Assistant Professor Position in Digital Media Arts & Technology

Dec. 4, 2003

Type: opportunity
Deadline: Dec 4 2003 at 10:12PM
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Michigan State University
Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media
Assistant Professor, Digital Media Arts and Technology

Teaching: Candidates are expected to teach three courses a semester across several of the following areas: interactive multimedia design, web design, video and audio production, compositing and effects (CGI), 3D graphics design, game design, programming, and human-computer interaction. Candidates are also expected to advise students on projects and theses.

Creative-Research Activity: Although this is primarily a teaching position, candidates will be expected to gain visibility through juried media designs (exhibits at peer reviewed venues; broadcast distribution; conference presentations; awards) or scholarly research publications. Candidates will be encouraged to pursue external funding to support their creative and/or research activity with the possibility of reduced teaching load.

Qualifications: MFA or PhD in a related field preferred. MA or MS with considerable industry or academic experience will be considered.

Required: Portfolio showing outstanding creative design work and/or research related to digital media arts and technology, aesthetics, telecommunication, or information studies; teaching experience and strong teaching evaluations.

Desired: Industry experience related to digital media arts.

Appointment: Academic Year, Fixed-Term Renewable with the possibility of converting to the Tenure System

Work Environment:

The Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media: The Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media Department (http://tc.msu.edu) has an international reputation in a number of areas. Faculty specializing in video, audio, 3D/VR, and multimedia come together to form the core DMAT faculty (http://dmat.msu.edu). BA, MA, and Ph.D. are offered. Collaborative interest in digital media arts is also strong in related departments within the college and also outside of the college, including education, computer science, and music.
Communication Technology Laboratory: The Communication Technology Laboratory (http://commtechlab.msu.edu) is an association of MSU faculty who create innovative learning experiences that elegantly integrate technology. Through externally funded projects the Comm Tech Lab develops meaningful, emotionally appealing projects and research prototypes and invents new media genres. Rather than programming software, the lab approach is: 'we design experiences.