[STS-Africa] Multiple Faculty Positions in Science & Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

[Velho, Raquel]

**apologies for crossposting**

Dear colleagues,

The Department of Science & Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is delighted to be conducting searches for three tenured and/or tenure-track positions. We seek applicants with strong vision for racial justice in Science and Technology Studies who will contribute to the STS Department’s broader commitments to racial justice, socially engaged STS and design of alternative futures. Full job ads at links. Please distribute widely among your networks.

- **Open rank** tenured or tenure-track faculty in Science and Technology Studies: Science Policy and Innovation.

Key interests in Science Policy and Innovation or Responsible Research and Innovation, with research and teaching grounded in Science and Technology Studies (STS). The successful candidate will extend STS research to include one or more of the areas: equity, responsibility, and innovation; governance of emerging science and technology; knowledge production and diffusion in decision making for innovation; innovation in citizen science in environmental or health research; social and organizational innovation; institutional approaches to research priority setting; design of public interest technology and technology assessment.

https://careers.rpi.edu/en-us/job/493578/open-rank-tenured-or-tenure-track-faculty-in-science-and-technology-studies-science-policy-and-innovation

- Assistant professor (tenure-track) in Racial Justice in Science and Technology Studies.

Key interests focused on 1) structural and other forms of racism in science, technology, the environment, and/or associated policies, 2) the creation of racially just and equitable science and technology, and/or 3) how science and technology can be used to address structural and environmental racism. This position involves facilitation of classroom dialogue as a vehicle for inclusive excellence in higher education. The successful candidate will be skilled at dialogic facilitation as a pedagogical technique.

https://careers.rpi.edu/en-us/job/493598/assistant-professor-in-science-technology-studies-racial-justice-and-intergroup-dialogue

- Assistant professor (tenure-track) in Science and Technology Studies: Sociology of Public Health.

Key interests in public health; science, technology, and medicine; sociology of knowledge, clinical practice, and/or ethics-in-practice; gender/sexuality studies; health law and policy; health disparities including migration, race/ethnicity, and reproduction. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic about teaching Sociology to pre-med/pre-health students.

https://careers.rpi.edu/en-us/job/493579/assistant-professor-in-science-and-technology-studies-sociology-of-public-health

With kind regards,
Raquel

Raquel Velho, PhD | she/her/hers
Assistant Professor
Undergraduate Program Director
Science & Technology Studies
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Fall ’22 Office Hours: W 1-2pm; Th 12-1pm

Discord: Prof Raquel Velho#1894
Twitter: @RSVelho
http://www.raquelvelho.co

Recent Publications:
- Velho, Raquel (2021). “‘They’re changing the network just by being there’: reconsidering infrastructures through the frame of disability studies.” Disability Studies Quarterly 41(2). Available here<https://dsq-sds.org/article/view/7087/5939>.
- Veras de Sandes-Guimarães, Luisa, Raquel Velho, Guilherme Ary Plonski (2022). "Interdisciplinary research and policy impacts: Assessing the significance of knowledge coproduction." Research Evaluation. Available here<https://academic.oup.com/rev/advance-article/doi/10.1093/reseval/rvac008/6565857?login=true>.



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