"Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Information Behavior/HCI/UX - School of Information Sciences"

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

School of Information Sciences

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Information Behavior/HCI/UX

The School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign seeks to hire outstanding faculty members to join our dynamic and collegial iSchool. We invite applications for at least one faculty position in Information Behavior/HCI/UX at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor.

We especially welcome innovative approaches to exploring information needs, behavior, practices, or use; embodied interaction; participatory design, co-design, or human-centered design; engaged scholarship; and/or design and evaluation of user interactions with emerging technologies.

We seek applicants who will thrive in an interdisciplinary academic unit at one of the nation's premier land-grant research universities. Successful candidates must exhibit the potential to conduct world-class research, teach effectively in undergraduate, professional, and doctoral programs, and contribute to our mission of service and community engagement.

At the iSchool at Illinois, we employ methods from across the disciplines to grapple with society's most urgent challenges related to information, its practices, and technologies. Our faculty members are highly interdisciplinary, with backgrounds in information science, philosophy, history, psychology, political science, cognitive science, engineering, computer science, library science, literature, medieval studies, and sociology. The iSchool has four active research centers and an ever-growing number of labs in which faculty and students work together on their cutting-edge research projects: https://ischool.illinois.edu/research

The iSchool at Illinois is home to the top-ranked professional master's program in library and information science, which offers an award-winning online enrollment option, as well as joint degrees with History, Law, African Studies, and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. We also offer professional master's programs in information management and bioinformatics, a certificate of advanced study, a licensure program in school librarianship, as well as an exciting STEM-designated undergraduate degree that reimagines a liberal arts education for a global information society. The iSchool's doctoral program, established in 1948, is the oldest of its kind. More information can be found at: https://ischool.illinois.edu/

These are full-time, tenure-track faculty positions, appointed on a 9-month service basis paid over 12 months. The anticipated start date for appointments made under this announcement is 16 August 2026. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. (or equivalent) in a relevant field by the time of appointment.

The targeted salary ranges for these positions is $105,000-$130,000 at the Assistant Professor level, $115,000-$145,000 at the Associate Professor level, and $140,000-$200,000 at the Professor level. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience, while also considering internal equity.

To apply, please submit a cover letter of about two pages that discusses your interest in and suitability for this position, a CV, statements of research and teaching of about two pages each, and the contact information for three references. Letters of recommendation will only be solicited for candidates who are invited to campus for an interview. Applications received by December 15, 2025 will receive full consideration. Applications must be submitted through the University of Illinois Job Board online at https://jobs.illinois.edu. Interviews may occur on a rolling basis. Review of applications will continue until suitable candidates are identified.

For further information regarding this search, please contact the chair of the committee, Christopher Lueg, cplueg@illinois.edu. Questions about the application process should be directed to the iSchool's Office of Human Resources at ischool-hr@illinois.edu or 217-333-2137.

The University of Illinois must also comply with applicable federal export control laws and regulations and, as such, reserves the right to employ restricted party screening procedures for applicants.

This position is intended to be eligible for benefits. This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.