Associate or Full Professor in Artificial Intelligence, Entertainment, and Human Communication

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Artificial intelligence is transforming every aspect of the entertainment ecosystem—from content creation, production, and distribution to audience engagement, accessibility, labor relations, intellectual property, and communication technologies. To engage these developments, the Northwestern School of Communication invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Associate or Full Professor in Artificial Intelligence, Entertainment, and Human Communication. We seek an innovative scholar, artist, designer, technologist, legal scholar, or interdisciplinary researcher whose work examines the opportunities, challenges, and societal implications of artificial intelligence across creative industries, communication, performance, and human-centered technologies. We welcome applicants whose work explores these developments through artistic practice, scholarly inquiry, policy analysis, technological innovation, or industry engagement. The successful candidate will join a vibrant interdisciplinary community exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping entertainment, media, performance, communication, and society. Primary Responsibilities: • Maintain an active program of research, creative activity, and/or professional practice • Undergraduate and graduate student instruction • Development of innovative curricula • Student mentorship • Collaboration across disciplines • Service to the department, school, university, and profession • Engagement with industry and community partners Minimum Qualifications: • Terminal degree appropriate to the field and demonstrated expertise in artificial intelligence and its application, impact, governance, or creative use. The candidate’s appointment may be across one or more departments in the School of Communication with the tenure home determined by the major field of expertise. Who Should Apply? • We welcome applications from theatre and performance designers, sound designers, communication scientists, audiologists, speech-language pathologists, media scholars, legal scholars, social scientists, and interdisciplinary researchers whose work bridges technology and human creativity. Application Documents: For full consideration, please be sure to include the following materials in your application: • Cover letter describing relevant interests, preparation, and experience; candidates should specifically address how previous experiences relate to qualifications for the role • Current CV, including links to creative works, if applicable • Research Statement • Three (3) contacts for letters of recommendation, of which at least one should address teaching qualifications Forward questions regarding the position to the search chair, Professor Darren Gergle (dgergle@northwestern.edu). For more information about the School of Communication, please visit our website: https://communication.northwestern.edu/about/our-approach.html

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A person of Cuban, Mexican, Chicano/a, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
What is your race?

    A person having origins in any of the original people of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.

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