[game_edu] Job: Tenure Track Position in Game Design at Bloomfield College

["José P. Zagal"]

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Full-Time Tenure Track Faculty Position - Game Design

Institution: Bloomfield College
Location: Bloomfield, NJ
Application Due: 03/31/2008

The Creative Art & Technology program at Bloomfield College is announcing an
opening for a full-time tenure track position in Game Design. This position
will play an essential role in shaping and teaching in a new and popular
curricular sequence in game design offered at the undergraduate level. This
is an excellent opportunity for those interested in exploring the future of
media and communication design in an academic environment that encourages an
interdisciplinary approach and is open to collaboration and experimentation.

The individual hired will spearhead research in cutting-edge areas:
interactive graphics and animation, interactive visual narrative, visual
displays for everyday systems, gaming systems. The candidate will have a
demonstrated record of experience in game design or interaction design
through projects and/or research. Doctoral or Master's degree in a relevant
discipline and/or equivalent professional standing and industry experience
in media and/or gaming and a creative and/or scholarly record with emphasis
on visuals for digital media. Teaching experience with a demonstrated
interest in curricular development is a plus and a sample of a syllabus is
required.

The candidate will demonstrate knowledge of, and research interest in
interaction-design, game design, animation and motion graphics, mobile
media, user-centered design and the social implications of technology. We
are looking for a person who has an active engagement with the game design
and/or interaction design industry and the critical and theoretical
implications of the field.

CAT is an interdisciplinary program, which includes concentrations in video,
animation, music technology, fine arts, theater, graphics, multi - media and
the Web. Bloomfield College, a small liberal arts college in New Jersey, is
located 30 minutes from NYC.

Application Deadline: March 31, 2008; if not filled, every FOUR weeks
thereafter until search is closed. Anticipated start date is July 1, 2008.

Application Procedure: Send a letter of interest, relating experience and
interests to the opportunities and requirements of the position, CV and
names, addresses and telephone numbers for three professional references,
via email only to tonderlaya_furman at bloomfield.edu. Representative media
products, demos of work or publications, sample syllabi and official
transcripts should be sent via regular mail to Toni Furman, Administrative
Assistant to the Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, Bloomfield College, 467
Franklin Street, Bloomfield, NJ 07003.

Application Information Postal Address:
Toni Furman
Bloomfield College
467 Franklin Street
Bloomfield, NJ 07003
Phone: 973-748-9000
Email: tonderlaya_furman at bloomfield.edu





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José Pablo Zagal
Georgia Institute of Technology
jp at cc.gatech.edu  - http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~jp