Position ID: | Cornell-HCD-ORHCD2023 [#24117, WDR-00032168] |
Position Title: | Open-rank, Tenure-track Faculty Position |
Position Type: | Tenured/Tenure-track faculty |
Position Location: | Ithaca, New York 14850, United States [map] ![]() |
Subject Areas: | Architecture Material Science and Engineering Design Robotics Human Computer Interaction (more...) |
Appl Deadline: | finished (2023/01/09, finished 2023/09/21) |
Position Description: |
Open-rank, Tenure-track Faculty Position Department of Human Centered
Design, Cornell University The Department of Human Centered Design (HCD) integrates analog and digital knowledge, tools, methods, and creative processes from design, humanities, social sciences, engineering, and physical sciences to address real-world challenges and enrich people and their environments (https://www.human.cornell.edu/hcd). We are seeking to appoint an exceptional design-research scholar at Assistant, Associate or Full Professor rank in any of the following or related foci:
The new faculty member will be expected to develop an externally-funded research program of
international distinction with a deep, impactful record of research publications,
teaching excellence, and design distinctions. Responsibilities include teaching
undergraduate and graduate courses, advising B.S., M.A., M.S., and Ph.D.
students, and providing service to the department and university community. Prior to the appointment start-date, applicants
must have earned a Ph.D. in an area of design, architecture, media arts, human
computer interaction, robotics, computer science, materials science &
engineering, biological systems, or another area suggested by the foci listed above.
Housed in state-of-the-art teaching and laboratory facilities, HCD has strong connections to several other units on campus, including Computer and Information Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Human Development and Psychology. These connections support the department’s aims to design for real-world challenges and opportunities and advance understanding of how people and their environments interact and are enabled, supported, and augmented by design. Cornell has a historical commitment to educating “any person…in any study” and strives to offer a high quality of life, providing a collegial and supportive atmosphere on campus. Beyond campus, Ithaca is in the heart of the Finger Lakes region, and both Cornell and Ithaca offer a vibrant cultural life and a wide range of sporting and outdoor activities close at hand. Cornell also seeks to meet the needs of dual career couples, with both its own Dual Career program and membership in the Upstate New York Higher Education Recruitment Consortium to assist in dual career searches. To Apply: Please submit, via https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/24117
In the case where any of these materials are posted on the Internet, please submit a Word document describing each electronic posting and include a link (a URL) to it. Candidates advancing to later review stages will be asked to provide names of references. The starting date for the new hire may be as early as July 1, 2023, but applications will be accepted and reviewed until the position is filled. For more information, please contact Sienna Torbitt, slt86@cornell.edu.
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