U. Michigan seeks Digital Humanities Assistant Professor

University of Michigan School of Information, Digital Environments/Digital  
Humanities
Rank: Assistant Professor

The University of Michigan's School of Information (SI) seeks an outstanding  
tenure-track faculty member at the Assistant Professor level to help  
establish a vigorous program of research and teaching in Digital  
Environments/Digital Humanities. New technologies and digital environments  
offer transformative opportunities for the humanities. At the same time, they  
bring unheralded challenges for accountability, authority, representation,  
intelligibility, and the assessment of value. Candidates for this position  
should have a demonstrated research record investigating topics of concern in  
the digital humanities. Potential areas of research include (but are not  
limited to) virtual collaboration in the humanities; design of interactive  
humanities-related media; credibility and authority of digital content;  
ethnography or history of digital culture; and curation of digital resources.

This position is part of a Digital Environments faculty cluster aimed at  
transforming humanities scholarship and engaging faculty and students in new  
modes of research, teaching, and learning. The Digital Environments cluster  
represents a partnership between the School of Information; the departments  
of English Language and Literature and Communication Studies; and the Program  
in American Culture, each of which is hiring a new faculty member through  
independent searches. Candidates for the School of Information position will  
engage with these new faculty as well as colleagues across the university,  
through such venues as research projects, a speaker series, reading groups,  
and teaching initiatives.

Application letters for this position must discuss the candidate's ideas for  
interacting with the cluster group. Before doing so, please read the full  
description of the Digital Environments cluster.

The mission of the School of Information, where this position will reside, is  
to connect people, information, and technology in more valuable ways. The  
School is home to a dynamic and vibrant research and teaching program, with  
35 FTE faculty, 49 doctoral students, and 380 students in its professional  
program, the Master of Science in Information. In partnership with other  
units, we recently launched a new undergraduate informatics major. The School  
of Information is internationally recognized for its research strengths in  
social informatics, network analysis and text mining, human computer  
interaction, digital archives, cyberinfrastructure, digital preservation, and  
information seeking, sharing and use. More about the School, its vision, and  
its activities can be found at the School's website: si.umich.edu

Founded in 1817, the University of Michigan has a long and distinguished  
history as one of the first public universities in the nation. It is one of  
only two public institutions consistently ranked among the nation's top ten  
universities. The University has one of the largest health care complexes in  
the world and one of the best library systems in the United States. With more  
than $1 billion in research expenditures annually, the University has the  
second largest research expenditure among all universities in the nation. The  
University has an annual budget of more than $1.4 billion and an endowment  
valued at more than $7.57 billion.
Qualifications:
Ph.D. (or nearing completion) in a relevant area, such as literature,  
history, cultural studies, cultural anthropology, archaeology, communication  
studies, design, information science, library science, archival studies, or  
technical fields involving significant interactions with the humanities
Demonstrated potential for successful teaching at the undergraduate and  
graduate levels
Demonstrated potential for high scholarly impact
A strong commitment to teaching, interdisciplinary research, creative  
activity, and cultural diversity

Review of applications will begin Nov. 1 and continue until the position is  
filled.
How to Apply:
Applicants should submit the following materials online at  
http://si.umich.edu/about-SI/faculty-postings_login.htm :
Cover letter, including your ideas for interacting with the Digital  
Environments cluster group
Curriculum vita
Statement of research
Statement of teaching interests and experience
Three representative publications
Three letters of reference