The Atlanta Interdisciplinary AI Network is an intra-institutional network of Atlanta-based researchers who are investigating whether and, if so, how AI can be enlisted ethically, equitably, and in the service of justice. Our project draws inspiration from the place of Atlanta and from the presence of the humanities alongside technical knowledge and community expertise: https://apply.interfolio.com/136528

We are searching for a 2-year postdoctoral scholar and teacher who works at the intersection of AI and the humanities, broadly defined. In addition to participating in the activities of the AIAI Network, the position involves teaching one course in the first year and two in the second. The position will be housed in the Emory Department of English, with affiliate status in the Department of Quantitative Theory & Methods.

The annual salary for the position is $73,000 with additional research funding of $5,000 per year. In addition to salary and research funding, standard Emory benefits will be provided, including healthcare and access to library and computing support.

We are open to a range of humanities disciplines, including but not limited to literary and cultural studies, media studies, digital humanities, history, American studies, African American studies, women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, urban studies, and science and technology studies. More broadly, we are interested in a scholar whose work brings culture, context, history and/or theory to bear on the current landscape of data and AI. Examples of this work might include: humanistic critiques of data/AI, literary (or more broadly humanistic) theorizations of data/AI, new genealogies of data/AI, and/or data/AI-driven approaches to literature/history/culture. As the position will be primarily housed in an English department, the scholar should be interested in conversations about how their work relates to the field of literary and/or cultural studies. In addition to courses centered on their research, the scholar should feel comfortable teaching introductory courses in the digital humanities, critical data/AI studies, and/or quantitative literary analysis.

Applicants must have earned their PhD prior to August 1, 2024.

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, research statement, teaching statement, diversity statement, and two letters of reference, as well as a short (i.e. one paragraph) description of an undergraduate course they might teach on the basis of their research. Applicants must have earned their PhD prior to August 1, 2024.

Please submit applications by January 16, 2024, via Interfolio at: http://apply.interfolio.com/136528