Associate or Full Professor - CEHC

Location: Albany, NY Category: Faculty Posted On: Fri Sep 5 2025 Job Description:

The College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cybersecurity (CEHC) at the University at Albany (UAlbany) is seeking applicants for a tenured Associate or Full professor who will also serve as the Director of its Interdisciplinary PhD in Information Science Program. The Director of the Program provides academic, administrative, and strategic leadership to support the development and delivery of a high-quality, interdisciplinary doctoral program.

They ensure that the Program aligns with the mission, vision, and strategic goals of CEHC and the University  Director is further responsible for promoting academic excellence, fostering a strong research culture, ensuring student success, and managing program operations. Candidates should be able to take an integrative approach in working with faculty, staff, and students from a variety of backgrounds within and outside the college.

The successful candidate is an integral part of the Department's instructional team. Associate or Full Professors deliver undergraduate and graduate-level instruction, conduct research, and partake in advisement responsibilities. Each semester, the tenure-track and tenured faculty generally teach two courses. While we welcome candidates from a range of specializations and methodologies, we especially encourage candidates whose scholarly work critically engages with diverse ways of understanding issues in technology and society.

This could include scholarship in topics such as information science, cybersecurity, emergency management, artificial intelligence, communications or related areas.

The successful candidate will also be expected to participate in College and Department activities, serve on committees, attend faculty meetings and retreats, participate in end-of session activities along with graduation and other meetings that arise, in addition to developing curriculum.

The Institution

The University at Albany is a major public research university where over 17,000 undergraduate and graduate students collaborate with top-ranked faculty to conduct major research and scholarship in a wide range of disciplines. As a highly active research institution, UAlbany has received hundreds of millions of dollars in federal, state, and private sector support for its schools, colleges, and research centers.

The University and the College are committed to diversity in their teaching/learning, and research endeavors. UAlbany is one of only 46 institutions awarded the Seal of Excelencia. It has also recently received Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, a five-star rating from the Campus Pride Index, seven consecutive National HEED Diversity Awards from Insight into Diversity magazine, and Princeton Review's 2025 Mental Health Honor Roll.

The College

The mission of CEHC and its constituent departments is to make a difference in the world by providing high-quality academic programs, blending an interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial spirit, fostering enthusiasm for learning and teaching, promoting operational application of knowledge, and leading cutting-edge research initiatives that bring together people, technology, and knowledge to address the challenges of the 21st century.

CEHC is growing rapidly, building upon its new undergraduate and graduate academic programs in Cybersecurity, Game Design and Development, Emergency Management and Homeland Security, in addition to its already established Informatics and Information Science programs. One of the hallmarks of the College and its departments is the crosscutting nature of the education and research efforts across these fields and beyond. UAlbany and the State of New York are committed to seeing the College become a global leader in education and research in its fields and are providing significant support to its growth and development.

Faculty and students are encouraged to engage with relevant communities in research and teaching, and the College has a strong record of such engagement both locally and abroad. CEHC wishes to hire a colleague whose scholarship and teaching foster transformation toward a more just society and involve meaningful partnership with community-based organizations. The College values diverse lived experiences that inform research, teaching, and mentoring.

Functional and Supervisory Relationships:

• Reports to:
  
  Dean
• May supervise employees as assigned (if no direct reports at time of filling position)

Job Requirements: The Director of the Interdisciplinary PhD in Information Science Program will be a tenured Associate or Full Professor who will lead, develop, and administer the program in collaboration with faculty and administrators across departments and Colleges. While the following outlines the knowledge, skills, and abilities that will support success in the role, we recognize that candidates may not possess all preferable attributes at the outset.

We strongly…