All applicants for this position should submit a cover letter, a vita, three representative publications, evidence of teaching excellence if available, a research statement, and a teaching statement. Applicants at the assistant professor level must submit three letters of recommendation. All application materials must be submitted electronically to: https://apply.interfolio.com/171466
Please direct inquiries about this position to [email protected]
Consideration of applications will begin immediately. Applications must be submitted by November 1, 2025, as the job posting will close for review on that date.
Employment will require both a criminal background check and an institutional reference check regarding any misconduct. Candidates will be required to submit a self-disclosure form as well as an authorization to release information form.
The University of Michigan School of Information invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Technology, Society, and Power. We especially welcome scholars who engage with the critical study of technology (including but not limited to feminist, postcolonial, and decolonial approaches), interpretive methods, global studies of technology, and the political economy of technology production and use. Areas of research and teaching may include, but are not limited to: science and technology studies, critical computing, history of computing, technology policy, and social, cultural, and political processes of digital technology and/or media. We are also interested in scholars who engage one or several of the following themes: technology and its relationship to governance, violence, control, surveillance, resistance, war, labor exploitation, authoritarianism, and populism. Applicants should have a PhD in information studies, science and technology studies, anthropology, digital studies, communications, or allied fields.
The successful candidate should demonstrate potential for or experience with publication and research funding, for collaborative and interdisciplinary initiatives, and for working with students from diverse backgrounds. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to engage with the Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing (ESC).
UMSI is committed to encouraging a collaborative academic environment. We are excited by a new colleague who shares our mission and offers unique and divergent perspectives on it. We look forward to your application and the possibility of you joining our team.
The anticipated starting date for this university-year appointment is August 25, 2026.
Job responsibilities include research, teaching, and service. Job responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Conduct scholarly research resulting in publications in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, edited books, books, and conference proceedings
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