Job Listing / November 2024

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor – Digital Security, Safety, and Trust

Position overview

Position titles:

Assistant Professor of Information
Associate or Full Professor of Information

Salary range: Assistant Professor – The current 9-month academic year salary range is $78,200 – $123,400, however, off-scale salary and other components of pay, which would yield compensation that is higher than this range, are offered to meet competitive conditions. Associate Professor/Professor – The current 9-month academic year salary salary range is $96,500 – $227,400, however, off-scale salary and other components of pay, which would yield compensation that is higher than this range, are offered to meet competitive conditions.

Anticipated start: 7/1/2025

Review timeline: 1/1/2025

Application Window

Open date: November 14, 2024

Next review date: Friday, Jan 3, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Friday, Jan 3, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.

Position description

The School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley, invites applications for appointment to the faculty at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor rank.

Digital technologies have extraordinary capacity to improve the quality of human life, enrich personal and social interactions, boost economic productivity, solve large scale societal problems from mass transportation to public health, and more. Over the last decade, however, it has become clear that the human and social components of the overall systems are rate-limiting factors in those transformations. What is needed now and for the foreseeable future is attention to the security, safety, and trust dimensions that emerge when people interact with digital technologies.

We seek applications from scholars who work to address this intersection directly. An ideal candidate will have some core technical foundation, but will be working with technology to address other parts of the security, safety, and trust system that depends on people and institutions as much as it does on technology. This includes areas like trusted/trustworthy algorithms and algorithmic decision making. We are looking for scholars whose work takes into account multicultural environments and issues of poverty and exclusion on a global basis and assesses trust more broadly than simply transparency or explainability.

The School of Information is a graduate research and education community committed to expanding access to information and to improving its usability, reliability, and credibility while preserving security and privacy. This requires the insights of scholars from diverse fields — information and computer science, design, social sciences, management, law, and policy. The I School is home to the Master of Information and Cybersecurity (MICS) program, and partner of the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC).

The I School is particularly interested in candidates who will contribute to diversity, inclusive perspectives, collegial respect, and support for underserved student populations through their intellectual voice and actions in research, teaching, and service. This commitment to advancing equity and inclusion is essential for the I School, as our excellence can only be fully realized if our entire community shares in the commitment to these values. Additional information about programs and resources supporting the advancement of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging is available at: https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/about/community

We are committed to addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual-career couples and single parents. We are also interested in candidates who have had non- traditional career paths or who have taken time off for family reasons, or who have achieved excellence in careers outside academia. For information about potential relocation to Berkeley, or career needs of accompanying partners and spouses, please visit http://ofew.berkeley.edu/newfaculty.

The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. Consistent with this commitment, UC Berkeley requires all applicants for Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and upload an Authorization of Information Release form into AP Recruit as part of their application. If an applicant does not include the signed authorization, the application will be considered incomplete, and as with any incomplete application, will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, applicants will only be subject to reference checks if and when they are selected as the candidate to whom the hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer. More information is available on this website.

School: https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

PhD (or equivalent international degree), or enrolled in a PhD or equivalent international degree-granting program at the time of application.

Application Requirements by Level

Assistant Professor

Position title: Assistant Professor of Information

Individuals should submit their application at this level if they meet one of the following conditions: Current or recent PhD candidate or graduate; current or recent postdoc; current assistant professor (including those who are “senior” assistant professors near tenure); position equivalent to assistant professor (ie., at an international university). Please note that this level determination is only for application review purposes, not the ultimate appointment level of the finalist.

Document requirements

Curriculum Vitae – Your most recently updated C.V.
Cover Letter (Optional)
Statement of Research – Discuss research accomplishments and proposed plans, including inclusive research practices that promote the excellence of your research. For more information, refer to the Berkeley Office for Faculty Equity & Welfare, Faculty Contributions to Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging at Berkeley webpage: https://ofew.berkeley.edu/recruitment/contributions-diversity
Statement of Teaching – Discuss prior teaching experience, teaching approach, and future teaching interests, including specific efforts and future plans to support the success of all students through curriculum, classroom environment, and pedagogy. Include discussion of mentoring experiences and approach, including past efforts and future plans to foster equitable and inclusive research environments. For more information, refer to the Berkeley Office for Faculty Equity & Welfare, Faculty Contributions to Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging at Berkeley webpage: https://ofew.berkeley.edu/recruitment/contributions-diversity
Statement on Contributions to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging – Statement on your contributions to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in research, teaching, and service, including information about your record of activities to date, and plans for contributing if hired at UC Berkeley. More Information and guidelines.
Publication 1 – For each of the three significant publications, provide a statement that begins with the manuscript title and author list and then summarizes, in approximately 300 words, the significance of the selected publication.
Publication 2 – For each of the three significant publications, provide a statement that begins with the manuscript title and author list and then summarizes, in approximately 300 words, the significance of the selected publication.
Publication 3 – For each of the three significant publications, provide a statement that begins with the manuscript title and author list and then summarizes, in approximately 300 words, the significance of the selected publication.
Authorization to Release Information Form – A reference check will be completed only if you are selected as the candidate to whom the hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer. Download, complete, sign, and upload the Authorization to Release Information form: https://ofew.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/auth_release_info.pdf

Reference requirements

3-5 letters of reference required

Applicants at the Assistant Professor level must provide three to five letters of recommendation that speak to their record and/or potential for excellence in research, teaching, mentoring, service, and contributions to diversity and inclusion. It is preferred that all letters of recommendation be uploaded by referees by the final application date (January 3, 2025).

Apply link: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04668

Associate or Full Professor

Position title: Associate or Full Professor of Information

Individuals should submit their application at this level if they meet one of the following conditions: Current tenured professor; position equivalent to tenured professor (ie., at an international university). Please note that this level determination is only for application review purposes, not the ultimate appointment level of the finalist.