Assistant Professor

Pratt Institute, School of Information

Final date to receive applications:
November 1, 2023.

Pratt Institute invites applications for a cluster of five new tenure‑track faculty positions at the level of Assistant Professor, focused on “Diverse Voices Creating Just Futures.” Applicants from a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary backgrounds whose teaching, research, and creative practices will advance the Institute’s commitment to an education that centers on justice are invited.

“Pratt students make decisions with consideration of their impact upon individuals, communities, and the earth. They are compelled into action to resist all forms of discrimination, inequalities, and supremacism, in order to promote just societal transformation with frameworks and tools that allow for reflection and agency” (All‑Institute Learning Goals).

Faculty hired through this initiative will have the opportunity to work as a multi‑disciplinary cohort with shared interests that cut across fields, as well as pursue their work as individual scholars and creative practitioners. This initiative further elevates Pratt’s commitment to increasing the size of its full‑time faculty, recruiting, hiring, and supporting diverse faculty, and educating artists and creative professionals whose work has a transformative impact on the world.

Disciplinary areas include Library and Information Science, Information Experience Design, Data Analytics and Visualization, and Museums and Digital Culture. An earned doctorate is required for all positions. Focus is on critical approaches and engagement with areas such as critical information studies, critical design, data justice and tech ethics, activism, and communities facing barriers (e.g., people who are incarcerated).

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