*Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty Position in Technology and Data Science*

The Department of Communication at Rutgers University’s School of 
Communication and Information seeks a full-time faculty member in the 
area of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) with an emphasis 
on Data Science. Preference will be given to candidates at the Assistant 
and Associate levels. The appointment will begin in Fall 2024.

We are seeking a social scientist studying information and communication 
technology who uses computational social science methods. The ideal 
candidate will conduct theory-driven, empirical, communication-centered 
research that examines the social implications of new technologies. This 
new faculty member will contribute to the growing computational social 
science area at the School of Communication and Information, Rutgers 
University.

We are looking for an innovative and engaged communication scholar whose 
research foci recognizes emerging issues in areas including but not 
limited to:
-- Artificial intelligence fairness and algorithmic bias
-- Artificial intelligence and the future of work
-- Social inequality and democratic participation
-- Media and technology
-- Youth and technology
-- Cities and technology
-- Globalization and civil society
-- Mis/dis-information and technology
-- Identity formation and technology
-- Collective intelligence and digital collaboration
-- Inequities in access, uses, and outcomes of technology
-- Relationship between online and offline behavior

The ideal candidate will have expertise in computational social science 
methods including, but not limited to, machine learning, natural 
language processing, and network science. We are also interested in 
candidates whose research uses computational methods to understand and 
address inequalities related to race, ethnicity, gender, LGBTQ+ status, 
socioeconomic status, physical/mental health, geography, or environment.

Our faculty employs a wide range of empirical approaches in their 
research. We encourage candidates whose scholarship intersects with, and 
extends, one or more of the department’s research foci (organizational 
communication, health communication, communication and technology, 
interpersonal communication, and language and social interaction) and/or 
other areas within the school such as media studies and information 
science. For more about the Department of Communication and the School 
of Communication and Information (SC&I), see *https://comminfo.rutgers.edu*.

Review of applications will begin on October 1, 2023, and will continue 
until the position is filled. Candidates are required to submit a letter 
of application, CV, two sample publications and the names of 3 
references. All applications must be submitted through the online job 
posting at*https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/208329*

Inquiries can be made to the search committee chair: Katherine Ognyanova 
(*[log in to unmask]*).

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  --
Katherine Ognyanova, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Rutgers University
School of Communication and Information
4 Huntington St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Website: www.kateto.net

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