[Jobs] ga tech

[Jeremy Hunsinger]

Faculty Positions at Georgia Tech

For those of you that are academically minded, and on the job hunt,  
here's some information on positions in the area of digital media  
opening up at Georgia Tech in the School of Literature, Communication  
and Culture (via Ian Bogost). What I find especially interesting is  
the emphasis on finding "practitioner/theorists" instead of simply  
industry experience--very intriguing. If only my computational  
proficiency was up to par...

Positions in Digital Media

Georgia Tech's School of Literature, Communication, and Culture is  
seeking to fill two (2) positions at the rank of assistant or  
associate professor in the emerging discipline of Digital Media.  
Applicants should have expertise in one or more of the fields listed  
below and be prepared to teach at the undergraduate and graduate  
level in LCC’s suite of programs in computational and digital media.  
A Ph.D. in an appropriate field is required, as is computational  
proficiency and a demonstrated capacity for significant original  
research/creative work. Expertise in educational technology is  
desirable, as is a proven record or significant potential in  
generating external funding.

Digital Art
Creativity in the use of digital technology for expressive purposes  
and/or critical artistic practice. We seek artists who are exploring  
the social and culture contexts of technology and  who participate in  
a theoretical discourse closely linked to practice. Each candidate  
should demonstrate sophisticated design aesthetics across media and  
be able to teach or supervise our core courses in visual design at  
all levels. Preference will be given to those whose work relates to  
strengths of our department, such as  game design and critique,  
interactive narrative, tangible media, and mixed reality.

Information Architecture/Information Design and Visualization
Expertise in structuring and visualizing information in large online  
multimedia archives and information spaces. Candidates should have  
technical competence in appropriate standards (such as XML and  
various database applications), knowledge of current platforms of  
information design (such as the WWW), and a research interest in  
future platforms and design issues.

Social Technologies
Practitioner/theorist with expertise in the cultural and design  
aspects of digital technologies used on a large scale for  
entertainment or community-formation: for example, new mobile  
technologies, blogs and other online communities, massively  
multiplayer online gaming, alternate reality gaming, or pervasive  
gaming.

Television and Interactivity
Practitioner/theorist in television and interactivity. Interactive  
designer/producer/writer with a focus on the intersection of  
television and interactive genres.  Expertise in the history and  
criticism of television as multi-genre mass medium with strong  
interest in narrative form and active audience response. Expertise in  
film, scriptwriting, broadcast journalism, narrative theory, or  
ethnography of audiences desirable.

Applicants should send a letter with a statement of research   
interests and pedagogical approach, a C.V., one or two pages of  
screenshots, and /or a pointer to an on-line portfolio. (Requests for  
full dossiers and portfolios will be sent to selected applicants.)  
Applications should be addressed to Chair, Search Committee, LCC,  
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0165. Review of  
applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions  
are filled. The Georgia Institute of Technology is an equal  
opportunity, affirmative action employer. Minority candidates are  
encouraged to apply. For more information about the School, please  
visit www.lcc.gatech.edu.


Jeremy Hunsinger
Center for Digital Discourse and Culture
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