AI in Learning and Education - Curriculum & Instruction (Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor)

Description

The Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education is seeking a faculty member at the Assistant, Associate, or Professor level who specializes in the study of artificial intelligence in the development, adaption, or revision of curricula, and/or the development, modification, or enactment of classroom instructional approaches or models. The successful candidate will have a primary appointment within one of eight program areas within the Department of Curriculum and Instruction: Bilingual/Bicultural Education, Cultural Studies in Education, Early Childhood Education, Language and Literacy Studies, Learning Technologies, Physical Education Teacher Education, STEM Education, or Social Studies Education.

This search is one of three in a strategic cluster hire initiative developed by the College of Education at UT Austin focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to expand our research and teaching capacity in areas where AI intersects with education, health, and data science. This interdisciplinary effort seeks to recruit a cohort of scholars whose work explores the ethical, equitable, and innovative applications of AI across educational and health contexts. The cluster will foster collaboration across departments and with other colleges at UT Austin, including partnerships with Computer Science, Engineering, Health, and Public Policy. Faculty hired through this initiative will contribute to shaping the future of education by addressing pressing questions around AI-driven personalization, data privacy, algorithmic bias, and educators' utilization of generative AI. This initiative reflects the College’s commitment to preparing practitioners and researchers to respond to a rapidly changing technological landscape. 

We seek a scholar whose research examines the applications, implications, and innovations of using artificial intelligence within EC–12 or higher education contexts. A research agenda that would align well with the call would include, but is not limited to, studies that examine how one or more generative AI tools are being used in classrooms; how educators can learn from what children, youth, and educators are using generative AI tools out of school; and the use of generative AI to reimagine the nature or process of curriculum design, assessment, or teaching. We welcome applicants whose scholarship reimagines the future of education through generative AI while remaining grounded in the lived experiences, cultural knowledge, and epistemologies of learners and communities. We are particularly interested in candidates who are engaged in preparing the next generation of teachers who will be able to use various AI tools to create learning experiences that are meaningful for all learners. Successful applicants will show potential for or use findings from their research in their departmental teaching and service and show evidence of an interest in participating in existing, or creating new, interdisciplinary collaborations that explore innovative and responsible uses of generative AI. We expect the successful candidate will be prepared to secure external grants to support their research program at the level necessary to ensure the impact of their work.

We are committed to an intellectually diverse, welcoming and engaging working and learning environment and are seeking candidates whose research, teaching and service have prepared them to contribute to serving students and communities across Texas, the country, and the world.

The College of Education, ranked among the top public colleges of education in the country, has a longstanding commitment to the shared values of equitable opportunities, excellence, innovation, empowerment, community-focus, and endeavors to bridge research and practice. We view creating an inviting, engaged campus community as interconnected with academic excellence in the work of our faculty. The college has experienced a rapid expansion of interest in its academic programs over the past five years. About 30% of our admitted students are first-generation college students and come from all corners of Texas and beyond. Our students are joined by a world-class faculty who are among the nation’s leading experts in their respective fields.

As a leading college of education in Texas and beyond, we are agents of change committed to transforming education and health research, practice, and policy to ensure the thriving of children, families, schools and communities. In our efforts to align our college to address the most pressing challenges in the fields of education and health, we launched a strategic vision known as Reimagine Education (see education.utexas.edu/about/