Assistant​/Associate Professor Position in AI- Quantitative Research Method in Education

Position: Assistant/Associate Professor Position in AI-Based Quantitative Research Method in Education
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AST/ASO PROF

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Minimum Requirements:

Candidates for Assistant Professor shall hold the highest degree appropriate to their field or possess equivalent qualifications based on professional experience. A candidate shall be expected to demonstrate successful experience pertinent to the position they are being recommended and have demonstrated qualities relevant to the goals of the academic unit in which they will be employed.

Candidates for Associate Professor shall hold the highest degree appropriate to their field or possess professional qualifications above those equivalent to the highest degree relevant to their field. They are expected to have produced creative work, professional writing, or research and successful teaching or professional experience. A candidate for this rank must have a distinguished record of achievement beyond the assistant professor level.

Job Description:

The University of Florida has pioneered the effort to integrate AI education in every major and every college. The College of Education seeks a tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor in AI-based Quantitative Research Methods in Education. This faculty member will join a productive and collegial community of scholars committed to high quality teaching, research, and service. In addition, this faculty member will have the opportunity to collaborate with researchers in a variety of units centered around AI and technology-enhanced learning, such as the Institute for Advanced Learning Technologies ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).).

Successful applicants for the tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor position are expected to develop and maintain a clear, systematic line of research; vigorously pursue external research funding; publish in top-tier scholarly journals; present research findings at meetings of professional associations; and contribute to advising and teaching graduate students. Additionally, candidates will engage in service to the program, school, college, university, and profession in general.

The nine-month, tenure-accruing faculty appointment begins August 2026. Salary is negotiable, highly competitive, and commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Potential areas of expertise and scholarship may include:

* AI-enhanced psychometrics, Computational Psychometrics, Digital-based assessment, and related areas

* Causal machine learning for designing and analyzing experimental and quasi-experimental studies

* Reinforcement Learning (RL) in educational research

* Natural Language Processing (NLP)-based methods in educational assessment, measurement, and quantitative analysis

* Issues of validity, reliability, and heterogeneous impacts in AI-enhanced quantitative methodology

* Advancements to educational quantitative research methodology through AI

Responsibilities:

* Conduct scholarly activities commensurate with expectations of a tenure-track assistant or associate faculty member at a research-intensive university

* Build a collaborative and diverse community of scholars among colleagues within and outside of the college, especially within UF's AI research community

* Vigorously pursue external funding opportunities with the support of the College's Office of Educational Research

* Publish in top-tier refereed scholarly journals

* Advise, engage, and mentor graduate students in teaching, research, and outreach activities

* Design and teach courses (face-to-face, blended, and/or online) for graduate students and, optionally, undergraduate students

* Provide service to the university and the profession

ABOUT THE COLLEGE:
The College of Education at the University of Florida, founded in 1906, has consistently been ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the nation in Online Graduate Education for the last nine years, No. 2 nationally for undergraduate education and 6th nationally among public and private education schools (U.S. News & World Report). Three of the College's academic programs occupy top-20 spots in the U.S. News rankings:
Counselor Education (1st), Special Education (4th), and Elementary Education (14th). Cutting-edge interdisciplinary research and public scholarship-often conducted in partnership with other UF colleges, school districts and communities across the state and nation-are yielding powerful learning systems and models that are helping to transform education in today's changing world, starting with our youngest learners. Faculty researchers last year garnered more than $150.3 million in external awards supporting studies and projects addressing education's most critical issues.

With both on campus and online options, the college offers 29 bachelor's and advanced degree programs and concentration areas, within nine academic specialties. To sustain the college's innovative edge, heightened emphasis on emerging technologies, student experience and interdisciplinary research will effectively prepare tomorrow's leaders in all education disciplines. The College's educator preparation programs…