Faculty Hiring Trends — Week of October 18, 2026
Faculty Atlas is currently tracking 24,397 open faculty positions — +372 compared to last week. Among listings matched to institution type, 71.1% are at public institutions and 28.9% are at private nonprofit institutions. Professor roles represent the largest category with 9,299 listings. Among positions with a known appointment track, 24.6% are tenure-track and 75.4% are non-tenure-track. 1,114 listings (4.6%) explicitly reference artificial intelligence or a core AI method. 102 listings (0.4%) address responsible technology, such as AI ethics, algorithmic fairness, or technology policy. Nursing is the most in-demand discipline among classified listings this week, with 921 open positions.
Most active systems
| TX | 2,527 |
| NY | 2,239 |
| NC | 1,235 |
| OH | 1,026 |
| FL | 1,014 |
| IL | 968 |
| CA Private | 923 |
| PA | 881 |
| NJ | 779 |
| VA | 687 |
Top disciplines
| Nursing | 921 |
| Psychology | 311 |
| Biology | 295 |
| Mathematics | 292 |
| Computer Science | 254 |
| Chemistry | 218 |
| Education | 196 |
| Accounting | 189 |
| Economics | 157 |
| Business | 152 |
AI hiring pulse
| Explicitly AI-related openings | 1,114 |
| Share of all listings | 4.6% |
| Vs prior week | +38 |
Strict classifier v1 counts explicit references to artificial intelligence and core methods including machine learning, generative AI, natural language processing, computer vision, and neural networks. Broad data-science and robotics listings are excluded unless an AI signal is present.
Responsible tech
| Openings addressing responsible technology | 102 |
| Share of all listings | 0.4% |
| Vs prior week | +9 |
| Responsible & trustworthy AI | 49 |
| AI & technology ethics | 30 |
| AI governance & policy | 19 |
| Privacy, justice & information integrity | 8 |
| Societal impacts of technology | 7 |
| Public interest technology | 6 |
| Algorithmic fairness & accountability | 3 |
Responsible-tech classifier v4 counts listings that reference responsible or trustworthy AI, AI and technology ethics, algorithmic fairness, AI governance and policy, public interest technology, societal impacts of technology, privacy, and information integrity. Phrases about adopting AI tools, such as "responsible AI use" in teaching, are excluded. Listings may also be counted as AI-related.
View all 102 responsible-tech listings this week
- Assistant Professor of Science, Technology, & Society; Department of History · American University · Societal impacts of technology
- Assistant Professor of Artificial Intelligence · Angelo State University · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Assistant Professor in Natural Language Processing or AI for Social Good · Binghamton University · Public interest technology
- Senior Faculty Level or Equivalent Position in AI Safety Foundations · Binghamton University · AI governance & policy
- Assistant Professor of Computer Science · Bowdoin College · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Adjunct Instructor in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning in Drug Development · Brandeis University · AI & technology ethics
- Assistant Professor of Information Systems - Department of Systems and Operations Management · California State University-Northridge · AI governance & policy
- Assistant Professor - Political Science · Clemson University · Privacy, justice & information integrity
- Assistant, Associate or Full Professor - Information Systems & Informatics · College of Staten Island CUNY · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Assistant Professor · CU Boulder · AI governance & policy
- Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) · CU Boulder · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Distinguished Lecturer – Data and Society – Macaulay Honors College · CUNY Graduate School and University Center · AI & technology ethics
- Adjunct Assistant Professor - Science, Technology, & Society · Farmingdale State College · Societal impacts of technology
- Associate and Full Professor in the Knight Foundation School of Computer and Information Sciences · Florida International University · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Technology Management · George Washington University · Responsible & trustworthy AI, Societal impacts of technology
- Assistant Professor of Philosophy (Artificial Intelligence and Society) · Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus · Societal impacts of technology
- Program Co-Lead & Faculty, MBAi · Harrisburg University of Science and Technology · Responsible & trustworthy AI, AI governance & policy
- Postdoctoral Fellow in Artificial Intelligence for Society — School of Engineering and Applied Sciences · Harvard University · Public interest technology
- Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomedical Informatics (Cai Lab) — Harvard Medical School · Harvard University · Privacy, justice & information integrity
- Tenure-Track Professor in Statistics — Faculty of Arts and Sciences · Harvard University · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Tenured Professor in Statistics — Faculty of Arts and Sciences · Harvard University · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Assistant Professor of Information Systems & Business Analytics (AI) · Hofstra University · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Associate Professor of Law or Professor of Law · Indiana University-Bloomington · AI governance & policy
- Tenure-Track Assistant or Tenured Associate Professor Faculty Position in Artificial Intelligence and Industrial Experiments · Indiana University-Bloomington · Responsible & trustworthy AI, AI governance & policy
- Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty Position in Mathematical Artificial Intelligence · Indiana University-Bloomington · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Tenured/Tenure-Track Professor in Law and Emerging Technologies · Indiana University-Bloomington · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Faculty Appointment, Religious Studies · LaGrange College · AI & technology ethics
- Adjunct Instructor, College of Arts and Humanities (Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence) · Lindenwood University · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Postdoctoral Scholar of Communication Arts Sciences - Fixed Term · Michigan State University · AI governance & policy
- Job Opening: Professor of Data & Information Security · Montreat College · AI & technology ethics
- Lecturer or Assistant Teaching Professor in Philosophy · NC State University · AI & technology ethics
- Assistant Professor/ Associate Professor/ Full Professor · Northeastern University · AI governance & policy
- Assistant/Associate/Full Professor – College of Engineering - Electrical and Computer Engineering – Embodied, wearable & assistive AI Physical - Boston · Northeastern University · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Assistant/Associate/Full Professor- Khoury College of Computer Sciences · Northeastern University · AI governance & policy, Privacy, justice & information integrity, Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Post Doctoral Fellowship - Applied Data Science · Northeastern University · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow · Northeastern University · Responsible & trustworthy AI, AI governance & policy
- Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy · Northern Kentucky University · AI & technology ethics
- Microsoft Visiting Research Scholar/Visiting Professor of Information Technology Policy · Princeton University · AI governance & policy
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Data and Intelligent Systems (DaIS) · Princeton University · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Associate Professor of Communication · Regent University · Privacy, justice & information integrity
- Assistant Professor in Human-Centered AI in Health · Rice University · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers-Newark Faculty Search: One Position in Public Affairs and Administration · Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · AI governance & policy
- Lecturer-Pool Faculty of Practical AI and Intelligent Automation - Up to 5 positions to be filled · Sam Houston State University · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity & A.I. · San Diego State University · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Adjunct Faculty: Online Faculty in Artificial Intelligence · San Francisco Bay University · Responsible & trustworthy AI, AI governance & policy
- Assistant Professor - Law and Technology · San Jose State University · Algorithmic fairness & accountability
- Assistant Professor - School of Information - Ethical AI, Information Generation & Retrieval, and Knowledge Systems · San Jose State University · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Assistant Professor in Political Communication and AI · San Jose State University · Privacy, justice & information integrity
- Assistant/Associate Professor in Clinical Data Science, Biomedical Informatics (Tenure-Track) · Stony Brook University · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Assistant Professor of Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) · Texas A & M International University · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Tenure-Track: Assistant Professor · Texas A&M University · Societal impacts of technology
- Tenure-Track/Tenured: Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor - Computer Science and Engineering · Texas A&M University · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Assistant Professor of Philosophy (Ethics and Philosophy of Emerging Technologies) · Texas State University · AI & technology ethics
- Applied AI Systems Tenure-line Faculty · The Pennsylvania State University · AI governance & policy
- Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Philosophy Department · The Pennsylvania State University · AI & technology ethics
- Assistant Professor, Political Science · The Pennsylvania State University · Privacy, justice & information integrity
- Assistant Teaching Professor in Data Journalism · The Pennsylvania State University · Algorithmic fairness & accountability
- Tenure-line Faculty Positions in Artificial Intelligence · The Pennsylvania State University · Responsible & trustworthy AI, AI & technology ethics
- Assistant Professor – Intersection of Statistics and CS – Departments of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences and Statistics · UC Berkeley · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Teaching Faculty (Lecturer/Sr. Lecturer) - Robotics/AI · UMass Amherst · Public interest technology
- Open Rank Tenure-Track Faculty in Core AI - Miner School of Computer & Information Sciences · UMass Lowell · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Assistant Professor of Social and Digital Media in Journalism · University of Arkansas · Privacy, justice & information integrity
- Assistant Professor - AI and Policy · University of Chicago · AI governance & policy
- Assistant Professor of Data Science · University of Chicago · Responsible & trustworthy AI, AI & technology ethics
