Assistant​/Associate Professor of Instruction or Practice

Position: Assistant/Associate Professor of Instruction or Practice, 2026
Deadline:
Reviews will begin on March 23, 2026 and continue until the positions are filled.

The School of Information (iSchool) at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for full-time professional track positions (Assistant/Associate Professor of Instruction and Assistant/Associate Professor of Practice). We seek candidates qualified to teach a range of courses in the iSchool's new undergraduate degree programs, the B.S.I. and B.A. in Informatics (https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).) as well as the Master of Science in Information Studies (MSIS) (https://)

program. Qualified candidates will also be considered for joint appointments in the University of Texas Libraries and other appropriate units. We particularly encourage applications from candidates with professional experience in one or more of the following areas:

* Libraries and Librarianship (e.g., information literacy, library research and strategy, library instruction, library assessment, user experience research in libraries, management and leadership in information organizations, digital libraries, information organization and access, design and management of information services, collection development and management, school libraries, academic libraries, public libraries, youth services, open-source software development and management)

* Archives (e.g., archives, critical data studies, digital humanities, digital collections, (digital) preservation, (digital) curation, museum studies, metadata, cultural studies of information technology, history of information, community archiving)

* Health Informatics (e.g., public health informatics, consumer health informatics, human-computer interaction in health and medicine, human-centered data science in health and medicine, health information for underserved populations, eHealth, mobile health, electronic health records, data management, self-tracking, biomedical informatics, AI for health)

The University of Texas School of Information has active and growing teaching and research programs in each of these areas. Professional track faculty at the iSchool are valued intellectual partners in their area of concentration, adding their valuable expertise to our undergraduate and graduate degree programs, and are represented in faculty governance.

Candidates for the Instruction or Practice tracks should hold a graduate degree in a relevant field, broadly defined. Applicants for the Practice track should have at least three years of professional experience in a field relevant to the subject(s) in which they teach. Applicants for the Instruction track should hold a doctoral degree and/or have a record of successful teaching experience in higher education.

Applicants for the Practice track should have strong professional practice and networks, with plans to maintain and develop these while incorporating student mentoring. We specifically invite applications from people actively contributing and leading open-source software projects in these areas.

Compensation

Salaries for candidates hired at the Assistant rank will be determined based on experience, starting at a minimum of $90,000+ for a nine-month contract, while those at the Associate rank will begin at a minimum of $100,000+ for a nine-month renewable contract. Candidates will receive nine-month academic appointments, leaving summer months for additional reaching, research, or consulting activities, with benefits that continue across the full year.

In addition, all full-time faculty at UT Austin have opportunities for outside employment during academic years, enhancing connections to practice.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Required application materials should include:

* Current CV

* Cover letter (1 page suggested)

* Teaching statement (2-3 pages suggested)

* Sample course syllabus

* Names and contact details of 3 references who have agreed to provide a reference letter (we will solicit reference letters, if needed, later in the process).

Questions about the positions may be sent to Dr. R. David Lankes, Bowden Professor, rdlankes.

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