Academic Administrator II at InsideHigherEd

The UCLA “AI and Cultural Heritage Lab” and the UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studiesinvites applications for a Coordinator of the UCLA Project “AI and Extremism”(Academic Administrator II). This is a 2 year full-time position. The candidate will lead a range of research, teaching, and public outreach activities addressing the waysthat AI technologies can be weaponized to spread hate speech and propagate political extremism aswell as develop ways that such extremism can be mitigated and fought. Examples of extremism to beaddressed by the initiative include the following: the use of AI to foster Holocaust denial and Holocaustinversion; how social media and AI technologies can be used to amplify and spread white supremacy,antisemitism, and racism; the specific ways that AI technologies (ranging from large language modelsand chatbots to image and video generation tools) can be used to distort and falsify history, includingthe creation of deep-fakes; and the use of AI to spread propaganda, create echo chambers, and amplifymisinformation. In addition to documenting the prevalence of such speech, the position will alsodevelop hate speech detection models (including data harvesting, data analysis, and real-time detection)to identify the prevalence and spread of such speech online; foster strategic partnerships across UCLA(such as with the Initiative to Study Hate, the Working Group in Memory Studies, and DataX) as well asmajor cultural institutions such as the US Holocaust Memorial Museum and the USC Shoah Foundationto address new challenges in Holocaust education in the 21st century; teach up to two classes per yearin UCLA’s Digital Humanities program and/or other interdisciplinary fields; and participate in publicoutreach activities including scholarly dissemination, seminars, and/or conferences.The candidate must have a Ph.D. in a preferably related research field. This is a two-year appointment,which will conclude with a series of deliverables including a comprehensive research progress report,course syllabi, project-specific datasets, and public presentations. Apply online: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10697Deadline for applications will begin on December 19, 2025. About UCLAAs a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collectivebargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directivesmay impose additional requirements.The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive considerationfor employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin,disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.