LEO Lecturer - SI Privacy in Information Technology

Position: LEO Lecturer I - SI 540 Privacy in Information Technology
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How to Apply

Please upload your Curriculum Vitae or Resume and a cover letter detailing your experience and interest in the position as one document. Who We Are The School of Information is a progressive, interdisciplinary school with five academic programs. UMSI delivers innovative, elegant, and ethical solutions connecting people, information, and technology. The school was one of the first iSchools in the nation and our interdisciplinary faculty spans such areas as data science, computational social science, human-computer interaction, social media, library and archival science, and digital curation.

Our school mission is to create and share knowledge so that people will use information ? with technology ? to build a better world.

Job Summary The University of Michigan School of Information (UMSI) invites applications for a part-time LEO Lecturer I position. The successful candidate will join UMSI as a primary instructor for SI 540 Privacy in Information Technology in the Winter 2027 semester. This is a 3-credit graduate-level course. This will be a part-time position starting 1/1/2027 and ending 4/30/2027 with 25% effort.

Applicants must be available for in-person instruction on the University of Michigan Ann Arbor Campus. This course explores privacy and data protection in information technologies. Students will gain a critical understanding of privacy's role in society and tension between privacy, technology and security. Students will learn to analyze privacy issues and design privacy-friendly and usable solutions by considering social, technical, legal and public policy aspects.

The course starts with a historical perspective on privacy and the tensions between privacy, technology and security as well as discourse on aspects affected privacy decisions of individuals. This is followed by an overview of the privacy laws and regulations in the United States and Europe, and other countries or even between sectors. The second half of the course focuses on the design of privacy-friendly systems under considerations of legal and regulatory requirements, technological safeguards and challenges, human factors, and organizational measures.

Responsibilities
* As a Lecturer I at UMSI, you will be the primary instructor for SI 540 Privacy in Information Technology. The successful candidate will develop course syllabi and materials, deliver course content to students, and provide student assessments including grading and feedback. You will be expected to coordinate and work collaboratively with the teaching team for this course, and respond to school and teaching team communications, ensuring daily/evening/weekend coverage for students will be expected.

You will also work collaboratively with UMSI administration and staff to ensure that students receive an excellent education and are aware of support services in the larger UM and UMSI communities.

Required Qualifications
* Master's degree or higher in a related field, such as Information or Computer Science Proven expertise in privacy research and practice and other subjects related to the course

Experience teaching in a higher education context

Desired Qualifications
* Demonstrated excellence in teaching

Deep interest in improving pedagogy and collaboration to perform instructional best practices Current participation in professional associations

Significant experience in privacy research, as seen in professional publications or similar outputs.…