[ecrea] Position: Assistant Professor, Game Studies and Interactive Media - Texas Tech University

Please click/paste the below link to learn more about our new Assistant 
Professor opening in Game Studies and Interactive Media.

http://www.depts.ttu.edu/comc/about/employment/asst-prof-game-studies-interactive-media.php

Please note that the successful applicant will be a key player in our 
effort to build out our capacity for training the next generation of 
creative and scholarly leaders in the interactive media industries.

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Assistant Professor, Game Studies & Interactive Media
Requisition Number 13587BR
Summary

The College of Media & Communication at Texas Tech University seeks a 
visionary scholar and teacher to lead our efforts in developing emerging 
curriculum, industry connections, and world-leading research in game 
studies and interactive media.

Required Qualifications

Candidates must possess a Ph.D. in a related field at the time of 
appointment, which may be either Fall 2018 or Spring 2019. The 
successful candidate will have a proven track record of research 
publication, professional accomplishment, and/or substantial teaching 
experience. Candidates should demonstrate ability to secure external 
funding for their research and have demonstrated an ongoing commitment 
to serving diverse student populations. Successful candidates must be 
eligible to work and take a tenure track position in the United States 
at the time of appointment. Faculty interested in joining 
multidisciplinary teams seeking external funding are especially welcome.

Preferred Qualifications

Demonstration of an integrated approach to research, professional 
activity, and teaching in game design, writing for interactive media, 
gaming cultures, game production industries and ecosystems, interpretive 
approaches to gaming texts, and/or psychological, social, or cultural 
impacts of interactive play environments; experience mentoring graduate 
students; and a strong portfolio of professional interactive media 
production work. Since this position will take the lead in developing 
and overseeing a Game Design and Production certificate program 
available to students across departments at Texas Tech University, we 
especially value experience working effectively with colleagues across 
departmental and disciplinary boundaries. Experience working with 
diverse student populations and first-generation students is highly 
desirable.

Teaching, Research and Service

Successful candidates must be able to teach in a variety of 
undergraduate and graduate courses in gaming and interactive media 
related to their research expertise. Our intent is to bring outstanding 
and collegial faculty who value our focus on excellence in teaching, 
research, service, and outreach and engagement. Service duties include 
program-building, as well as commitment to extra-curricular activities. 
Service to the department, college, and university is expected. The 
standard teaching load is four courses per academic year with the 
opportunity to teach additional courses during summer or intersessions 
for additional compensation. The appointment will comprise 40% teaching, 
40% research, and 20% service.

College of Media & Communication

The College of Media & Communication (http://www.depts.ttu.edu/comc/) at 
Texas Tech University offers bachelor's degrees in Advertising, 
Communication Studies, Electronic Media, Journalism, Media Strategies, 
and Public Relations. It offers master's degrees in Mass Communication, 
Communication Studies, and Strategic Communication (online), and a Ph.D. 
in Media and Communication. The college serves approximately 1,800 
undergraduate majors, 235 MA students in three programs, and 35 Ph.D. 
students. Recent graduates of the doctoral program have begun their 
careers at universities in the Big 10, Big 12, ACC, and SEC, as well as 
applied research positions with media companies such as the Disney 
MediaScience Research Lab.

CoMC ranks among the nation's top colleges in media and communication. 
It is home to the Center for Communication Research (CCR) 
(https://www.depts.ttu.edu/comc/research/ccr/), one of the world's 
premier, state-of-the art research facilities in media and communication 
research. It features labs useful for audience testing, content 
analysis, surveys, eye-tracking, focus group, and psychophysiology. 
These research facilities provide a great environment for further 
advancing an exciting and productive research agenda. The college is 
also home to the Outpost Social Media Lab, a major center for the study 
of new and emerging media 
(https://www.depts.ttu.edu/comc/research/outpost), and the Thomas Jay 
Harris Institute for Hispanic and International Communication, a center 
of teaching, research, and community outreach in Hispanic and 
International Communication 
(https://www.depts.ttu.edu/comc/research/hihic). Additionally, the 
college has launched the Communication Training Center 
(http://www.depts.ttu.edu/ctc/), a facility focused on training 
university faculty and graduate students how to enhance oral and visual 
communication skills.

Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University is a public research university with an enrollment 
of over 35,000. It offers over 100 undergraduate majors and more than 
100 masters and 50 doctoral degree programs. Texas Tech is the largest 
comprehensive higher education institution in the western two-thirds of 
Texas and is the state's only campus with an adjoining research 
university, law school, and medical school. Texas Tech students come 
from almost every county in Texas, all 50 states and more than 100 
different countries. Significant to the Harris Institute's mission, the 
university recently surpassed the Hispanic student population threshold 
necessary for designation as a Hispanic Service Institution (HSI) and 
Texas Tech's current Quality Enhancement Plan is "Bear Our Banners Far 
and Wide: Communication in a Global Society." 
(www.depts.ttu.edu/globalcommunications). Texas Tech University is 
recognized as a Carnegie Tier 1 Research University and is a member of 
the Big 12 Athletic Conference. The university is located in Lubbock, 
Texas, a vibrant city of over 250,000.

Application Procedure

Review of applications will begin on April 15, 2018. Applicants should 
apply on line at www.texastech.edu/careers, referencing the Requisition 
Number 13587BR. They will be asked to provide a letter of application 
describing their research interests, teaching experience, and 
professional experiences, a current curriculum vita, graduate 
transcripts, and a list of three references with names, addresses, email 
addresses and phone numbers. The successful candidate must be eligible 
to work in the United States. The search committee co-chairs are Dr. 
Robert Peaslee, Chair, Department of Journalism & Creative Media 
Industries and Dr. Eric Rasmussen, Department of Public Relations. 
Questions may be addressed to them at (robert.peaslee /at/ ttu.edu); 
(eric.rasmussen /at/ ttu.edu) or by calling Dr. Peaslee at (806) 834-2562, or 
Dr. Rasmussen at (806) 834-6870.

EEO Statement

As an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, Texas 
Tech University is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally 
diverse faculty committed to teaching and working in a multicultural 
environment. We actively encourage applications from all those who can 
contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the 
diversity and excellence of the academic community at Texas Tech 
University. The university welcomes applications from minorities, women, 
veterans, persons with disabilities, and dual-career couples.

Please visit the college's website for more information: 
www.depts.ttu.edu/comc

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