[game_edu] Director Positions at UNM ARTS Lab, Interdisciplinary Film & Digital Media Program

[Eric Renz-Whitmore]

The Director Positions for both ARTS Lab and the Interdisciplinary Film &
Digital Media Program at University of New Mexico are now posted.  Please
follow the links below for more information about each position, and pass
them along to colleagues you think might be interested -- and a potential
asset to New Mexico's continued growth.

DIRECTOR OF ARTS Lab (Arts, Research, Technology, Science, Laboratory),
University of New Mexico.  Position is a tenure-track/tenured academic
appointment at the rank of Associate or full Professor in one or more
schools or colleges at UNM, depending on the candidate's qualifications.
Further information at http://finearts.unm.edu/jobs.htm.  Send inquiry to:
Beverly Ortiz-O'Connell, Search Coordinator, College of Fine Arts, Center
for the Arts, Room 3015, MSC04 2570, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
NM 87131-0001. bevortiz at unm.edu. THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO IS AN EEO/AA
EMPLOYER AND EDUCATOR.

(Full posting below)

DIRECTOR OF INTERDISCIPLINARY FILM & DIGITAL MEDIA PROGRAM, University of
New Mexico.  Position is a tenure-track/tenured academic appointment at the
rank of Associate or full Professor in one or more schools or colleges at
UNM, depending on the candidate's qualifications.  Further information at
http://finearts.unm.edu/jobs.htm.  Send inquiry to: Beverly Ortiz-O'Connell,
Search Coordinator, College of Fine Arts, Center for the Arts, Room 3015,
MSC04 2570, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM 87131-0001.
bevortiz at unm.edu. THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO IS AN EEO/AA EMPLOYER AND
EDUCATOR.

*Director of ARTS Lab*

The University of New Mexico invites applications for the Director of ARTS
Lab (Arts, Research, Technology, and Science Laboratory), starting in August
2008. This administrative appointment will come with a tenure-track/tenured
academic appointment at the rank of Associate or full Professor in one or
more schools or colleges at UNM, depending on the candidate's
qualifications. The ARTS Lab (Arts, Research, Technology, and Science
Laboratory) is an interdisciplinary center for fostering research and
economic development at the intersection of art, science, business and
technology. The ARTS Lab was established in 2005 under the State of New
Mexico's Media Industries Strategy Project to be a key catalyst for an
advanced digital media industry in New Mexico. ARTS Lab seeks to support
innovation and growth in areas such as film, new media, simulation,
telehealth, game technology, image processing, scientific visualization,
national security applications, and new markets for content. As a center for
both technology and the arts, New Mexico provides a dynamic environment for
programs that stimulate economic development. The heart of ARTS Lab is the
"Digital Media Garage," a black box space outfitted to support performance,
experimentation and research in digital graphics, sound and real-time
immersive projection systems. The 'Garage' includes a 15' diameter
hemispheric domed projection surface (the G-Dome), a Vicon Motion Capture
system, 30' x 40' Green Screen Studio, an AV production suite and more.

The successful candidate will be charged with supervising and advancing the
interdisciplinary research objectives of this laboratory, including
responsibility for managing its budget, staff, research equipment and
spaces, and for developing an active program of grant-supported research
projects in collaboration with participating faculty from various schools
and colleges of the University of New Mexico. In this position, the Director
will report to an Executive Committee of deans from participating
schools/colleges and the Vice President for Research, which has been charged
by the Provost with overseeing the program and evaluating the Director's
performance: final reporting authority will remain with the Provost.

Should the candidate be qualified to receive a tenured academic appointment
in Electronic Arts in the Department of Art and Art History in the College
of Fine Arts, s/he could be considered for the Mesa del Sol Endowed Chair in
Film and Digital Media. The Mesa del Sol Endowed Chair holder support both
the holder's own research/creative work and the Interdisciplinary Film and
Digital Media Program.

Minimum Qualification:

   1. 1. Terminal Degree: PhD, MFA or other terminal degree;
   2. 2. A national record of publication, creative activity and
   research/grant activity in a digital media area;
   3. 3. Administrative experience.

 Preferred Qualification:

   1. 1. Experience in a research university;
   2. 2. Demonstrated expertise with digital media technologies;
   3. 3. Demonstrated record of interdisciplinary research/creative
   activity;
   4. 4. Demonstrated ability to manage and lead collaborative
   interdisciplinary research/creative activity;
   5. 5. A record of research, exhibition/production, or publication in
   the arena of digital media, visualization, technology and performance, or
   the convergence of science, technology and art;
   6. 6. Experience/record of communication outreach to the public.

 Salary is competitive with benefits package. For best consideration, all
application materials must be received by 5:00 p.m. (MST) March 12th, 2008.
Complete application packets include a signed letter of application,
curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation and a representative
selection of your writing (8-12 pgs.) reflecting your views on digital
media. Candidates may be asked at a later date to furnish further
information, plus three additional references with contact information
(phone and email), a statement on the role and future of Interdisciplinary
Research Centers such as ARTS Lab, and for written permission to contact
listed references. Position will remain open until filled. Send application
to: Beverly Oritz-O'Connell, IFDM Program Administrator, College of Fine
Arts, Center for the Arts, Room 3015, MSC04 2570, 1 University of New
Mexico, Albuquerque NM 87131-0001. THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO IS ANEEO/AA
EMPLOYER AND EDUCATOR.

*College of Fine Arts*
MSC04 2570
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Phone: 505-277-2111
Fax: 505-277-0708

*School of Engineering*
MSC01 1140
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Phone: 505-277-5522
FAX: 505-277-1422

-- 
"Death is a primitive concept; I prefer to think of it as battling evil - in
another dimension!" -- Grig

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Eric Renz-Whitmore, Program Coordinator
ARTS Lab
MSC04 2570
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
505-277-2253
http://artslab.unm.edu
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