School of Computing Instruction Chair; Lecturer-track

Overview

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech conducts extensive research across biomedical technology, artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security.

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute highlights values including students as our top priority, excellence, diversity, collaboration, innovation, freedom of inquiry and expression, wellbeing, ethical action, and responsible stewardship. Georgia Tech's Core Values guide decisions and actions across the university and beyond.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech aims to be an inclusive, leading technological research university of unmatched scale, committed to serving the public good and developing principled leaders from diverse backgrounds.

The College of Computing combines foundations of mathematics and information science with interdisciplinary practice. It comprises five schools offering programs in Computer Science, Computing Instruction, Cybersecurity and Privacy, Interactive Computing, and Computational Science and Engineering.

Atlanta, GA

The College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology invites nominations and applications for the position of Chair of the School of Computing Instruction (SCI) for the Atlanta campus. The Chair will build upon the School''s success. SCI focuses on the foundations of computing and serves critical needs in computing education, with faculty who emphasize pedagogy, scalability of instruction, and meaningful dialogue in computing education.

SCI aims to be a platform for creativity, innovation, and collaboration in computing education research, practice, and outreach.

Responsibilities include providing leadership for all teaching components at the undergraduate level and establishing collaborative relationships across Georgia Tech and with external partners. The Chair will foster community engagement and industry relationships and must demonstrate a commitment to Georgia Tech Core Values.

Reporting to the Dean of the College of Computing, the Chair has overall responsibility for the School''s academic program, budgetary, administrative, fiscal, and personnel decisions in alignment with the College and Institute goals. The Chair should have a forward-thinking strategic vision and the ability to implement it, leading faculty and staff and guiding undergraduate teaching. Collaboration with other Computing School Chairs and internal/external stakeholders is expected, including partnerships with executive leaders at Georgia Tech.

Fostering industry relationships and community engagement is a primary goal. A commitment to Georgia Tech Core Values is required.

• Have a Doctorate in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Be a Senior Academic or Teaching Faculty (equivalent or above) in a premier department at a research university
• Demonstrated leadership and team-building skills
• Experience with strategic planning and vision development
• Facility with fiscal management and administrative oversight
• Participative management and open decision-making
• Commitment to the personal and educational enrichment of faculty, staff, and students
• Proven record of external visibility and experience with development

Applications should be submitted by December 1, 2025, for full consideration. Applications submitted via the Georgia Tech Careers website, Job .

Inquiries may be directed to Dr. Sashank Varma, Search Committee Chair and Professor of Interactive Computing, ase include "Chair - School of Computing Instruction" in the subject line.

The University System of Georgia states Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect as core values. Details are available in USG policy materials online.

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