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    The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is accepting nominations and applications for an accomplished and forward-thinking leader to serve as the next Dean of the School of Social Work. This position provides a remarkable opportunity to lead a nationally recognized School committed to advancing social justice, strengthening communities, and improving the lives of individuals and families. The university seeks a visionary leader dedicated to further elevating the School’s performance and advancing the values of the social work profession.   The School of Social Work prepares students to make meaningful contributions in a rapidly evolving profession. With a diverse student body of more than 900 learners and over 50 faculty committed to social justice, policy-informed science, evidence-based practice, and community engagement, the School offers a comprehensive portfolio of programs. These include the Bachelor of Social Work, Master of...

The Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) of Columbia University seeks an exceptional faculty member of any rank in the tenure track. The position is open to researchers interested in developing and applying informatics theory and achieving tangible benefits to health care and biology. Three foci are (1) machine learning for healthcare and health-related data science, (2) AI and technology-based interventions to improve health care and the health of individuals and populations, and (3) translational bioinformatics. DBMI is an interdisciplinary department, comprising 45 faculty members and 50 students and postdoctoral fellows. The Department has amassed a large, diverse research portfolio, breaking new ground in several areas of informatics research. Its mission is to improve the health of the population and to make biomedical discoveries using information and computational techniques. It runs a diverse portfolio of clinical applications for NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital...

The University of St. Thomas in Minnesota invites nominations and applications for the position of Vice President of Strategic Enrollment Management (Vice President) to serve as a visionary, forward-thinking, and collaborative leader who will drive innovative strategies to advance the University's enrollment goals and long-term enrollment success . Founded in 1885 by Archbishop John Ireland, St. Thomas first opened as the St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary to serve the region's growing immigrant population. The University's mission, inspired by Catholic intellectual tradition, is to educate students to be morally responsible leaders who think critically, act wisely, and work skillfully to advance the common good. Minnesota's largest private University and one of the nation's largest Catholic universities, St. Thomas serves close to 10,000 students in eight schools and colleges on campuses in St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Rome, Italy. The University benefits from net assets of $1.2...

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN School of Information Sciences Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Early Literacies The School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign seeks to hire outstanding faculty members to join our dynamic and collegial iSchool. We invite applications for at least one faculty position in Early Literacies at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor. Preference will be given to applicants who demonstrate a promising and innovative record of scholarship in early literacy, as well as those who connect theory and practice, particularly in relation to libraries, community and public engagement, and/or digital and other information environments. Relevant research areas include, but are not limited to, the role of libraries in shaping policy and advocacy for emergent literacy, the information behaviors of young children and their caregivers, multilingualism and early literacies, library-based early learning...

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN School of Information Sciences Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Information Behavior/HCI/UX The School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign seeks to hire outstanding faculty members to join our dynamic and collegial iSchool. We invite applications for at least one faculty position in Information Behavior/HCI/UX at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor. We especially welcome innovative approaches to exploring information needs, behavior, practices, or use; embodied interaction; participatory design, co-design, or human-centered design; engaged scholarship; and/or design and evaluation of user interactions with emerging technologies. We seek applicants who will thrive in an interdisciplinary academic unit at one of the nation’s premier land-grant research universities. Successful candidates must exhibit the potential to conduct world-class research, teach effectively in undergraduate,...

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN School of Information Sciences Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Information, Culture & Society The School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign seeks to hire outstanding faculty members to join our dynamic and collegial iSchool. We invite applications for at least one faculty position in information, culture, and society at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor. The iSchool welcomes scholars who share our interest in how information and its practices have shaped, and continue to shape, society through time from ancient techniques of visualization to early modern technologies of difference-making to the recent datafication of human life. We seek candidates who explore the cultural and political practices of information from a humanistic perspective. Areas of investigation could include but are not limited to: ways of observing, describing, and representing; the visual organization...

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN School of Information Sciences Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of Information Sciences The School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign seeks to hire outstanding faculty members to join our dynamic and collegial iSchool. We invite applications for at least one faculty position at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor. Strong candidates in any area are encouraged to apply. Applicants with research specializations in early literacies, information behavior/HCI/UX, or information, culture & society may consider applying directly to our faculty job announcements devoted to those areas. We seek applicants who will thrive in an interdisciplinary academic unit at one of the nation’s premier land-grant research universities. Successful candidates must exhibit the potential to conduct world-class research, teach effectively in undergraduate, professional, and doctoral programs, and...