UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
School of Information Sciences
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of Information Sciences
The School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign seeks to hire outstanding faculty members to join our dynamic and collegial iSchool. We invite applications for at least one faculty position at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor.
Strong candidates in any area are encouraged to apply. Applicants with research specializations in early literacies, information behavior/HCI/UX, or information, culture & society may consider applying directly to our faculty job announcements devoted to those areas.
We seek applicants who will thrive in an interdisciplinary academic unit at one of the nation’s premier land-grant research universities. Successful candidates must exhibit the potential to conduct world-class research, teach effectively in undergraduate, professional, and doctoral programs, and contribute to our mission of service and community engagement.
At the iSchool at Illinois, we employ methods from across the disciplines to grapple with society’s most urgent challenges related to information, its practices, and technologies. Our faculty members are highly interdisciplinary, with backgrounds in information science, philosophy, history, psychology, political science, cognitive science, engineering, computer science, library science, literature, medieval studies, and sociology. The iSchool has four active research centers and an ever-growing number of labs in which faculty and students work together on their cutting-edge research projects: ischool.illinois.edu/research .
The iSchool at Illinois is home to the top-ranked professional master’s program in library and information science, which offers an award-winning online enrollment option, as well as joint degrees with History, Law, African Studies, and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. We also offer professional master’s programs in information management and bioinformatics, a certificate of advanced study, a licensure program in school librarianship, as well as an exciting STEM-designated undergraduate degree that reimagines a liberal arts education for a global information society. The iSchool’s doctoral program, established in 1948, is the oldest of its kind. More information can be found at: ischool.illinois.edu .
These are full-time, tenure-track faculty positions, appointed on a 9-month service basis paid over 12 months. The anticipated start date for appointments made under this announcement is 16 August 2026. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. (or equivalent) in a relevant field by the time of appointment.
The targeted salary ranges for these positions is $105,000-$130,000 at the Assistant Professor level, $115,000-$145,000 at the Associate Professor level, and $140,000-$200,000 at the Professor level. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience, while also considering internal equity.