Lecturer in the iSchool

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Job Summary:

Under the general supervision of the Director of the Information School (iSchool), teach LIS 517: Digital Health: Informaiton and Technologies Supporting Consumers and Patients and/or LIS 612: User Experience 2 in an online format for the spring semester of the 2025-26 academic year.

This position is 33.4% FTE for one course or 66.7% FTE for two courses.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Develops instructional design and curriculum relevant to a course of instruction

• Serves as an initial point of contact for students as it relates to specific course or series content and expectations

• Facilitates classroom, online and/or laboratory instruction for one or more courses, including assessment of student performance

Department:

College of Letters & Science, Information School (iSchool)

Compensation:

Minimum academic salary: $50,113 at 33.4% time for a total of $8,326 for one course or 66.7% time for a total of $16,652 for two courses.

Required Qualifications:

• LIS 517: Knowledge of appropriate and accurate materials for consumer health and family education; the ethical and organizational policy issues that arise when providing consumer and family health information in different settings; the role of the public media in disseminating health information; the health-related information needs and preferences of racial/ethnic minority populations. Experience with health information technologies, from search engines to websites to apps, that put people in charge of managing their own health information.

• LIS 612: Experience working on UX, UI and other iterative design projects employing user research and testing required. Be able to lead students through iterative cycles of ideation, prototyping and testing to develop UX design projects is required. Expertise in prototyping methodologies and tools, both basic and advanced required. Knowledge of visual design basics and common patterns for the screen preferred. Knowledge of ideation methodologies to assist students in brainstorming new designs is preferred. Knowledge of basic user testing methodologies to evaluate draft designs is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience teaching graduate students.

Education:

Minimum of a Master's degree in Library and Information Studies or related field.

How to Apply:

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-Cover Letter

Applicants should attach a cover letter and resume detailing their training and experience relating to the required and preferred qualifications referenced above. The application reviewers will be relying on written application materials to determine which qualified applicants will advance in the recruitment process. Please note, there is only one attachment field. You must upload all your documents in the attachment field.

Contact Information:

Questions about the course(s) may be directed to Steve Sylte, ssylte@wisc.edu.
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