[game_edu] Job: Full-Time Tenure Track Faculty, Open Rank and Tenure, Simulation and Digital Entertainment, Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences

[Jose P. Zagal]

Full-Time Tenure Track Faculty, Open Rank and Tenure, Simulation and 
Digital Entertainment
Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences

Vacancy Number 2013-011

Position Type: Faculty position with benefits package
Opens: 10/24/12 Closes: Open Until Filled

Salary: Competitive and commensurate with qualifications

Open Until Filled. Apply by December 15, 2012 for best consideration.

The Division of Science, Information Arts and Technologies at the 
University of Baltimore invites applications for a full-time, 
tenured/tenure-track faculty position (open rank and tenure) or senior 
level professor of practice position in game design to begin in August 
2013. For consideration, applicants must have a doctorate in a technical 
field or an MFA. Also necessary are a strong commitment to teaching and 
a demonstrated ability to teach a range of courses on game and 
simulation-related technologies, including 3D animation, at both the 
undergraduate and graduate level.

Candidates will need to demonstrate success in creative professional 
practices and/or research and publications commensurate with the rank of 
the position. Individuals committed both to the digital arts and to 
computer science and information technologies, with a background in game 
and simulation development or interactive arts and media, are preferred. 
Professor of practice is a three-year contractual position with the 
possibility of renewal. Salary is competitive with industry jobs.

The University of Baltimore, a component of the University System of 
Maryland, serves a diverse urban community with an emphasis on 
“knowledge that works.” The Division of Science, Information Arts and 
Technologies, a unit of the Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences, 
has thirteen full-time faculty and six affiliated faculty and offers 
three bachelor’s degrees, three post baccalaureate certificates, an M.S. 
in Interaction Design and Information Architecture, and a D.S. in 
Interaction and Information Design.

Primary teaching responsibilities will lie in the Simulation and Digital 
Entertainment B.S. program, but may also include general education and 
honors courses as well as the SIAT Division’s graduate programs. The SDE 
program currently enrolls approximately 215 students and is growing 
rapidly. Many of our alumni work in the 100+ interactive development 
companies in the Baltimore-Washington area.

TO APPLY: Candidates must submit a letter of interest, a curriculum 
vitae, a sampling of their publications and/or commercial work, and 
three letters of recommendation to Chair, Search Committee, Division of 
Science, Information Arts and Technologies, University of Baltimore, 
1420 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. Materials may be submitted 
electronically to Nikita Anderson (410-837-6222, nanderson at ubalt.edu). 
To ensure consideration, all materials must be clearly marked with the 
UB employment vacancy number 2013-011 and must be received by December 
15, 2012; review of materials will begin on that date and continue until 
the position is filled.

The University of Baltimore is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative 
Action/ADA Compliant Employer & Title IX Institution.

http://www.ubalt.edu/hr