The School of Information (iSchool) at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for parttime Lecturer positions. We seek candidates qualified to teach a range of courses in the iSchools new undergraduate degree programs the B.S.I. and B.A. in Informatics as well as the Master of Science in Information Studies (MSIS) program. Thus ideal candidates will have broad professional experience in one or more core areas of information studies and informatics.
We seek candidates who could teach in one or more of the following areas:
- Libraries and Librarianship (e.g. information literacy library instruction library assessment user research in libraries management and leadership in information organizations digital libraries information organization and access design and management of information services collection development and management school libraries academic libraries public libraries youth services.
- Cultural Heritage Informatics (e.g. archives digital collections preservation digital curation digital humanities museum studies metadata cultural studies of information technology history of information critical data studies)
- Social Justice Informatics (e.g. information and human rights serving and working with communities gender and information technology information and communication technologies and development technology for social good)
- HumanCentered Data Science(e.g. databases big data information retrieval robotics artificial intelligence information visualization)
- UserExperience Design (e.g. humancomputer interaction userexperience research user interface design product management humanrobot interaction valuesensitive design)
- Health Informatics (e.g. public health informatics health information for underserved populations eHealth mobile health electronic health records selftracking)
- Social Informatics (e.g. information technology and society public interest technology information technology and organizations future of work information security and privacy)
Candidates should hold a graduate degree and have at least two years of professional experience in a field relevant to the subject(s) in which they teach.