"Assistant Professor, Tenure Track, in Informatics"

The University of Washington Information School (iSchool) is accepting applications for up to two tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant Professor level with an anticipated start date of September 1, 2026.

The research area of interest for this position is Artificial Intelligence, broadly defined. This includes but is not limited to topics such as human-AI collaboration; computational social science; and AI governance, policy, and cybersecurity.

The position is a full-time 9-month tenure track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor, with an anticipated start date of September 1, 2026, contingent upon funding approval. All University of Washington faculty engage in research, teaching, and service. This position will be expected to:

• Conduct high-quality research
• Pursue extramural funding as needed to support research
• Engage with the University of Washington Information School’s strategic commitments to one or more of the following areas: (1) promote equity in health & wellbeing, (2) encourage environmental sustainability and resilience, (3) foster a more informed, just, and equitable democratic society, (4) responsibility in artificial intelligence
• Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in their area of specialization, as well as advance our curriculum across academic programs
• Perform service that furthers the mission of the Information School and the University of Washington more broadly

About the iSchool: The Information School is an interdisciplinary faculty – we explore information-based approaches to understand and address systemic challenges and to make social impact. At the Information School, Informatics includes the study, design, and development of information technology for the good of people, organizations, and society.

The UW Information School is dedicated to hiring faculty who will enhance our inclusion, diversity, equity, access, and sovereignty (IDEAS) mission and vision through their research, teaching, and service.

Applicants must have a PhD (or foreign equivalent) in Information Science, Computer Science, or a relevant field by date of appointment.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Preference will be given to applications submitted by November 15th 2025. Application packages should include: CV, Letter of intent (1 page), Research statement (4 pages), Teaching statement (2 pages), Diversity statement (2 pages), Two sample publications or scholarly works, Names and contact information for three references.

Please contact Drs. Lindah Kotut, Emma Spiro, Lucy Lu Wang, Tenure Track Search Committee Co-Chairs, at iApply@uw.edu with questions.