[AISWorld] University of Michigan (UMSI) Faculty opening: Interpretivism

[Lionel Robert]

School of Information at the University of Michigan (UMSI) 2012 Faculty
opening: Interpretivism

The School of Information at the University of Michigan (UMSI) seeks a
tenure-track professor at any rank with expertise in interpretivist methods
and theory who advances knowledge about the interactions between people,
information and information technology.

While we encourage applications from both foundational and applied
interpretivist researchers, we are particularly interested in candidates
who are not merely consumers of ethnographically based methods, but who
have deep expertise in at least one relevant theoretical literature as well
as methods. For a brief background statement of the interpretivist
perspective see http://www.qualres.org/HomeInte-3516.html, but we encourage
candidates from other interpretivist traditions as well.

For all UMSI positions, we favor candidates whose research interests
complement our existing expertise in such areas as computer-supported
cooperative work; digital archives and preservation; human-computer
interaction; incentive-centered design and information economics;
information seeking, sharing and use; Internet-scale data, network and text
analysis; social computing and informatics.

The mission of the School of Information is to create knowledge so people
can use information and technology to build a better world, and to educate
socially-engaged information professionals. A successful candidate will be
committed to, and will directly contribute to our goal of being the best
research and teaching institution for the understanding and design of
information and its technologies in service of people and society.

The School is home to a dynamic and vibrant research and teaching program,
with 35 FTE faculty, and over students. We offer a PhD, a Master of Science
in Information, a Master of Health Informatics (jointly with the School of
Public Health), a jointly offered undergraduate informatics major, and as
of Fall 2014 we will offer our own bachelor’s of information.

Founded in 1817, the University of Michigan has a long and distinguished
history as one of the first public universities in the nation. It is one of
only two public institutions consistently ranked among the nation's top ten
universities. The University has one of the largest health care complexes
in the world and one of the best library systems in the United States. With
more than $1 billion in research expenditures annually, the University has
the second largest research expenditure among all universities in the
nation. The University has an annual general fund budget of more than $1.4
billion and an endowment valued at more than $7.57 billion.

Qualifications:
• Ph.D. in an area such as sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, STS,
information studies, information science, organizational studies,
informatics, or related fields concerned with social analysis.
• Demonstrated potential for successful teaching at the undergraduate and
graduate level
• Demonstrated potential for high scholarly impact
• A strong commitment to teaching, interdisciplinary research, and cultural
diversity

Review of applications will begin* November 1, 2012* and continue until the
position is filled.

For more information or to apply, please visit umsi.info/facultyapp. Please
contact the Interpretivism search chair, Mark
Ackerman<ackerm at umich.edu?subject=UMSI%20faculty%20position%3A%20Interpretivist>,
for questions of fit or area.

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action
educator and employer

-- 
Lionel P. Robert Jr.
Assistant Professor of Information
School of Information
University of Michigan
4417 North Quad
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285
Phone: 734-764-5296
Fax: 734-615-3587
Email: lprobert at umich.edu
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