[Jobs] simon frasier

[jeremy hunsinger]

SCHOOL OF INTERACTIVE ARTS & TECHNOLOGY
Simon Fraser University
Surrey, BC, Canada

Faculty Positions in Interactive Arts and Technology.

The School of Interactive Arts & Technology (SIAT) is accepting  
applications for two assistant professors in key instructional areas.  
One position specializes in media; the second in design.
In both positions we look for applicants who will make a strong  
contribution to our School. Successful applicants will have  
demonstrated excellence in research and teaching in one or more of the  
research areas above or a related area. We seek colleagues who are  
making significant scholarly contributions to their field(s), have a  
strong commitment to teaching and show potential for academic  
leadership. Applicants must demonstrate the ability and motivation to  
collaborate with scholars from other disciplines, and to advance their  
research methods to cope with the challenges of designing, building  
and evaluating technology-rich environments.
The School takes an interdisciplinary perspective on the study of  
human interactions with technology. We value excellence in research,  
teaching and service. We adapt research methods and models from art,  
cognitive science, computer science, design, engineering, humanities,  
social science, and philosophy. We work in areas such as computational  
design, computer games, interaction design, interactive arts,  
interactive video, sustainable design, virtual environments, and  
visualization and visual analytic systems.
SIAT offers degrees at a bachelor, master and doctoral level.  The  
School currently enrols about 650 undergraduates, including the  
TechOne cohort first year programme, and approximately 100 graduate  
students, some 30 of whom work at the doctoral level.

Successful candidates will play key roles in developing SIAT curricula  
and in fostering relationships with industry.  They should have  
teaching experience at the undergraduate level, have high potential  
for instructional innovation and show promise for successfully  
mentoring graduate students to completion of advanced degrees.  
Applicants should have teaching experience in varied formats, possibly  
including team-based, computer-mediated and interdisciplinary  
approaches. They are expected to develop research programmes  
attractive to external funding and responsive to collaboration with  
other faculty and graduate students. SIAT faculty must have a high  
degree of technological literacy regardless of their disciplinary  
background. As SIAT is a relatively new and expanding School, faculty  
are expected to demonstrate leadership and programme development  
expertise. They should have earned the highest academic or  
professional degree (in all but exceptional circumstances, the Ph.D.)  
in their specialty.

Simon Fraser University at Surrey, the University’s newest campus, is  
located in the greater Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada.  
The area is home to Canada’s cultural and entertainment industry and  
much of its digital media production. The region’s rich cultural,  
natural and intellectual resources make it one of the world’s most  
desirable places to live and work.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians  
and permanent residents will be given priority. Simon Fraser  
University is committed to employment equity and encourages  
applications from all qualified men and women, including visible  
minorities, aboriginal peoples and persons with disabilities. The  
deadline for applications is 1 December 2009

Applicants should seek additional information about the School at its websitewww.siat.sfu.ca 
  to understand better the character of SIAT and their possible  
contributions within it.

To apply, please send current curriculum vitae, evidence of research  
productivity, a statement on teaching philosophy and the complete  
names, addresses (including email), institutional affiliation and  
telephone numbers of three referees to:

Director
School of Interactive Arts & Technology
Simon Fraser University
250 – 13450 102nd Avenue
Surrey, BC CANADA V3A 0A3

Under the authority of the University Act personal information that is  
required by the University for academic appointment competitions will  
be collected.  For further details see:

http://www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/Faculty_Openings/Collection_Notice.html