[game_edu] RPI - Faculty position in Art and Virtual Environments

[Ben Chang]

Hi everyone,

This is a posting for another faculty position under the Immersive 
Intelligent Learning Environments initiative at Rensselaer Polytechnic 
Institute, this time for arts. There are multiple openings across a 
diverse range of possible areas of expertise, including the position in 
Writing for Games that Lee Sheldon posted to the list. Please note the 
upcoming date of Dec. 1 for this and the other postings.

thanks!

--Ben Chang
Associate Professor, Department of the Arts
Co-Director, Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Faculty Position in Virtual Environments
Assistant Professor

The Department of the Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute invites 
applicants for a full-time, tenure-track position in virtual 
environments, 3D animation, and new media art. We seek an artist whose 
work demonstrates creative and critical engagement with new forms of 
digital and virtual art in one or more of the following areas: 
experimental digital games and artgames; software art, interactive and 
computational media; interactive installation and physical computing; 
immersive environments, virtual and augmented reality; internet art; 
sound design & music for virtual environments, and 3D modeling and 
animation.

The Department of the Arts has a 40-year history of innovation in 
electronic arts, offering unique undergraduate degrees, a 
nationally-ranked MFA degree, and a Ph.D. in Electronic Arts. The 
successful candidate will support undergraduate and graduate curricula 
in the visual arts, animation, games and simulation, and/or 
computational media, and may also join the nationally-ranked Games and 
Simulation Arts and Sciences program, a diverse interdisciplinary, 
inter-departmental faculty dedicated to creative and meaningful games 
and simulations of all kinds.

The successful candidate will also join an interdisciplinary research 
initiative in Immersive Intelligent Learning Environments, designing and 
building new forms of technologically-mediated learning combining games, 
narrative, artificial intelligence, and immersive environments.

Founded in 1824, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is the nation’s oldest 
technological university. With approximately 5,000 undergraduate and 
2,500 graduate students from across the country and around the world, 
the university offers more than 145 programs at the bachelor’s, 
master’s, and doctoral levels. Rensselaer is located in Troy, New York, 
the heart of the “Tech Valley” region of the Hudson River Valley. The 
university’s Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts 
Center (EMPAC) offers scholars and students opportunities for creative 
interdisciplinary research in the arts, performance technologies, 
science, and engineering.

The ideal candidate will hold a terminal degree or foreign degree 
equivalent. Candidates are expected to develop a substantial program of 
research leading to external funding and peer-reviewed publications, 
exhibitions, and/or screenings. Evidence of teaching effectiveness at 
the college level is strongly desired. Screening of applications will 
begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. To 
ensure priority consideration, applications should be received by 
December 1, 2012.

To apply, please submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and the 
names and contact information for three (3) professional references to:

Dean’s Office: School of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
Search: Immersive Intelligent Learning Environments
Attn: Kimberley Osburn
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th Street
Troy, NY 12180

We welcome candidates who will bring diverse intellectual, geographical, 
gender and ethnic perspectives to Rensselaer’s work and campus 
communities. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is an Affirmative 
Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.