The University of Michigan School of Information (UMSI) invites applications for a faculty position focusing on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Privacy and Ethics at the rank of associate or full professor. Applicants need not have attained tenure elsewhere, but should be prepared to undergo tenure review at University of Michigan as part of the hiring process.
The home for this position will be at UMSI. This is part of a university-level faculty expansion program and collaborative cluster hire in Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence across multiple units; where appropriate, additional affiliations with other units may be considered.
We invite applications from researchers whose work bridges technical and social dimensions of AI systems and applications. We are especially interested in candidates whose scholarship grapples with AI privacy and ethics in the context of legal and regulatory frameworks and/or platform design and governance.
This position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic, interdisciplinary environment. UMSI faculty collaborate with colleagues across campus, for example at the Law School, the Ford School of Public Policy, and the College of Engineering, and have founded initiatives such as the U-M Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing (ESC). This position offers the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of human-centered AI research while joining a community of scholars dedicated to advancing impactful and socially responsible scholarship.
The anticipated starting date for this 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.
- Seek external funding to support their research program.
- Teach in UMSI?s five academic programs.
- Mentor students for independent studies, master's projects and theses, and doctoral dissertations.
- Provide service to the school, the university, and the broader academic community, for example through committee work, journal editing, community engagement, and other opportunities.
Each contributing member of the UMSI tenure-track faculty maintains a teaching effort equivalent to three semester-long courses per year.
- Ph.D. in information, computer science, social science, or other appropriate disciplines
- Demonstrated ability for exemplary teaching at the undergraduate and/or graduate levels
- Demonstrated ability for scholarly impact in research
- A strong commitment to interdisciplinary research
The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer 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 an equal employment opportunity employer.
