Assistant Professor of Interactive Media Arts, SUNY Fredonia

Assistant Professor, full-time tenure-track, starting Fall 2008. Competitive salary and excellent benefits. Qualifications include an MFA in Media Arts or related area and a strong record of professional activity. College teaching experience is preferred.

Responsibilities
Teaching, advising, program development, and lab coordination are balanced with continued
creative productivity and departmental/university service. The candidate will teach introductory through advanced undergraduate courses in interactive media arts and will actively participate in a department with a diverse range of undergraduate programs.

Applicants should express an interest in teaching conceptual and technical aspects of interactive media art in a fine arts context, which may include video, audio, web based development, and installation. It is highly desirable that the applicant be versed in both digital and analog technologies. Candidate will develop curriculum and course content in a dynamic and growing media arts area encompassing animation, interactivity and digital video.

About the Department
The Department of Visual Arts and New Media, with current enrollment of about 250 majors,
provides balanced, comprehensive undergraduate programs in the practice, theory, and history of the visual arts and new media. The successful candidate will work with colleagues in developing curriculum to focus and strengthen the media arts program and to prepare graduates who balance critical thinking with conceptual and technical proficiency. The department has multiple Macintosh labs, two exhibition spaces, and three active departmental student organizations. We regularly invite visiting artists, designers and historians to the campus and sponsor student travel to enrich learning.

About the Campus and Community
State University of New York at Fredonia is consistently ranked as one of the finest public universities in the north. With enrollments of about 5,000 undergraduate and 400 graduate students, faculty and staff are committed to a personal approach to education. The campus is recognized for diverse cultural arts opportunities and strives to live its motto: “Where Success is a Tradition.” I.M. Pei and Partners designed the master plan for the modernized campus located in western New York, a short drive from Buffalo, NY and Erie, PA. Tree-lined avenues and Victorian-era architecture distinguish the picturesque village of Fredonia. Lake Erie, ski centers, hiking trails and nationally known Chautauqua Institution are nearby, providing additional opportunities for pursuit of varied interests.

For more information, visit http://www.fredonia.edu/humanresources/employment.htm

Send letter of application, CV, teaching philosophy, three reference letters, samples of your work and of student work if available (slides, CD/DVD, and/or web sites), completed application for appointment (found at http://www.fredonia.edu/humanresources/forms/application.pdf) and samples of course syllabi if available to:

Jill Johnston-Price, Interactive Media Arts Search Committee Chair
Department of Visual Arts and New Media
Rockefeller Arts Center, State University of New York at Fredonia
Fredonia, NY 14063
716-673-4730 or [email protected]

Screening of applicants begins on December 14, 2007 and will continue until the position is filled.

Because SUNY Fredonia prides itself on an outstanding workforce,
the university conducts background screening on all applicants.


An affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, SUNY Fredonia encourages and actively seeks applications from minorities, women, and people with disabilities.