Assistant Professor of Humanities Data Science
Position Overview
Organization: German Studies
Title: Assistant Professor of Humanities Data Science
Position Details
Position Description
The Division of the Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Non-Anglophone Humanities Data Science. The successful candidate will be appointed to one of the eight departments in the Division: Asian Languages and Literature, French and Italian Studies, German Studies, Linguistics, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, Scandinavian Studies, Slavic Languages and Literatures, and Spanish and Portuguese Studies.
The successful candidate for this position, researching and teaching primarily in one or several languages other than English, will be expected to :
- create, analyze, use, present and communicate data, broadly understood, in disciplines of language, literature, and/or culture
- explore a variety of forms of data including large historical or contemporary corpora, textual archives, digital media and genres, or online datasets and their uses
- engage a range of analytical techniques and methods of analysis
- investigate questions and challenges posed by data science and by data, such as the role of bias in algorithms, uncertainty in artificial intelligence, and/or the use of ever-larger datasets in machine translation
- engage in an active research agenda
Since this is a cross-disciplinary position, the successful applicant will also be expected to work across departmental and disciplinary boundaries, and contribute to the development of existing cross-disciplinary initiatives (e.g., Translation Studies Hub, Textual and Digital Studies, Global Literary Studies) and to new curricula and programs in areas of inquiry such as human and machine translation, computational text analysis, AI and creativity, the future of language learning.
In particular, this position has been created in conjunction with the establishment of a new minor in Data Science intended for Social Science and Humanities students (http://www.washington.edu/uaa/advising/single-pages/data-science-minor/). The candidate hired into this position will dedicate 25% of their teaching and service responsibilities to this program, with the remainder determined within the context of the appointing department. The successful candidate will be expected to take a leading role in the minor, including developing and teaching courses in the required Data Skills and Data Studies categories, and serving on the Steering and Curriculum Committees of the Data Science minor.
Candidates should in addition be prepared to take full advantage of the rich array of resources at the UW for research and teaching in data science as well as in the digital humanities, including the Simpson Center for the Humanities, the eScience Institute, the Open Scholarship Commons in the UW Libraries, and the Humanities Data Lab.
The candidate is also expected to actively contribute to the diversity, equity and inclusivity goals of their potential department, the Humanities Division, and the University (as articulated in departmental statements and in the UW Diversity Blueprint: http://www.washington.edu/diversity/diversity-blueprint/). University of Washington faculty engage in teaching, research and service. This position has an anticipated start date of September 2023, and will have a 9-month service period. The base salary range for this position will be $9,444 - $12,778 per month, commensurate with experience and qualifications, or as mandated by a U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage determination.
Qualifications
Applicants must, by the start of the appointment, have a PhD, or foreign equivalent, in a field consistent with an appointment in a department in the Division of the Humanities.
The successful candidate must have a record of innovative and effective teaching and student mentoring; and a record of contribution to departmental or institutional diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Instructions
Priority will be given to applicants who submit the following materials by January 9:
- A cover letter that describes the candidate’s suitability for this position and explains how the candidate’s experiences, activities, and goals will lead to success in a cross-disciplinary position
- CV
- Research statement, not to exceed one page, describing present projects and future directions
- A representative example of research (such as a chapter, article, or a link to an online project or a digital tool)
- A teaching portfolio, which should provide evidence of teaching excellence and may include such items as: example syllabi, lecture videos, website links for courses or student activities, or digital tools created by the candidate
- A statement, not to exceed one page, on how their work would contribute to the diversity, equity and inclusivity goals of their department, the Humanities Division, and the University (as articulated in the UW Diversity Blueprint: http://www.washington.edu/diversity/diversity-blueprint/)
- Three letters of recommendation
Because applicants are expected to come from a variety of disciplinary orientations, traditional and nontraditional backgrounds, resulting in different professional profiles, applicants are welcomed in any of the above materials to provide details that can help to contextualize their dossier. Such details might include experiences, aspects of training, outreach, teaching or research that are felt to contribute to a distinctive professional profile. Contact Prof. Gina Levow for questions regarding this position (levow@uw.edu).
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or protected veteran status.
Benefits Information
A summary of benefits associated with this title/rank can be found at https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/benefits-orientation/benefit-summary-pdfs/. Appointees solely employed and paid directly by a non-UW entity are not UW employees and are not eligible for UW or Washington State employee benefits.
Commitment to Diversity
The University of Washington is committed to building diversity among its faculty, librarian, staff, and student communities, and articulates that commitment in the UW Diversity Blueprint (http://www.washington.edu/diversity/diversity-blueprint/). Additionally, the University’s Faculty Code recognizes faculty efforts in research, teaching and/or service that address diversity and equal opportunity as important contributions to a faculty member’s academic profile and responsibilities (https://www.washington.edu/admin/rules/policies/FCG/FCCH24.html#2432).
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Disability Services
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COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements and Information
Under University of Washington (UW) Policy, University-compensated personnel must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide proof thereof, or receive a UW-approved medical or religious exemption. This requirement will be a condition of any offer associated with this recruitment. For more information, please visit https://www.washington.edu/coronavirus/vaccination-requirement/.