- Assistant/Associate Professor of Applied Artificial Intelligence · University of Chicago · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Associate Professor of Data Science · University of Chicago · Responsible & trustworthy AI, AI & technology ethics
- Instructional Professor (open rank) in Data Science · University of Chicago · Responsible & trustworthy AI, AI & technology ethics
- Senior Instructional Professor (open rank) in Data Science · University of Chicago · Responsible & trustworthy AI, AI & technology ethics
- Senior Instructional Professor (Open-Rank)/Associate Academic Director MS-CAPP · University of Chicago · Public interest technology
- Assistant/Associate Professor of Artificial Intelligence in Education · University of Florida · AI & technology ethics
- Director & Faculty (Rank TBD) · University of Florida · AI & technology ethics
- LECTURER in AI Ethics and the Ethics of Technology · University of Florida · AI & technology ethics
- Assistant or Associate Professor - AI-Enabled Implantable and Wearable Systems for Closed-Loop Precision Health · University of Houston · Privacy, justice & information integrity
- Adjunct Non-Tenure Track Specialized Faculty, Open Rank Positions - School of Information Sciences · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · AI & technology ethics
- Assistant or Associate Professor of Philosophy · University of Kentucky · AI & technology ethics
- Associate Professor (Open Rank) · University of Louisville · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Assistant or Associate Professor · University of Maryland, College Park · AI & technology ethics, AI governance & policy
- Open-Rank Faculty Positions in Electrical and Computer Engineering · University of Miami · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Assistant Professor · University of Minnesota · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Assistant or Associate Professor - Software Engineering · University of Nebraska-Lincoln · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Lecturer / Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Cybersecurity, College of Engineering · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · Responsible & trustworthy AI, AI governance & policy
- Assistant Professor, Tenure-track, in Theology and Technology · University of Notre Dame · AI & technology ethics
- Open-Rank Tenure-Track Faculty Position: IT, Analytics, and Operations with a focus on Data, AI, and Computing · University of Notre Dame · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Dalal Family Postdoctoral Fellowship in AI Ethics · University of Rochester · AI & technology ethics, Algorithmic fairness & accountability, AI governance & policy, Societal impacts of technology, Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Open Rank Academic Faculty · University of Rochester · AI & technology ethics
- Open Rank, Tenure-Eligible Faculty Position in Health Humanities & Bioethics · University of Rochester · AI & technology ethics
- Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Organizational Communication & Technology · University of Texas at Austin · Public interest technology
- Assistant, Associate, Full Professor (Tenured/Tenure-Track) in Computer Science · University of Texas at Austin · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Open-Rank Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty Positions · University of Texas at Austin · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Professional-Track Assistant Professor Position in AI and Journalism · University of Texas at Austin · AI & technology ethics
- Assistant Professor in Structural Engineering · University of Utah · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Assistant Professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering · University of Washington · Public interest technology, Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Assistant Professor, Tenure - Track, AIInformation School · University of Washington · AI governance & policy, Societal impacts of technology
- Assistant Professor, Tenure - Track, Library and Information Science Information School · University of Washington · AI & technology ethics
- Postdoctoral Scholar - Data Services for Indigenous Scholarship and Sovereignty Information School · University of Washington · AI & technology ethics
- Adjunct Faculty - Artificial Intelligence · Villanova University · AI & technology ethics
- Adjunct Faculty- Department of Philosophy · Virginia Commonwealth University · AI & technology ethics
- Information Systems Faculty · Virginia Commonwealth University · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Associate Collegiate Professor · Virginia Tech · AI & technology ethics
- Assistant/Associate Professor (Career-Track) Faculty Positions in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence · Washington State University · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Open-rank Tenure-track Faculty Position - AI in Health and Medicine · Wayne State University · Responsible & trustworthy AI
- Assistant Professor of Philosophy (Ethics) · Xavier University of Louisiana · AI & technology ethics
Appointment track
| Tenure-track | 5,542 · 24.6% of classified |
| Non-tenure-track | 16,975 · 75.4% of classified |
| Variable / candidate-dependent track | 285 |
| Unclassified | 1,595 |
Position types
| Adjunct | 9,081 |
| Assistant Professor | 4,228 |
| Other | 2,396 |
| Instructor | 2,139 |
| Professor (Full/Open Rank) | 1,587 |
| Associate Professor | 1,433 |
| Clinical | 1,395 |
| Lecturer | 936 |
| Postdoctoral | 866 |
| Visiting | 244 |
| Research Faculty | 92 |