Assistant Professor, Creative & Critical Computing (71102) at Pratt Institute – Brooklyn, New York

About the School

The School of Information (SI) at Pratt Institute has been educating information professionals for 135 years. SI, one of six schools within Pratt Institute, offers rigorous, interdisciplinary, student-centered programs at the intersection of information, knowledge, and culture. We enroll approximately 400 graduate students in our Master's programs in Library and Information Science, Information Experience Design, Museums and Digital Culture, and Data Analytics and Visualization. We pride ourselves on providing a vibrant and diverse community of scholars, designers, and learners committed to using information and technology to design more equitable, resilient, and diverse futures. We seek a new faculty member who will help advance our mission to lead the information field, through teaching and research, in making connections with arts, culture, and technology.

The School of Information (SI) at Pratt Institute seeks to hire one full-time tenure-track faculty member at the assistant professor level who can contribute meaningfully to our ongoing initiatives around creative and critical computing and support one (or more) of our master’s programs in Information Experience Design (IXD), Data Analysis and Visualization (DAV), Library and Information Science (LIS) and Museums and Digital Culture (MDC).

Specifically, we seek candidates with expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• Applications of AI and ML
• Creative coding
• Digital and immersive storytelling
• User research and advanced usability testing

• Technical HCI and design engineering

• Embodied, physical, and wearable computing
• Mobile, ubiquitous, and pervasive computing
• Emotional design and affective computing
• Information visualization
• Data visualization and physicalization

We seek a faculty member who is passionate about making, looks to bring a creative and critical framework to their work, and can integrate their technical knowledge with an arts/culture perspective. Critical perspectives that address topics such as privacy and surveillance, bias and discrimination, labor and automation, and environment and sustainability are especially welcome.

• Teach three 3-credit courses per semester (fall and spring)
• Work with the School Curriculum Committee to maintain the curriculum in areas of specialization, including the possibility of developing new courses and revising existing courses.
• Within the field(s) of specialization, be an active researcher able to produce a sustained record of research and publication in peer-reviewed journals and present peer-reviewed papers at conferences on a regular basis.
• Serve on faculty, School, and Institute committees, participate in related school activities, and provide service to the profession.
• Serve as an advisor to School of Information graduate students.
• Contribute to the life of the school.

An earned doctorate in Information Studies, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Library and Information Science, Computer Science, Data Science, Digital Humanities, or a related field is required. Candidates should have college-level teaching experience and a demonstrated commitment and dedication to Pratt’s values.

**We are currently unable to support new H-1b visas for candidates residing outside of the United States.**

Application review will begin on November 10, 2025, and will continue until the position is filled; we anticipate closing the search by April 15, 2026.

Application Materials
Please submit the following documents:

• Letter of Interest

• Curriculum Vitae
  

• Statements on Research and Teaching

• List of Three Academic References
  (including names and contact information)

• Statement of Value Alignment
  (describing how your professional experiences demonstrate your commitment to fostering value alignment within academic and community settings)

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