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<td>[creative-it] Digital Media tenure track position at
Georgia Tech</td>
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<td>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:09:20 -0400</td>
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<td>Brian Magerko <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:magerko@gatech.edu"><magerko@gatech.edu></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:creative-it@lists.gatech.edu">creative-it@lists.gatech.edu</a></td>
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<div><font size="4">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
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<div><font size="4"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom:
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font-family: Helvetica; ">Georgia Tech<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom:
0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Helvetica; ">Digital Media Tenure Track
Position<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom:
0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Helvetica; ">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:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt;
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom:
0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Helvetica; ">* Civic and Public Media<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom:
0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Helvetica; ">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom:
0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom:
0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Helvetica; ">* Knowledge and Creativity<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom:
0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Helvetica; ">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom:
0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom:
0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Helvetica; ">* Arts and Entertainment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom:
0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Helvetica; ">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom:
0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Helvetica; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom:
0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Helvetica; ">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 </span><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:hiring@lmc.gatech.edu"
style="color: rgb(0, 106, 227); "><span style="font-size:
11pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(19, 93, 216); ">hiring@lmc.gatech.edu</span></a><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica; ">. Review
of applications will begin Friday, November 16<sup>th</sup> 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 </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://lmc.gatech.edu/" style="color: rgb(0, 106,
227); "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
Helvetica; color: rgb(19, 93, 216); ">http://lmc.gatech.edu</span></a><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Helvetica; ">.</span></p>
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