Professor - Library & Information Studies/Living Environments Laboratory - University of Wisconsin-Madison - myScience Jobs

<table style="height:100%;" width="100%"><tr bgcolor="#a90021"><td width="80%"> <div class="box" style="background:#980419; padding-left:10px; "> <table border=0 width="1080px" height="80" align=left bgcolor="#980419"> <tr><td width="200" bgcolor="#980419"><a href="/" target="_top" title="myScience"><img src="/var/myscience/image/logo/myscience.gif" height="81" width="180" alt="myScience"></a> </td><td valign="top"><a href="/" target="_top" title="Back to home page"><img src="/image/icon/icon_home.png" alt="Back home"></a>   <a href="/jobs_and_careers/search" target="_top" title="Job search"><img src="/image/icon/icon_search.png" alt="Search for a job"></a>        <span class="st white">In your application, please refer to myScience and reference jobs.myScience/id60263   -   </span> <a href="/linkto.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ohr.wisc.edu%2Fpvl%2Fpv_072373.html&module=jobs&id=60263" target="_top" rel="nofollow"><span class="st white">» more information</span></a> <br><br><span style="color:#ffffff; font-size: 22px; line-height:26px; margin-bottom:110px;"><b>Professor - Library & Information Studies/Living Environments Laboratory</b></span><br> <font color="#ffffff"><b>07.01.2012  -  </b></font> <a href="/research/universities/wisc" target="_top"><font color="#ffffff"><b>University of Wisconsin-Madison</b></font></a><font color="#ffffff"> - Madison, Wisconsin</font> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2> </td></tr></table> </td></tr><tr><td> <table style="height: 100%;" width="100%" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td> <tr><td width="80%" valign=top> <p>Working title:</p> <p>Professor - Library & Information Studies/Living Environments Laboratory</p> <p>Official title:</p> <p>PROFESSOR(C20NN) or ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR(C30NN) or ASSISTANT PROFESSOR(C40NN)</p> <p>Degree and area of specialization:</p> <p>PhD or related terminal degree required. Specialization may be in Human Computer Interaction, Library and Information Studies, Medical Informatics or related field. <BR> <BR>The School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in partnership with the Wisconsin Institute of Discovery (WID) invites applications for a full time tenure track or tenured position in human interaction with information and information systems including but not limited to user experience design, usability and information use/disuse, cognitive and affective science, psycho-physiology, affective computing, gaming, ecological approaches, distributed cognition, contextual design, impact analysis, and experiential cognitive/cognitive behavioral therapy. Researchers with a current or potential interest in personal care, daily living, well-being and health are particularly desirable. We are seeking candidates whose research is socially important, methodologically innovative and theoretically motivated. <BR> <BR>The position would be 50% in SLIS and 50% in the WID research center Living Environments Laboratory theme area (see below), with a tenure home in SLIS. Successful candidates will work within and lead collaborative discipline-spanning Living Environments Laboratory research teams at WID while also serving as a faculty member in the School of Library and Information Studies. Successful candidates will contribute teaching to the library and information studies curriculum through teaching SLIS courses in the areas of information technology, organization of information or information use and users.</p> <p>Minimum number of years and type of relevant work experience:</p> <p>Post doctoral research experience and teaching experience preferred but not required. Candidates for tenured appointments must have a record of excellence in teaching, research and service.</p> <p>Principal duties:</p> <p>The Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery (WID) represents a bold new interdisciplinary research initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, funded by the State of Wisconsin, the Morgridge Foundation and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF). The Living Environments Laboratory for Acceleration of Homecare Technologies seeks to recruit new faculty who will take part in shaping this exceptional venture and blaze new trails in innovative research. <BR> <BR>The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (www.discovery.wisc.edu, http://www.discovery.wisc.edu) is an exciting opportunity for creative applicants to work in a multi-disciplinary environment while pursuing independent research in a state-of-the-art facility. WID is the public half of an exciting private-public pair of Institutes that will promote basic research and facilitate the translation of new discoveries to practice. The Living Environments Laboratory was created with the vision of its research having a lasting impact on the quality of the creation of healthcare products. This venture requires candidates who will boldly participate in the shaping WID through their participation in the Living Environments Laboratory. <BR> <BR> The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (www.discovery.wisc.edu) invites applications for faculty openings in the Living Environments Laboratory. The LEL-WID theme aims to accelerate the design and development of personal care technologies through an innovative design space that employs a virtual reality CAVE ©, a chamber that can mimic home-found factors that may alter the function of personal care technologies, such as temperatures, vibrations and particulates, and a fully-instrumented apartment to be built in the new School of Nursing. These environments will stimulate designers to create solutions that better fit in the home context, and will provide the opportunity to undertake sophisticated user testing in controlled but familiar settings. <BR> <BR>Successful candidates will occupy a new state-of-the-art and centrally located WID research facility specifically designed to spark and support cross-disciplinary collaborations. WID is the public half of an exciting public-private pair of Institutes that will promote basic research and facilitate the translation of new discoveries to practice. Each candidate will interview both with the Living Environments Lab theme members and the School of Library and Information Studies faculty. Candidates will be expected to qualify for a tenure track appointment in the School of Library and Information Studies. The candidate will be expected to develop a vigorous, independent research program that capitalizes on the CAVE©; attract and maintain extramural funding for their research program in the Living Environments Laboratory; teach undergraduate and/or graduate courses; develop new course(s) in their area of expertise as appropriate; supervise graduate and postgraduate research; participate in faculty governance activities in the department, college and/or University; and actively engage with the national and international scientific community.</p> <p>Additional Information:</p> <p>The University of Wisconsin-Madison is a world-class academic institution with an international reputation for basic, applied and cross-disciplinary research. It attracts scholars and students at all levels from around the world. Nationally, UW-Madison ranks fourth among all U.S. universities for research and development expenditures, exceeding $950 million annually. The University has a deep culture of collaborative interdisciplinary research, reflected recently by major grants such as the $150 million DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center award (2007) and the $50 million NIH Translational Medicine award (2007). Interdisciplinary and translational centers that are positioning UW at the forefront of collaborative research include the Microbial Sciences Building (2007), the School of Medicine and Public Health’s Interdisciplinary Research Complex (2008), and the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery (opening Fall 2010). <BR></p> <p>A criminal background check will be conducted prior to hiring.</p> <br> <p>TO ENSURE CONSIDERATION</p> <p>Application must be received by: MARCH 01, 2012</p> <p>HOW TO APPLY:</p> <p>Unless another application procedure has been specified above, please send resume and cover letter referring to Position Vacancy Listing #72373 to</p> <br> <p>Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1 (out-of-state: TTY: 800.947.3529, STS: 800.833.7637) and above Phone number (See RELAY_SERVICE for further information. )</p> <p><B>NOTE:</B> Unless confidentiality is requested in writing, information regarding the names of applicants must be released upon request. Finalists cannot be gu aranteed confidentiality.</p> <p>UW-Madison is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. 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