director of DOW Lab
University of Michigan
Email: lprobert at umich.edu
UMSI Website <https://www.si.umich.edu/directory/lionel-robert> | Personal
Website  <https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/lionelrobert/home>
MAVRIC: https://mavric.si.umich.edu