[Asis-l] Open Rank Faculty Position with a specialization in Information, Government, and Democratic Society

[Catherine Dumas]

 Open Rank Faculty Position with a specialization in Information, Government, and Democratic Society

The Informatics Department of the College of Computing and Information, University at Albany seeks candidates for an open rank, tenure-track faculty position with a specialization in Information, Government, and Democratic Society beginning fall 2014. The University at Albany is ranked third in “public affairs – information and technology management” and its Center for Technology in Government (CTG), is recognized worldwide for research in digital government. We seek to leverage these strengths with an additional faculty member who could make significant contributions to the research and innovation project portfolios at the Center for Technology in Government as well teach courses at all levels in the Informatics Department. This position will be posted shortly on our faculty vacancy website: http://www.albany.edu/hr/vacancy.php. Applicants are encouraged to apply online once the posting is available.

The University at Albany is making a major investment in its capacity to conduct research, educate the next generation of information professionals, and prepare early career students to find excellent employment in the areas of cyber security, “big data” analytics, and government information strategy and management through a total of nine faculty hires at the assistant, associate, and full professor rank. These hires, located in the Departments of Informatics, Computer Science, Mathematics, and Public Administration and Policy will build on UAlbany’s international reputation for excellence in this area reflected in the University’s number three ranking for Information Technology and Management in US News and World Report’s public sector rankings. 

The successful candidate with develop and teach graduate courses that emphasize relevant analytical information science approaches such as system dynamics, network analysis, systems integration, or cyber-security and undergraduate courses that introduce these themes to Informatics students in their junior and senior years. 
The Information, Government, and Democratic Society specialization within the interdisciplinary Information Science doctoral program in the Informatics Department focuses on the role, use, influence, and consequences of information and ICTs (information and communication technologies) in government and democratic society. Researchers in this area study how people interact with government, public institutions, political associations, and other citizens through ICTs, focusing on the social and political impacts of technology-enabled discourse. Researchers also study the information management and public communication policies and practices of government, as well as governmental use of information and technology to provide services, impose requirements, and monitor the activities of individuals and groups. Information policy in a variety of areas is a core component of the undergraduate program as well.

The successful candidate will have an established record of scholarship in this area with demonstrated potential to develop programs that cross over multiple units in a comprehensive research university. This faculty will jointly lead the specialization area and coordinate activities and relationships with CTG and across the University to enhance the curriculum, engage in outreach to potential students, engage other interested faculty for part of their teaching or research work, and maintain linkages with related academic programs. 

The candidate must demonstrate an ability to engage in research partnerships with social scientists, computer scientists and/or government practitioners. In addition, candidates must have a strong interest in teaching Informatics/Information Science courses at all levels. 

Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Informatics, Information Science, Political Science, Public Administration, Management Information Systems, or a closely-related discipline from a college or university accredited by the U.S. Department of Education or an internationally recognized accrediting organization. Candidates who expect to receive their Ph.D. by August 2014 may also apply. To be considered for the senior ranks, candidates will have a proven track record of significant external funding for salient work. In addition to appointment to a tenure-track or tenured faculty position, the successful candidates will be appointed as Faculty Fellows at the Center for Technology in Government and will receive a reduced teaching load for the first two years in order to help expand CTG’s research portfolio.

Applicants must submit a complete CV, including a list of publications, a research statement, and a teaching statement, along with the names and contact information for at least 3 references. 
The Informatics Department at the University at Albany offers a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies (Faculty-Initiated Interdisciplinary Major in Information Science) and an interdisciplinary Doctoral program in Information Science. We have currently around 260 students in our undergraduate program and 33 students in the Ph.D. program. Current research areas include technology-mediated teaching and learning, women in information technology, electronic information access technologies and their users, inductive inference and inquiry, source separation of mixed signals, information processing in the brain, identification of relevant causal interactions, astrobiology, intelligent instruments and robotics, analysis and reform of economics and social policy, games for learning, community in asynchronous learning networks, and cyber-security. Undergraduate program concentrations will include interactive user experience, computer networking, cyber-security,
 information technology, data analytics, social media, and software development. Specializations in the interdisciplinary doctoral program include knowledge organization management, information in organizational environments, information in government and democratic society, geographic information science, decision and policy sciences, information assurance, and information in technology and learning. Informatics faculty actively collaborate with researchers from the departments across the College, the University, local industry, and beyond. 
The University at Albany supports a student ACM chapter and a student ASIST chapter. The College of Computing and Information is also a member of the National Center for Women and Information Technology's Academic Alliance and is building an ACM-W chapter.

Questions regarding the position may be addressed to igdssearch2014 at albany.edu. 

Dr. Jennifer Goodall will be at the conference on November 4. To schedule a conversation with her, email jgoodall at albany.edu
Catherine Dumas
PhD Student - Informatics 
College of Computing & Information
University at Albany, State University of New York
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