[Siguse-l] Faculty position announcement

[Dania Bilal]

Assistant Professor Position Announcement
School of Information Sciences, The University of Tennessee

The School of Information Sciences invites applications for a nine-month,
tenure-tract faculty appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor,
effective 1 August, 2004.

Responsibilities: Teaching one or more required courses at the graduate or
undergraduate level. Instruction in both live on-site and distance via
telecommunications and digital technology. Advising students,
participating in the life of the School, including service on School,
College, and campus committees, and developing/maintaining relationships
with graduates, and other members of the library and information science
community.

Qualifications: Earned doctorate by 1 August 2004 in library science,
information science, information technology, or related area. Demonstrated
teaching ability and established research record or demonstrated research
potential. Preference will be given to those with prior
education/experience in one or more of the following areas: Information
architecture, organization of information, information technologies,
systems analysis and design, information visualization, information
retrieval, and digital libraries. Experience or demonstrated ability in
design and delivery of courses in a variety of formats, including distance
learning modes, is highly desirable.

Salary: Commensurate with experience and rank. Opportunities for summer
teaching. UT participates in TIAA/CREF and offers an excellent benefits
package, including partial tuition reimbursement for dependents enrolled
at the University.

Deadline: Review of applications will begin in February 2004 and will
continue until position is filled.

Submit a statement of research interests, curriculum vitae, and names of
three references to:

Dr. Dania Bilal
Search Committee Chair
School of Information Sciences
University of Tennessee
444 Communications Building
1345 Circle Park Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-0341

Digital applications are welcome and may be submitted to dania at utk.edu.
The University of Tennessee is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Additional
information about the School of Information Sciences is located at
http://www.sis.utk.edu






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Dania Bilal, Ph.D
Associate Professor
School of Information Sciences
The University of Tennessee
1345 Circle Park
Communications 451
Knoxville, TN 37996
(865) 974-3689
E-mail:dania at utk.edu
http://web.utk.edu/~dania/dania.htm
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forever." Mahatma Gandhi

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