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Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Social Justice

About the Opportunity

The College of Social Sciences and Humanities and its nine tenure units are the home of the Experiential Liberal Arts. Through its research, teaching, and engagement missions, the college collaborates across the university, the Northeastern network, and partners around the globe. We are strongly committed to fostering excellence through diversity and enthusiastically welcome nominations and applications from members of groups underrepresented in academia. Successful faculty in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities will be dynamic and innovative scholars with a record of research and teaching excellence and a commitment to improved equity, diversity, and inclusion. Strong candidates for this position will have the expertise, knowledge, and skills to build their research, pedagogy, and curriculum in ways that reflect and enhance this commitment.

Responsibilities:

Northeastern University is searching for multiple faculty positions at all ranks (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and/or Professor) in the broad research area of AI and Social Justice, which is central to Northeastern's impact in the broader world and is key to curricular transformations, external partnerships, new research agendas, as well as the development of the emerging field of humanics. This thematic hiring area is looking for outstanding faculty who explore AI and analyze its ethical and social implications.

The College of Social Sciences and Humanities is interested in hiring faculty with expertise in the following areas: algorithmic justice; ethical, economic, and social implications of AI and HCI; misinformation and decline of shared information environments; election meddling; social media and global media platforms; injustice, bias, and lack of accountability in machine learning systems; online harassment and erosion of the public sphere; societal and governance issues raised by AI, HCI, and big data; AI and human-centered computing approaches to addressing the social justice priorities of underserved populations.

Tenure home will be in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, the College of Arts, Media, and Design, the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, or the School of Law. A secondary appointment in another college is encouraged, depending on the candidate's discipline and research focus.

Faculty members at Northeastern are expected to develop independent research programs that attract external funding; teach courses at the graduate and undergraduate level; supervise students and postdocs in their area of research; and participate in service to the department, university, and discipline. Candidates interested in conducting high-impact research programs and committed to teaching excellence in the broad areas above are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications:

A Ph.D. or terminal degree in the Social Sciences, Humanities or a closely related field in a discipline relevant to one of the representative areas of interest by the appointment start date is required. We encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds, including academia and industry.

Documents to Submit:

Applicants will be asked to indicate their primary discipline or field on the online application form. Applications should include a cover letter that addresses the applicant's interest in and qualifications for the position, curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching effectiveness, research statement, writing sample, diversity statement, and contact information for at least three letters of recommendation.

In the diversity statement, please describe how you can support Northeastern's commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Describe how your teaching, service, research, and/or leadership (as applicable) has supported the success of students and/or colleagues; and/or describe the impact others have had on you as relating to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Please address nominations and inquiries about the position to Professor Moira Zellner, Chair of the Search Committee, at m.zellner@northeastern.edu. Review of applications or nominations will begin November 10, 2022 and will continue until the positions are filled.

Northeastern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Educational Institution and Employer, Title IX University. Northeastern University particularly welcomes applications from minorities, women, and persons with disabilities.

Position Type

Academic

Additional Information

Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff. Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

To learn more about Northeastern University's commitment and support of diversity and inclusion, please see www.northeastern.edu/diversity.


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