Senior Visiting Faculty - McKinney Family Chair in Information Technology

Position Summary

INDIANA UNIVERSITY ROBERT H. MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW seeks a senior visiting faculty member to fill the McKinney Family Chair in Information Technology Law for academic year 2024-25. Applicants must hold a J.D. degree or equivalent degree, possess at least 10 years of prior academic or practice experience (or a combination of those), and be passionate about teaching, scholarship, and student advising. The visiting chair will produce scholarship and teach courses in Information Technology Law or one of its sub-fields, such as cybersecurity, privacy, data protection, intellectual property, artificial intelligence, legal technology, blockchain, or other areas that inform the impact of technology on human life or the practice of law. The Visiting Chair will teach four courses, advise students, and serve as interim director of the joint MJ/BS in Informatics.

IU-McKinney is committed to being a welcoming community that reflects and enacts the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion that inform academic excellence. We seek candidates who will not only enhance our representational diversity but whose research, teaching, and community-engagement efforts contribute to diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning and working environments for our students, staff, and faculty. For details on our commitment to inclusion, see: https://mckinneylaw.iu.edu/about/diversity-inclusion/committment.html. For more information about the school, please visit http://mckinneylaw.iu.edu/. We encourage applications from persons of color, women, persons with disabilities, the LGBTQ+ community, veterans, and members of other groups that are under-represented on university faculties.

Indiana University is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on individual qualifications. Indiana University prohibits discrimination based on age, ethnicity, color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, disability status, or protected veteran status.

IU-McKinney is in Indianapolis, the state capital and the nation's 16th largest city by population, with a wide variety of restaurants, theaters, and music venues; substantial outdoor green space; an award-winning international airport; and professional football, basketball, baseball (AAA), and soccer (USL) teams.

Review of applications will take place on a rolling basis, beginning immediately. To apply, please forward a CV, a letter of application, and a list of references. For experienced instructors, please provide teaching evaluations from a recent course and, in your letter of application, a description of your pedagogy. Interested candidates may locate other application requirements and submit their application at https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/22136. For more information, please contact Vice Dean Max Huffman at huffmmax@iu.edu or 317-274-8009.