Assistant Professor - Human - Computer Interaction

Assistant Professor
- Human
- Computer Interaction

Faculty

Regular

Assistant Professor

The information professions are undergoing rapid transformation driven by advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and interactive technologies. Future information professionals must be prepared not only to apply AI techniques, but also to design, evaluate, and critically engage with AI systems in ways that center human values, needs, and contexts. We invite applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Human–Computer Interaction (HCI) with particular interest in human-centered AI (HCAI) and human-AI collaboration (HAIC).

This hire is part of SOIS’s strategic commitment to advancing research and teaching at the intersection of AI, human-centered computing, and information practices.

The successful candidate will contribute to educating students across our programs to design, evaluate, and/or deploy AI-enabled systems in diverse information environments including libraries, archives, and other information organizations and data-driven work settings.

We seek scholars whose research advances HCI broadly defined, with particular interest in HCAI and/or HCAI in information contexts. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: human-AI interaction and collaboration (e.g., co-creative systems, decision support, augmentation); usability, transparency, fairness, explainability, and trustworthiness of AI systems; responsible, ethical, and inclusive AI design; user experience (UX) and interaction design for AI-enabled systems;

socio-technical aspects of AI adoption and auditing in information environments; human-centered data practices, including data curation and stewardship; interfaces and interactions for large language models (LLMs) and generative AI; AI-supported knowledge organization, information retrieval, recommendation and discovery; accessibility and equity in AI-mediated information systems; and/or evaluation of AI systems in real-world information settings. We are especially interested in candidates who apply HCI and AI approaches to LIS and IST domains, such as library and archival discovery systems;

digital libraries; reference and information services augmented by AI; metadata, classification, and knowledge organization; and educational technologies as well as information and AI literacy.

The successful candidate will be expected to develop and sustain an active, externally fundable research program in HCI, publish scholarship in leading venues in HCI, Information Science, and related fields, teach undergraduate and graduate courses in HCI, user experience, and/or AI-related topics in both online and face-to-face formats, develop new courses in human-centered AI, interaction design, AI/LLM interface, and/or AI applications in LIS/IST, mentor Master’s and PhD students, and participate in service at the school, college, and university levels.

The anticipated start date for the position is August 23, 2027.

School/College/Division

Description:

The School of Information Studies (SOIS) offers several educational programs: a Bachelor of Science in Information Science and Technology (BSIST); a Masters of Science in Information Science and Technology (MSIST) degree in partnership with the Department of Computer Science; anALA-accredited Masters of Library and Information Science (MLIS); several coordinated graduate degree programs, including Health Informatics; transcript-designated concentrations within theMLISArchival Studies, Public Libraries, Information Organization, and Information Technology;

post-masters Certificates of Advanced Study in Archives and Records Management and Digital…