ΖΗΤΕΙΤΑΙ History of Computing/Digital Communication and Law

New Jersey Institute of Technology, History

History of Computing/Digital Communication and Law

The Federated Department of History at Rutgers University-Newark and New Jersey Institute of Technology invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured position (rank open), based at NJIT, to begin September 2013. Applicants should be able to present evidence of scholarly accomplishment and effective teaching and should have a Ph.D. in hand by the starting date, with a primary research field that focuses on the digital transformation of the last fifty years, especially in relation to legal and cultural issues such as privacy, piracy, patents, censorship, and the manipulation of “big data.” The successful candidate will contribute substantially to the department’s M.A. concentration in the history of technology, environment, and medicine/health (including the history of communication), with additional opportunities to participate in the Ph.D. track in the history of science, technology, environment and health at Rutgers University at New Brunswick. The successful candidate will also teach in, and serve as associate director of, the department’s growing new undergraduate degree program in Law, Technology and Culture. NJIT and the Newark campus of Rutgers University are located across the street from each other in the University Heights section of Newark, with easy access to the entire metropolitan New York-New Jersey area.

Send letter of application, C.V., writing sample, sample syllabi, and three letters of recommendation, as directed at http://njit.jobs, posting #0601235. Questions may be directed to the search committee co-chairs, Profs. Richard Sher (sher@njit.edu) and Neil Maher (neil.maher@njit.edu). Review of applications will begin in December 2012 and will continue until the position is filled. NJIT is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/H/V.