Chair of Department of Information Science (Associate or Full Professor)

Title: Chair of Department of Information Science (Associate or Full Professor)

Employee Classification: Dept Chair/Div Head

Campus: University of North Texas

Division: UNT-Provost

SubDivision-Department: UNT-College of Information

Department: UNT-Information Science-133310

Job Location: Denton

Salary: Varies based on experience

FTE: 1.00

Retirement Eligibility: ORP Eligible

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Department Summary

The Department of Information Science is part of the University of North Texas (UNT), which is ranked a Tier One university by the Carnegie Classification. The University offers 114 bachelor’s, 87 master’s, and 39 doctoral degree programs, many nationally and internationally recognized. Degree programs in the Department of Information Science include an undergraduate program in information science, masters programs in information science, health informatics, and library science and a PhD program in interdisciplinary information science, as well as several non-degree certificates. Additional information about degrees, courses, and faculty can be found at https://informationscience.unt.edu/. Our master’s programs are nationally recognized.

The Department of Information Science, one of four departments in the College of Information, promotes the understanding of, access to, and use of data and information through teaching, research and service activities. The Department prepares information professionals of the highest quality to serve in dynamic roles locally, nationally, and globally. Faculty members measure their success by scholarly activities and the quality of their students’ intellectual contributions to the profession and society. The American Library Association has accredited the Department’s master’s programs in Library Science and Information Science continuously since 1965.

The faculty in the Department of Information Science have historically and consistently brought an interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary/transdisciplinary approach to their teaching and scholarship.

UNT has a highly diverse campus with a wide range of languages spoken in addition to English. We welcome candidates who have experience with HSI/MSIs and/or who speak Spanish, Vietnamese, American Sign Language, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin and other variations), Arabic, Tagalog, Farsi, French, or/and Yoruba.

Position Overview

The Department of Information Science at the University of North Texas (UNT) invites applications at the rank of Associate or Full Professor with the additional responsibility as the Chair of Department of Information Science. The department chair holds a 12-month appointment. We seek candidates who are dynamic, enthusiastic, and visionary leaders with an internationally recognized research reputation in one or more core information science areas that complement existing departmental strengths in information and knowledge creation, use, communication, discovery, selection, retrieval, analysis, evaluation, and management. The candidates will be expected to foster a vibrant educational environment, promote innovative research, and enhan