Pay Range:
salary is commensurate with experience
Hours:
Regular university hours.
Job Description:
Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies (The iSchool, ischool.syr.edu) seeks applications for multiple Postdoctoral Scholar positions to start in Fall 2019. In addition to developing their own research with mentorship from a faculty member and participating in the academic life of the school (60% of their time), Scholars will teach two courses per semester during the academic year (40% of their time). The positions are full-time for two years with the second year based on satisfactory performance. Salary is salary is competitive and commensurate with experience, plus benefits.
The successful candidates will experience our “Faculty of One”: a highly collegial environment that stresses interdisciplinary collaboration amongst our school’s faculty and with other members of the university community and beyond. Our research and teaching often adopt a socio-technical approach, recognizing that important problems are not simply technical nor just about people, but rather require both social and technological insights. We seek applicants who adopt this philosophy in their own research and teaching.
The School is committed to professional development for postdoctoral scholars and provides excellent mentoring and support. A postdoc mentoring plan will be developed for each person. The School’s Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning provides resources and support to enable instructors (especially new instructors) to excel in their teaching.
Qualifications:
A completed Ph.D. in a relevant field of study or the expectation of completion of the Ph.D. by August 2019 is required.
Successful candidates will have started a program of research in an information-related field. We are open to applications from candidates whose interests overlap those of the faculty (interested applicants are encouraged to review the research interests at https://ischool.syr.edu/research/faculty-research-areas/). The position requires good communication skills, including excellent spoken and written English.
Applicants should be able to contribute to the development of students in our degree programs in Information Management and Technology, Data Science, and Library and Information Science (including school media). Applicants should be able to teach one or more of the following topics:
• Library and information science, e.g., library planning, marketing and assessment; reference and information services; information organization and access; cataloguing, classification, indexing and abstracting; and cultural heritage
• Information policy
• Information systems, e.g., scripting for data analysis / Python; systems analysis; user experience and user-based design; and enterprise IT consultation
• Data science, e.g., databases; data warehouse; data analytics and big data analytics; information visualization; and natural language processing
• Research methods
Members of groups traditionally underrepresented among scholars in higher education are encouraged to apply. We are interested in candidates with communication skills and cross- cultural abilities to be effective with diverse groups of students, colleagues and community members. Experience mentoring students from marginalized groups is particularly valued.
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