Assistant Professor, Ethics of Technology and Artificial Intelligence
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
The Philosophy Department at Rice University, located in Houston, Texas, seeks to appoint a tenure-track assistant professor who would help lead a growing initiative at Rice in the ethics of emerging technologies and responsible artificial intelligence (AOC). The ideal candidate will be able to show teaching, research, and public communication excellence in this field, but all candidates with relevant accomplishments will receive careful consideration. AOS is open, but candidates who can also meet some of the Department's research and teaching needs in epistemology and the philosophy of science will receive particularly favorable attention, though this is not a requirement for the position.
Assistant Professor, PLST & Philosophy
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND PROGRAM IN POLITICS, LAW AND SOCIAL THOUGHT
The Program in Politics, Law, and Social Thought (PLST) and the Department of Philosophy in the School of Humanities at Rice University seek to appoint a tenure-track assistant professor in political and social philosophy and/or history of philosophy (AoS) and philosophy of law (AoC). A PhD in Philosophy or a related field is required at the time of appointment. Further qualifications, such as a JD, LLM, LLB, are welcome but not required. The start date for the position is July 1, 2026.
PLST is an interdisciplinary program with rapidly growing student numbers. Its faculty from the School of Humanities and the School of Social Sciences focus on political and legal thought understood in its social and historical contexts. Students also participate in legal and judicial practica (see www.politics.rice.edu) and often place at the top law schools. Our alumni have established highly successful careers in law, government, public affairs, and the academy. We seek applicants eager to lead and grow PLST in its second decade.
Postdoctoral Associate - Study of Women, Gender & Sexuality
CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF WOMEN, GENDER & SEXUALITY
The Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality (CSWGS) at Rice University seeks candidates for a postdoctoral associate in the humanities or social sciences whose research and teaching centers on gender and sexuality. Research focus on global South site(s) and/or issues of race is a plus.
The Center is particularly interested in applicants who demonstrate a record of feminist research, innovative teaching, and the potential to contribute to the Center by offering courses and workshops in engaged research.
The postdoc is expected to make significant progress in their research and publication, to participate actively in the intellectual life of the Center, and to teach three courses per year.
Ph.D. must be conferred between June 29th, 2023, and June 30, 2026.
The fellowship has a term of one year, beginning July 1, 2026, and is renewable for a second year upon successful completion of the first year.
Assistant or Associate Professor, Medical Humanities
MEDICAL HUMANITIES PROGRAM
Tenure-track assistant or associate professor of Medical Humanities, specializing in narrative and/or digital humanities approaches to medicine and health in the 20th-21st centuries. Focus on data, technology, and computational approaches to health narratives (or critical data and software studies focusing on health/medicine) highly desired, with a preference for scholars with demonstrated engagement with the field of Medical Humanities who can connect with Rice’s new Media Studies major and Science and Technology Studies minor.
Elizabeth Lee Moody Junior Professorship
DEPARTMENT OF ART
The Department of Art at Rice University is seeking to hire at the Assistant Professor rank a full-time, tenure-track artist and art educator with primary interests in the production of film, video, and/or new media forms. The successful applicant for this Elizabeth Lee Moody Junior Professorship will have a proven record of community and civic engagement.
The successful candidate will be an actively exhibiting practitioner with a record of teaching excellence. They will be responsible for teaching four undergraduate courses each academic year (two fall and two spring); engaging and maintaining an active and ambitious program of research and creative scholarship; participating in student advising and mentoring; and serving on department and university committees. The candidate will collaborate on the administration and coordination of undergraduate curricula in Art as well as a new major in Media Studies (which is anchored across departments in the School of Humanities). Candidates must have an MFA; significant organization, communication, and collaborative skills; and a substantive understanding of the general history, practice, theory, and criticism of contemporary film/video/new media art. We are particularly interested in candidates who demonstrate through their teaching, mentorship, and practice a commitment to the uplifting of historically underrepresented perspectives and who bring multilingual, international and/or cross-cultural perspectives to their work.