Assistant Professor, Ethics of Technology and Artificial Intelligence

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.

The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in Philosophy by July 1, 2026, and will be expected to teach and advise students at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Rice University has a semester-based teaching schedule with a 2-2 teaching load. The University expects faculty members to maintain an active program of scholarly research and publication and to contribute service to the Department, University, and profession.

For full consideration, applications should be received by November 1 (via Interfolio) https://apply.interfolio.com/173881 and must include: a cover letter of 1-2 pages; CV, including a list of publications; a writing sample; a statement of teaching philosophy and interests (a complete teaching portfolio, including student evaluations, will be requested from finalists), and three letters of reference. For further information or questions, please contact the department chair, Robert Howell, at [email protected].

Rice University is a private, comprehensive research university located in the heart of Houston’s dynamic museum district, on a 300-acre tree-shaded campus adjacent to the Texas Medical Center, the world’s largest medical complex. Rice has a highly diverse and international student body and a strong faculty culture of cross-disciplinary collaboration. Offering undergraduate and graduate degrees across eight schools, Rice has a student body of around 5,000 undergraduates and a nearly equal number of graduate students. Rice is consistently ranked among the nation’s top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report and is ranked No. 1 for race/class interaction and No. 1 for quality of life by the Princeton Review. The university has a very high level of research activity and a 6:1 student-faculty ratio.