[ecrea] Tenure track Job opening: Assistant Professor, Animation and Interactive Web Development

Assistant Professor, Animation and Interactive Web Development

The University of Northern Iowa's College of Humanities, Arts & 
Sciences- Department of Communication Studies 
<https://commstudies.uni.edu/>seeks applications for a tenure-track 
Assistant Professor position in Animation and Interactive Web 
Development beginning in August 2019. The program area is Interactive 
Digital Studies (IDS). The areas of focus may include web and mobile 
applications, CSS animation, interactive visualization, interactive 
media design, creative coding, user interface design, database 
development, extended reality, or emergent media/hybrid forms and there 
will be opportunities to teach topics in digital culture. This full-time 
(9 month) position that requires teaching three courses each semester, 
and gives the successful candidate great flexibility to teach to their 
strengths and creative freedom to build one’s own work portfolio. Our 
intermediate and advanced courses are topic based and the successful 
candidate’s research and creative work will contribute to the direction 
of our program. Candidates should be prepared to teach coding and 
digital visualization skills in a lab environment, be able to 
demonstrate new developments in interactive media, advise students, and 
bring innovative ideas to curriculum development; options for teaching 
graduate students also exist.

IDS (ids.uni.edu) <http://ids.uni.edu> is one of UNI’s fastest-growing 
programs, with a flexible, interdisciplinary curriculum based around 
four foundation courses and a menu of eight digital “bundles” in the 
areas of advertising, imaging, visualization, computation, music, 
writing, learning, and history. Our award-winning faculty are supportive 
and team-oriented, embracing new ideas and advocating hands-on projects 
and student self-learning. Housed in UNI’s Department of Communication 
Studies, with a strong emphasis in visual rhetoric, cultural studies, 
and media studies, IDS encourages work that aims at social impact. Our 
state of the art IDS classrooms are served by a responsive tech support 
crew.

With over 11,000 students, UNI is located on a beautiful campus of more 
than 900 acres, with both historic and modern buildings. Our walkable 
and bikeable campus community is located in the College Hill 
neighborhood, with restaurants, shops, cafes, music, and the 
university’s world-class performing arts center. Cedar Falls is a 
thriving college town with destination restaurants, some of the best 
K-12 schools in the state, farmers markets, a local food community, 
annual festivals, and an extensive recreation trail system. The metro 
area of Cedar Falls, Waterloo, and surrounding communities has a 
population of about 170,000, and is within 300 miles of Minneapolis-St. 
Paul, Madison, Milwaukee, Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City, and St. Louis.

UNI has a bold vision that we will be a diverse and inclusive campus 
community that provides an engaged education empowering students to lead 
locally and globally. We seek faculty across disciplines, departments, 
and colleges to work together to build our national prominence in any of 
four distinct but interrelated areas of our vision and strategic plan: 
engaged learning, diversity and inclusion, sustainability, and community 
engagement. Successful candidates with background and interest in these 
areas will form clusters to advance our work, joining current faculty 
conducting teaching, scholarship, and service in these areas.
A terminal degree (MFA) in a studio discipline or related field (e.g., 
Digital Arts, Computational Arts, Interactive Multimedia, Game Design, 
or Communication Studies) is required. A Ph.D. will also be considered 
if the candidate has an active creative practice.

The required qualifications include substantial research/creative 
potential in the area of interactive digital studies; be committed to 
excellence in teaching; and demonstrate excellent written and oral 
communication skills.

Preferred qualification includes creativity and innovation in the area 
of interactive digital studies; prior teaching experience, and evidence 
of excellence in teaching at the college level.

Applications received by November 10, 2018, will receive full 
consideration. To apply, visit http://jobs.uni.edu/. Inquiries may be 
sent to Bettina Fabos, search chair, at (Bettina.fabos /at/ uni.edu) 
<mailto:(Bettina.fabos /at/ uni.edu)> or 319-273-5972. Pre-employment 
background checks required.


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