The Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Old Dominion University (ODU) invites applicants for an Assistant or Associate Professor position to begin in Fall 2025 as part of a multi-position hiring initiative for Trustworthy AI. This multi-position cluster hire is part of ODU’s Centennial Cluster Initiative, which supports the expansion of transdisciplinary research efforts by prioritizing the hiring of multiple faculty positions targeting specific research areas. The Trustworthy AI cluster hire involves interdisciplinary collaboration among School of Cybersecurity, Department of Computer Science, and Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice, and builds on existing interdisciplinary strengths at ODU. This position is expected to be a tenure track appointment, but an initial appointment with tenure will be considered for exceptionally qualified candidates.

We are seeking a criminologist or sociologist whose research addresses applications of Trustworthy AI in Cyber Criminology, with an emphasis on Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics (FATE) in AI, to teach online and on-campus courses in our undergraduate programs in Criminal Justice and Ph.D. in Criminology & Criminal Justice and develop new courses at the intersection of AI and cyber criminology.

About ODU: Old Dominion University, located in Norfolk, is Virginia's forward-focused public doctoral research university with more than 23,000 students, a top R1 research ranking, rigorous academics, an energetic residential community and initiatives that contribute $2.6 billion annually to Virginia's economy.

Old Dominion University was founded in 1930. In preparation for our centennial anniversary, the institution initiated the Centennial Cluster Initiative, a hiring program designed to hire interdisciplinary clusters of faculty around emerging themes. As the first step of that initiative, we seek to hire 25 scholars who can contribute to the university’s growing research and teaching portfolio in the area of artificial intelligence. Those scholars will be housed in departments across campus and work together on scholarly activities related to artificial intelligence.