[4eyes] Fwd: Digital Media tenure track position at Georgia Tech

[Tobias Hollerer]

FYI


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Subject: 	[creative-it] Digital Media tenure track position at Georgia Tech
Date: 	Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:09:20 -0400
From: 	Brian Magerko <magerko at gatech.edu>
To: 	creative-it at lists.gatech.edu




For all those still on this list, please note the new position at 
Georgia Tech.  There is a focus on Knowledge and Creativity as one of 
the main tracks of interest:


http://lmc-gt.blogspot.com/2012/10/digital-media-tenure-track-position-at.html

Georgia Tech

Digital Media Tenure Track Position

Georgia Tech's School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC), 
which provides diverse humanistic perspectives on a technological world, 
is seeking to fill one Digital Media tenure track position at the rank 
of Assistant Professor, beginning in the fall of 2013. We seek 
practitioner / theorists who combine technical expertise with a strong 
grounding in the arts and humanities.Candidates should be prepared to 
teach at the undergraduate and graduate level in LMC's Computational 
Media and Digital Media programs. A Ph.D. in an appropriate field is 
required (e.g. digital media / arts, human centered computing, computer 
science, education, or design), as is computational proficiency and a 
demonstrated capacity for significant original research/creative work. 
Potential to secure external research funding is strongly desirable. 
Preference will be given to candidates who demonstrate expertise in one 
or more of the following fields with a strong preference for candidates 
in the first two areas:

* Civic and Public Media

Examines the ways in which digital media technologies fit into the 
fabric of culture and civic life. Potential areas of focus include: 
visualization and information design, urban informatics, digital 
activism, and the investigation of digital media use to support local needs.

* Knowledge and Creativity

Investigates the role of digital media technologies in creative 
practices, learning, and the production of knowledge. Potential areas of 
focus include: creativity support tools, informational visualization, 
e-textiles, AI-based art, design cognition, games for learning, new 
models of media-based learning, or computational tools for scientific 
discovery.

* Arts and Entertainment

Explores how digital media technologies can enhance, expand, and 
reconfigure arts and entertainment. Potential areas of focus include: 
digital performance, games, interactive narrative, and information 
visualization.

Applicants should send a cover letter (containing a description of the 
applicant’s research and pedagogical approach), a CV, and a link to a 
targeted online portfolio or work sample (website or PDF). Applications 
should be addressed to Chair, Search Committee, School of Literature, 
Media, and Communication and emailed as a single PDF to 
hiring at lmc.gatech.edu <mailto:hiring at lmc.gatech.edu>. Review of 
applications will begin Friday, November 16^th  2012 and continue until 
the position is 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 
http://lmc.gatech.edu <http://lmc.gatech.edu/>.





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