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University
of California, Los Angeles
Graduate
School of Education and Information Studies
Department
of Information Studies
Assistant
Professor of Children’s and Young Adult Information Studies
The
Department of Information Studies of the Graduate School of Education and
Information Studies (GSE&IS) at UCLA invites applications for a
tenure-track assistant professor specializing in children’s and young adult
information studies. Located in the culturally diverse city of Los Angeles, and in a highly
inter-disciplinary school encompassing both Information Studies and Education,
the successful candidate will have research and teaching interests that relate to any
aspect of information studies--broadly conceived as encompassing library,
archival and educational approaches--hat addresses children and young adults.
These interests might include, but are not limited to, one or more of the
following:
· research on information and
library services to children and young adults with particular interest in
literacy and materials in print and digital formats;
· the design and evaluation of
programming for children and young adults in libraries, archives, museums and
other institutional contexts, and engagement with them;
· the provision of information
and library services in culturally diverse communities;
· the study of reading and media
use in social contexts;
· intellectual freedom and the
rights of children to access information, and the effects of censorship;
· policy development and
analysis in the provision of information and library services to children;
· information literacy
instruction and college preparedness.
Strong
knowledge of current
practices and trends and experience in children's or young adult information and library services are highly
desirable.
The
Graduate School of Education and Information Studies is one of the top-ranked
schools in the U.S., and supports internationally recognized research centers.
Within the school, the Department of Information Studies has emerged as an
innovative, interdisciplinary site for theory and research in information
studies, including archival and museum informatics, data curatorship,
information policy, new media, preservation, and textual and visual studies.
The Department’s faculty has been recognized as among the most productive and
highly-cited in the field. Faculty members have close ties across UCLA.
The
Department offers an M.A. program in Moving Image Archive Studies (MIAS), an
M.L.I.S. (Master of Library and Information Science) degree with specializations
in archival studies, library studies, informatics, and rare books and print and
visual culture, and a Ph.D. program in Information Studies, as well as
concentrations in digital humanities and gender studies and a joint Master’s
degree with Latin American Studies.
All
faculty in the Department teach at both master’s and doctoral levels; thus,
candidates should be able to demonstrate how their research and teaching
interests and experience will help foster the growth of the M.A., M.L.I.S., and
Ph.D. programs. This position entails: teaching four four-unit courses per
year, or their equivalent, in accordance with the Department’s workload policy;
advising and mentoring graduate students; actively engaging in research; and
actively participating in administrative responsibilities for the Department,
the School, and the University.
The
School and the Department have strong commitments to the rich and varied
multicultural communities of the Southern California region, and a reputation
for merging research and practice in statewide, national, and international
outreach and service. We seek a scholar who will make the most of Los Angeles’
unique advantages as a setting for research that links children and young adult
services to public engagement, and for creating international connections,
especially with the Pacific Rim and Latin America. We particularly encourage
applications from those whose research and teaching address the practices,
perspectives, and needs of diverse populations.
Rank: Assistant Professor.
Starting date: July 1, 2014.
(Teaching duties begin late September 2014.) This position is contingent upon
final budgetary approval.
Qualifications: A Ph.D. or other
terminal degree; a research agenda; a publication record (or demonstrable
potential for such); established teaching competence; ability to secure grant
funding.
Salary: Commensurate with
qualifications and experience. UCLA also has an attractive benefits package.
To apply: On-line
applications only. Please apply on-line at https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF00106 with the following items: a letter of
application, outlining scholarly background as well as current and future
research plans; a curriculum vitae; samples of publications; and (optionally) a
statement addressing your contributions to diversity through research,
teaching, and/or service. Please also have at least three confidential letters
of recommendation.
IS
Children’s Services/Young Adult faculty position, #0285-1314-02
For
informal inquiries, please contact Gregory Leazer, chair of the Department, at [log in to unmask] or Anne Gilliland, chair of the search committee,
at [log in to unmask].
Application deadline: the application date has been
extended to January 6, 2014 but will continue until filled. To ensure full
consideration, applications should be complete and letters of recommendation
received by this date. The position will remain open until filled, but not
later than June 30, 2014.
The
University of California, Los Angeles is an Affirmative Action / Equal
Employment Opportunity Employer, committed to excellence through diversity. We
encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups.
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