Open Rank Lecturer

The College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD’s iSchool), invites applications for a full-time lecturer who is highly competent, energetic, collegial, and flexible to join our exciting environment. As a lecturer in the iSchool, you will work closely with undergraduate and graduate students by teaching three classes per semester (fall and spring), participate in review and development of program and course curricula, and actively participate in the life of the college and university as a full member of the faculty.

Successful candidates will have expertise and interests in areas such as, but not limited to:

  • Data visualization, including visualization, interactive visualization, information visualization, scientific visualization; 

  • Visual analytics, including visual analysis, progressive analytics, visual reasoning, analytical reasoning, immersive analytics; or 

  • Visual data exploration, including exploratory data analysis, graphical inference, statistical graphics

Possible course assignments include: Introduction to Data Visualization, Data Visualization, Visual Analytics, Decision-Making for Information Science, and Big Data Analysis & Visualization.

While these areas of expertise and courses are of particular interest, candidates with expertise and interest in any data visualization topics are encouraged to apply. 

Expected 9-month starting salary of $80,000-$85,000 or 12-month $107,000 - $113,000 for entry rank at 100% FTE. Actual salary will commensurate with experience and starting rank.

The expected start date for this position is Fall 2022. 


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