Tenure Track Faculty-Assistant/Associate Professor Cybersecurity Policy (Open Rank)

Overview

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

1. Students are our top priority.

2. We strive for excellence.

3. We thrive on diversity.

4. We celebrate collaboration.

5. We champion innovation.

6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.

8. We act ethically.

9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

About the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology

The School of Public Policy (http://spp.gatech.edu/) has 63 faculty members and we instruct students in undergraduate, masters, and Ph.D. programs. The Institute is a member of the University System of Georgia, the Georgia Research Alliance, and the Association of American Universities. Georgia Tech prides itself on its technology resources, interdisciplinary research and collaborations, and high-quality student body.

Atlanta, GA

The School of Public Policy (https://spp.gatech.edu/) at the Georgia Institute of Technology invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Cybersecurity Policy. Applicants at the Assistant or Associate rank will be considered. The School of Public Policy (SPP) is the home of a Master of Science in Cybersecurity Policy which is part of a nationally ranked interdisciplinary MS Cybersecurity program with specializations in Policy, Information Security (hosted by the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy), and Cyber-Physical Security (hosted by the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering). The MS Cyber Program has successful online and campus versions of all three tracks.

Georgia Tech is home to a wide variety of research initiatives in information and communications technology policy and security, not only at SPP but also at the Nunn School of International Affairs, the School of Interactive Computing, and the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy. Topics of research and teaching of interest to the School of Public Policy include digitally enabled political communication (e.g., influence operations, censorship, propaganda), data governance and critical infrastructure, transport infrastructure and autonomous vehicles, cyber conflict, and/or digital political economy. Candidates should be able to connect with strengths of the school in areas such as law, energy, health, urban, and science and technology policy. Candidates are expected to demonstrate an exceptional commitment to the teaching and mentoring of students.

Job duties will include research, teaching and advising students, and service activities at Georgia Tech.

An earned doctorate is required by the start of the appointment.

• The ability to teach and mentor a distinct student body.
• The ability to promote a welcoming educational/work environment.
• The ability to adopt teaching strategies that support the learning and success of all students.
• The ability to engage students in experiential learning activities and pedagogy that support student success.
• An earned doctorate in any discipline relevant to the societal aspects of cybersecurity.
• Excellence in research

Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests, a description of teaching interests as well as their advising/mentoring philosophy, and the names and contact information for at least three references. Application materials should be submitted as .PDF files.

Applications will be considered beginning January 30, 2025, but the search will continue until the position is filled.

Questions about the position may be directed to Dr. Milton Mueller milton@gatech.edu .

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

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More information on these policies can be found here: https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/c2714 Board of Regents Policy Manual | University System of Georgia (usg.edu).

The candidate of choice will be required to pass a pre-employment background screening. http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening.