Lecturer/Senior Lecturer

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Located just outside Washington, D.C., the University of Maryland is consistently ranked in the top 15 among U.S.-based institutions for AI-related research and education. In the past five years, faculty at UMD have collectively published over 1300 papers, been awarded over $160m in AI-related research grants, and involved in over 15 UMD-based AI-related centers; just last year, we taught over 17k student credit hours of AI-related courses.

The Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland's (AIM's) vision is to create a future where AI serves humanity and society by taking a broadly interdisciplinary approach to its development. We work across all twelve colleges on campus in research, education, community building, and external engagements to realize this vision. We imagine a world where technologists, humanists, social scientists, and others all contribute to a positive AI future, and where all students on campus have the opportunity to build their own AI expertise, regardless of their future career path. Community is extremely important to us at AIM, and we aspire toward UMD’s Values listed at umd.edu/about/mission.

Launched in Spring 2024, AIM is a collaborative hub for AI, supporting faculty research, offering innovative and experiential learning opportunities and new degree programs, and focusing on responsible and ethical AI technology to advance the public good across industry, government and society. Against the backdrop of accelerating AI development-including generative AI-across an increasingly wide range of human activities, AIM recognizes that successful models of AI research and education must involve expertise from a wide range of disciplines, including (but not limited to) computer science and engineering, and humanistic and social scientific approaches, as well as experts in other disciplines where AI is on the cutting edge. Including these-and other-disciplines in the development of AI will ensure that this technology is developed in a way that supports people and society while minimizing social inequities and breaking down power structures.

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The Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland (AIM; aim.umd.edu) has openings for 10 lecturer positions (at all levels). There are two roles that candidates may apply for and candidates must select which role they seek in their application. The first is a standard lecturer role, whose primary responsibilities will be in teaching courses related to artificial intelligence, broadly construed. The second role combines the lecturer role with responsibilities around building and maintaining external relationships with community organizations, companies, NGOs, etc. and will involve both teaching responsibilities and external engagement responsibilities.

All professional track faculty members in AIM will work with our bright and amazing students and play a key role in teaching our artificial intelligence curricula. This hiring is in addition to 30 tenured and/or tenure-track faculty positions. As a member of AIM, applicants will join and help further our mission of defining and engaging in interdisciplinary AI education across all of the UMD College Park campus, and in building a thriving and inclusive AI community.

Strong candidates will be considered in all areas of AI, particularly those whose educational and teaching experience align with AIM’s degree programs and other educational goals. AIM is proud to be partnering with other units on campus to launch two undergraduate degree programs in AI, a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science degree. In addition, AIM seeks faculty who are interested in teaching general education courses or “big questions” courses that engage students from all disciplines, as well as capstone courses or AI clinics. We are especially looking for candidates that are interested in cross-disciplinary education as well as actively participating in a strong community of AI-related scholars. The Bachelor of Arts in Artificial Intelligence is a program that provides students with the technical skills necessary to engage with contemporary AI in a meaningful way and trains students in disciplines from the arts, the humanities, and the social sciences to enable them to understand, evaluate, and contribute to work in AI in a unique way. Specializations will include: Ethics; Language and Cognition; Design and User Experience; and Society, Culture and Technology. The Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence is a highly technical program that trains students to build new AI systems and algorithms from the ground up, understand the training of models from both a data and systems perspective, and then use those techniques in interdisciplinary applications. Specializations will include: Generative AI; AI, Society, and Decision Making; AI Algorithms; Accessibility; and Robotics.

Questions for the faculty recruitment committee may be sent to [email protected].

Physical Demands: Normal classroom teaching demands.

Minimum qualifications:

• M.A. or M.S..or equivalent in-hand at the time of joining the University.
• Strong demonstrated interest in course development, teaching, student advising, and developing undergraduate programming aimed at community building among students.

Required Application Materials:

• Cover Letter - outlining your interest in the position. Please indicate which track (Lecturer or Lecturer and External Partnerships) you are applying for in the first paragraph.
• CV - including a list of publications and/or creative work.
• Personal Statement - including a statement of your teaching interests (please think broadly and include teaching interests both within your home discipline as well as potential interdisciplinary teaching), experience, and mentoring experience. For candidates applying for the role that involves external partnerships, this statement should also discuss your interest and experience in engaging with other organizations.
• List of three people who can provide letters of reference on your behalf. We will only request letters of reference for shortlisted candidates.

Best Consideration Date:

August 22, 2025

Open until filled.

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