Description

Location: Albany, NY Category: Faculty Posted On: Fri Sep 5 2025 Job Description:

The College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cybersecurity (CEHC) at the University at Albany (UAlbany) is seeking applicants for a tenured Associate or Full professor who will also serve as the Director of its Interdisciplinary PhD in Information Science Program. The Director of the Program provides academic, administrative, and strategic leadership to support the development and delivery of a high-quality, interdisciplinary doctoral program. They ensure that the Program aligns with the mission, vision, and strategic goals of CEHC and the University at Albany. The Director is further responsible for promoting academic excellence, fostering a strong research culture, ensuring student success, and managing program operations. Candidates should be able to take an integrative approach in working with faculty, staff, and students from a variety of backgrounds within and outside the college.

The successful candidate is an integral part of the Department's instructional team. Associate or Full Professors deliver undergraduate and graduate-level instruction, conduct research, and partake in advisement responsibilities. Each semester, the tenure-track and tenured faculty generally teach two courses. While we welcome candidates from a range of specializations and methodologies, we especially encourage candidates whose scholarly work critically engages with diverse ways of understanding issues in technology and society. This could include scholarship in topics such as information science, cybersecurity, emergency management, artificial intelligence, communications or related areas.

The successful candidate will also be expected to participate in College and Department activities, serve on committees, attend faculty meetings and retreats, participate in end-of session activities along with graduation and other meetings that arise, in addition to developing curriculum.

The Institution

The University at Albany is a major public research university where over 17,000 undergraduate and graduate students collaborate with top-ranked faculty to conduct major research and scholarship in a wide range of disciplines. As a highly active research institution, UAlbany has received hundreds of millions of dollars in federal, state, and private sector support for its schools, colleges, and research centers.

The University and the College are committed to diversity in their teaching/learning, and research endeavors. UAlbany is one of only 46 institutions awarded the Seal of Excelencia. It has also recently received Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, a five-star rating from the Campus Pride Index, seven consecutive National HEED Diversity Awards from Insight into Diversity magazine, and Princeton Review's 2025 Mental Health Honor Roll.

The College

The mission of CEHC and its constituent departments is to make a difference in the world by providing high-quality academic programs, blending an interdisciplinary and entrepreneurial spirit, fostering enthusiasm for learning and teaching, promoting operational application of knowledge, and leading cutting-edge research initiatives that bring together people, technology, and knowledge to address the challenges of the 21st century.

CEHC is growing rapidly, building upon its new undergraduate and graduate academic programs in Cybersecurity, Game Design and Development, Emergency Management and Homeland Security, in addition to its already established Informatics and Information Science programs. One of the hallmarks of the College and its departments is the crosscutting nature of the education and research efforts across these fields and beyond. UAlbany and the State of New York are committed to seeing the College become a global leader in education and research in its fields and are providing significant support to its growth and development.

Faculty and students are encouraged to engage with relevant communities in research and teaching, and the College has a strong record of such engagement both locally and abroad. CEHC wishes to hire a colleague whose scholarship and teaching foster transformation toward a more just society and involve meaningful partnership with community-based organizations. The College values diverse lived experiences that inform research, teaching, and mentoring.

Functional and Supervisory Relationships:

• Reports to: Dean
• May supervise employees as assigned (if no direct reports at time of filling position)

Job Requirements: The Director of the Interdisciplinary PhD in Information Science Program will be a tenured Associate or Full Professor who will lead, develop, and administer the program in collaboration with faculty and administrators across departments and Colleges. While the following outlines the knowledge, skills, and abilities that will support success in the role, we recognize that candidates may not possess all preferable attributes at the outset. We strongly encourage applicants who demonstrate a commitment to learning, leadership, and collaborative problem-solving.

• Familiarity with or enthusiasm for working across disciplinary boundaries; interest in bridging academic silos and supporting integrative research and scholarship.
• Ability to set goals, build consensus, and move a program forward with clarity and collaboration, including a readiness to occupy a strategic leadership role within the College.
• An understanding of how academic programs operate within an R1 university setting, including a willingness to learn how to navigate and influence UAlbany's structures and policies.
• Knowledge of designing and assessing doctoral-level curricula, learning outcomes, and comprehensive examinations.
• An interest in supporting students' access to research funding, career development resources, and interdisciplinary opportunities.
• Ability to work productively across academic units, build relationships with affiliate faculty ranks, and navigate complex organizational dynamics.
• A record of research, teaching, and service appropriate to the rank of tenured Associate or Full Professor, and a readiness to model academic excellence for doctoral students.
• Ability to utilize institutional data and feedback to inform program improvements?or an openness to engaging with these tools in partnership with institutional research offices.

Job Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Doctoral degree from a college or University accredited by the US Department of Education or internationally recognized accrediting organization in a field related to Information Science.
• Faculty may be drawn from a wide range of fields, including but not limited to: Information Science, Informatics, Computer Science, Data Science, Cybersecurity, Communication, Emergency Management, Public Administration, Public Health, Education, Business, Geography and Planning, Game Design and Development, Homeland Security, or a closely related field.
• Three or more years of experience in graduate education and doctoral student mentoring.
• Demonstrated administrative leadership in an academic setting.
• Demonstrated experience teaching undergraduate and/or graduate courses in varying modalities (in-person, online, and/or hybrid).
• Demonstrated record of published scholarship on topics in their relevant field, requisite for appointment as Associate Professor or Full Professor at a Research 1 University.
• Demonstrated experience in applying for external funding for research, commensurate research funding, such as grants, sponsorships, or industry funding.
• Currently or previously tenured (in good standing) at a commensurate research institution.
• Applicants must demonstrate an ability to develop inclusive and equitable relationships within our diverse campus community
• Applicants must demonstrate an ability to support diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and belonging relative to their role

Preferred Qualifications:

• Multiple years of experience with interdisciplinary programs, particularly those aligned with aforementioned fields, or similarly related.
• Experience in obtaining external funding for research, commensurate with appointments as Associate Professor or Full Professor.
• Experience with graduate program academic assessment standards and practices.
• Evidence of high level administrative/leadership capacity in departmental, college, and/or university leadership.
• Evidence of high level administrative/leadership capacity in broader academic/professional setting, i.e. associations, industry, etc.

Appointment Details:

• The director role is a concurrent appointment and reports to the Dean of CEHC.
• The director role is provided an administrative course release and a stipend.
• Directorship role is at the pleasure of the Dean of CEHC and the Provost, typically appointed for three years, renewable based on performance and college needs.
• When the director role concludes, faculty will revert to home department and essential functions will re-align based on university standards for tenured, research-active faculty.

Working Environment:

• Typical office environment

Additional Information:

Professional Rank and Salary Range: Professor 10 months, A3, Salary commensurate with experience.

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