UMD iSchool Faculty Position: Lecturer (Open Rank) - Data Science and Cybersecurity

The College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park (Maryland’s iSchool), invites applications for a full-time, professional track lecturer, who is highly competent, energetic, collegial, and flexible, to join our exciting environment. The Lecturer will both teach and develop new curricula in the areas of cybersecurity and data science. The successful candidate will teach three courses per semester (fall and spring) while also working on development of new courses, programs, and curricula in this area. Teaching load may be reduced during periods of substantial curriculum development work.  

Some of the existing classes the successful candidate might teach include:

• Human-Centered Cybersecurity
• Decision-Making for Cybersecurity
• Ethical Hacking
• Cognitive Security
• Cyber Risk Modeling
• Data Science
• Modeling and Simulating Systemic Problems 
• ​Management with Data and Models

The successful candidate will teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels, engage in service to the profession and shared governance within the university, and participate actively in the life of the college.

Minimum Qualifications

• Graduate degree in information science, information studies, information systems, cybersecurity, data science, data analytics, statistics, mathematics, sociology, business, or a related area
• Teaching, training, and/or mentoring experience related to data science and cybersecurity 
• Interest or experience in teaching and mentoring to increase diversity and inclusion in information studies and related fields
• ​Excellent written and oral communication skills

Best consideration date: March 31, 2023

For more information about the position and to apply, please visit: https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/105139 

Published: 03/21/2023