Tenure-track Faculty Position in Social Media (University of Michigan, School of Information)

Position description:

The School of Information at the University of Michigan (UMSI) seeks a tenure-track professor at the assistant level in social media. UMSI seeks applicants who can contribute to the research, teaching, and service missions of the school and the university. Broadly construed, the research areas of interest include, but are not limited to:  

• online harassment
• discussion norms and communities
• social support
• social capital
• information-seeking
• misinformation and disinformation in social media channels
• online civility
• content moderation and regulation

Successful candidates may employ a range of approaches, with a preference for qualitative, survey-based, or experimental methods.  We also have a particular interest in candidates who can use their research to promote safe and productive interactions in social media, such as through the work of UMSI’s newly founded Center for Social Media Responsibility (www.si.umich.edu/research/center-social-media-responsibility). 

Job Expectations and Responsibilities:

Each contributing member of the UMSI faculty is expected to have teaching effort equivalent to three residential courses per year.  In addition to formal classroom and/or online teaching, faculty are expected to work with students by serving as advisors for independent studies, master’s projects and theses, and doctoral dissertations.  Job duties include teaching, research and service. Additional job responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Conducting scholarly research resulting in publications in peer reviewed journals, book chapters, edited books, books, and conference papers
• Seeking outside funding to support their research
• Providing service to the school, University, and the broader academic community by way of committee work, journal editing, and other various opportunities

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in an area such as information, computer science, communication studies, the humanities or social sciences, or other relevant area
• Demonstrated potential for successful teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level
• Demonstrated potential for high scholarly impact
• A strong commitment to teaching, interdisciplinary research, and cultural diversity