All - none of these is a history of technology or computing job per se, but both the open position and the Digital Humanities position could be a fit for the right person. Please forward widely, and publish in journals or newsletters as appropriate. - Paul N. Edwards Faculty Position Postings 2009-10 Faculty Search Assistant/Associate/Full Professor The School of Information at the University of Michigan seeks three (3) outstanding faculty candidates. One position is open to candidates at any level of seniority and in any area that complements and extends our existing strengths. The other two candidates are targeted hires which are part of the University of Michigan Interdisciplinary Junior Faculty Initiative. For each of the targeted hires, other collaborating units on campus are also hiring in related areas. One targeted position is in Digital Environments. For that position, we seek someone whose research and teaching interests are at the intersection of digital arts and humanities, digital literacies, and social computing. Research foci should involve arts and humanities scholarship, scholars, or content and can be in a variety of areas, such as (but not limited to) virtual collaboration, credibility, and/ or digital curation. This position is at the assistant professor level. A second targeted position is in Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D). For that position, we seek someone with research and teaching interests including some combination of information system design, computer-supported cooperative work, environmental informatics, communication studies, development policy and sociology, anthropology, and/or a related field applicable to the design and study of information systems for developing-world contexts. This position is at the assistant professor level. For the open position, we aspire to establish and reinforce areas of excellence and seek faculty whose research interests complement and extend our existing strengths. This position is open rank. For more information or to apply for one of these positions, please see the UM School of Information Faculty Position Postings website.
