Department: Curriculum & Instruction

Salary: Commensurate with experience

Description:

The College of Education at the University of Houston seeks a tenure-track Assistant or tenured or tenure-track Associate Professor in Artificial Intelligence, Teaching, and Learning to serve our teacher preparation, master’s, and doctoral programs. The College offers undergraduate and graduate academic programs in multiple areas of specialization, including teaching and learning, health, and human development and family sciences. There are also multiple master’s programs along with 5 Ph.D. programs, including curriculum and instruction and measurement, quantitative methods, and learning sciences. Our programs have a special focus on student success, social justice, and community engagement. We welcome candidates whose experience in research, teaching, and service demonstrates our commitment to excellence and interdisciplinary collaboration.

As part of an ambitious Carnegie-designated Tier One research institution, the University of Houston College of Education works to improve health and educational outcomes for all people and communities through inspired teaching, innovative scholarship, and strong partnerships. Housed in the nation’s fourth-largest city, UH is one of the most ethnically diverse public research universities in America, with more than 47,000 students and 6,200 faculty and staff.

Together, at the University of Houston, we dare to dream big dreams and we collaborate to achieve them. Building on a trajectory of accelerated research activity and rising graduation rates, UH is pursuing a bold initiative to become a top 50 public university. New faculty will join a Big 12 institution with a growing number of nationally funded research centers and an aggressive agenda to leverage science to make a transformative impact locally, nationally, and across the globe. With a relentless focus on student success, we are committed to delivering a high-quality educational experience that empowers students to lead.

The Houston metropolitan area offers scholars rich urban and suburban environments in which to work and live – as well as opportunities for international research and study. The region is home to world-class museums, cultural events, restaurants, the renowned Texas Medical Center, and nearly 50 public school districts.

In the College of Education, our faculty and staff are united around five key beliefs: Our responsibility is to improve lives; achieving success for everyone requires inspiring collective action; greater understanding depends on rigorous scientific inquiry; various perspectives and talents fuel excellence; and transformation requires challenging and valuing ourselves and others. These tenets drive us as we prepare future teachers, administrators, counselors, psychologists, health specialists, researchers, and other leaders in their fields. In support of our pursuits, we seek experienced and ambitious colleagues whose research and teaching are strategically aligned with our ongoing work to address educational and health disparities.

The anticipated faculty member would be hired into the CoE and provided with the autonomy to determine the department and program area that is the best fit for their disciplinary expertise. That said, successful hiring would likely present an opportunity for a courtesy joint appointment across departments within the CoE as well as across colleges at the University. There are numerous synergies between the proposed hire and existing UH collaborators. Logical courtesy appointments outside of the CoE include, for example, the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, the College of Medicine, the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, among others.

Responsibilities: Primary research responsibilities include an active research program, seeking and acquiring external funding, publishing scholarly work in high-impact venues, and disseminating work to national and international audiences. Primary teaching responsibilities include expert teaching through face-to-face, online, or hybrid delivery of courses in the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programs. A successful candidate will also participate in course and program development, supervision of graduate student research and teaching assistants, community outreach activities, and service to the Department, College, University, and profession.

Appointment: This is a nine-month appointment. Review of candidates will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. The anticipated start date is Fall 2025. Salary will be commensurate with the applicant’s qualifications and experience and will include benefits. Please contact Dr. Mimi Lee (mlee7@uh.edu; 713-743-0387) or Dr. Shishir Shah (sshah@central.uh.edu; 713-743-3360), Search Committee Co-chairs, should you have any follow-up questions.

To apply, the following materials should be uploaded online:

• A cover letter describing your (a) qualifications and interest in the position, (b) evidence of scholarly impact, and (c) history of external peer-reviewed funding
• Curriculum Vitae
• Teaching Philosophy
• Research Statement
• Contact information of at least 3 references

This position is part of the Presidential Frontier Faculty (PFF) initiative. Please visit https://uh.edu/provost/faculty/faculty-resources/prospective-faculty/ to apply.

The University of Houston is responsive to the needs of dual-career couples.

Qualifications
Applicants must have a doctorate focused on artificial intelligence, teaching and learning, psychology, or related field, as well as demonstrate an active record of scholarship and external funding commensurate with experience. While a breadth of expertise will be considered, particular focus will be placed on applicants whose scholarship has been or is emerging as nationally recognized for its (a) study of computer supported collaborative learning environments in formal and informal settings; and/or (b) exploration of artificial intelligence use in K-12 education; and (c) connection with other programmatic expertise in the college, particularly learning sciences, STEM education, health, and special populations. The proposed hire will build upon and accelerate the research in the CoE in ways that respond to the pressing need to understand AI use in educational settings.

Required Attachments by Candidate
Curriculum Vitae, Cover Letter/Letter of Application, Teaching Philosophy or Statement, Research Statement