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Madison, Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
Posted: 18-Oct-24
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Internal Number: 307302-FA
Job Summary: | The School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks a full-time Assistant Professor beginning August 18, 2025, with a research agenda focused on Artificial Intelligence and the quality, integrity, and credibility of news and public-interest communication. Candidates should have a demonstrated commitment to excellence in research and teaching and a PhD in communication or related fields such as media studies, information studies, sociology, psychology, computer science, data science, political science, public health, and science and technology studies. We are a methodologically diverse department and seek candidates with strengths in qualitative, quantitative, and/or computational approaches to media and communication research. Regardless of focus, our ideal candidate will have a substantial research agenda that sheds critical light on how AI and related technologies change the work of journalism and other knowledge-producing institutions in the democratic public sphere, in a moment of diminishing institutional trust and rising concern about "information disorder" in countries around the world. |
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Responsibilities: | The successful candidate, as a member of the College of L&S, will proactively contribute to, support, and advance the college's commitment to equity among all aspects of their teaching, mentoring, research, and service. In addition to developing and maintaining a robust research portfolio in the area of AI and communication, the successful applicant will participate in interdisciplinary and collaborative efforts with other departments, schools and colleges, and will mentor highly motivated master's and doctoral students in this area of high demand and societal impact. The standard teaching load is four courses per academic year, typically including one graduate seminar per year. University and professional service is required appropriate to career stage. |
Institutional Statement on Diversity: | Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals. |
Education: | Required |
Qualifications: | Successful candidate must engage in high-quality research and teaching commensurate with experience. The successful candidate will demonstrate experience with fostering or the ability to foster an inclusive and equity-centered teaching, learning, mentoring, departmental, and research environment where all can thrive. |
Work Type: | Full Time: 100% |
Appointment Type, Duration: | Ongoing/Renewable |
Anticipated Begin Date: | AUGUST 18, 2025 |
Salary: | Negotiable |
Additional Information: | This position is part of the Wisconsin Research, Innovation and Scholarly Excellence (RISE) Initiative. Through accelerated and strategic faculty hiring, research infrastructure enhancement, interdisciplinary collaboration, and increased student and educational opportunities, RISE addresses complex societal challenges of importance to the state, nation and world. Building on UW-Madison's strengths, RISE expands the University's successful track record of connecting with communities and industry on collaborative solutions. |
How to Apply: | Telephone and email inquiries to discuss this position are welcome. Contact Professor Lucas Graves (608-263-3399 /lucas.graves@wisc.edu). Additional search committee members are also available to answer questions. They are: Professor Karyn Riddle (kriddle@wisc.edu), Professor Hernando Rojas (hrojas@wisc.edu), and Professor Sijia Yang (syang84@wisc.edu). |
Contact: | Lucas Graves |
Official Title: | Assistant Professor(FA040) |
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Department(s): | A48-COL OF LETTERS & SCIENCE/JOURN & MASS COM/JN & MASS |
Employment Class: | Faculty |
Job Number: | 307302-FA |
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply. For more information regarding applicant and employee rights and to view federal and state required postings, click hereIf you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website: https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/ Employment may require a criminal background check. It may also require you and your references to answer questions regarding sexual violence and sexual harassment. The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7). The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies, crime statistics for the previous 3 calendar years, and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previous 3 calendar years. UW-Madison will provide a paper copy upon request; please contact the University of Wisconsin Police Department. |
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