The Department of History, Philosophy and the Social Sciences (HPSS) at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) invites applications for a one year term appointment as an Assistant Professor in Residence in Digital Cultures starting in fall of 2025.

RISD recognizes principles of social equity, inclusion, and diversity as fundamental to its academic mission as an art and design school. We understand these principles to require ongoing attention to difference and expansion of the forms of knowledge from which our curricula originate. RISD is engaged in the collective work of institutional transformation and would value applicants whose pedagogical and professional experiences have prepared them to foster equitable teaching and learning environments. We encourage applicants whose teaching and professional work (creative practice and/or academic scholarship) centers on bodies of knowledge from historically underrepresented communities. We are eager to welcome applicants who can help advance the institution's social equity, inclusion, and diversity goals and those from groups whose underrepresentation in the American professoriate has been severe and long standing, including Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and other People of Color, people who identify as LGBTQIA+, veterans, people with disabilities, and first-generation college students.

We are seeking an educator and scholar whose work speaks to the enormous impact digital culture, technology, and media (broadly conceived) have on our lives and the world. Specialization within history, philosophy, and/or social science disciplines is open. However, we are particularly excited about areas that would invigorate art and design practices, including: histories and ethics of artificial intelligence, technological development, and/or social media; the social, cultural, political, economic, and/or environmental implications of digital technologies and/or forms of media. We also welcome research that thinks through the effect of digital worlds upon marginalized communities.

The suitable candidate will have undergraduate teaching experience, having taught a range of courses on digital culture within the humanities and social sciences. Candidates should have at least a Master's degree (PhD preferred) by June 30th, 2025.