New Technology and Security - One Tenure-Track Assistant Professor

Job description

Description The School of International Service (SIS) at American University (AU) invites applications for a full-time, tenure-line position in New Technology and Security at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning August 1, 2019. Applicants should possess a Ph.D. or the highest equivalent degree by August 2019. We seek scholar-teachers whose research focuses on new technologies and emerging security threats, especially the strategic, ethical, legal, and governance concerns related to their past and future evolution. These include (but are not limited to) artificial intelligence, autonomy, social media, cyber security, robotics, additive manufacturing (or “3-D printing”), unmanned aerial vehicles (“drones”), gene alteration, human enhancement, and other technologies or initiatives associated with what’s known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The focus of his or her research will be on the advantages and disadvantages of new technological innovations as they relate to the past, present and future security of human beings. Scholars who come from a wide range of disciplines are especially welcome to apply. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic about working in a multidis...