[game_edu] Job: Professor of Practice in Writing for Games, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

[Ben Chang]

*One-Year Appointment as Professor of Practice in Writing for Games*

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*Deadline Information: *Screening of Applications will begin 
immediately, and will continue until the position is filled.

The Program in Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences (GSAS) at 
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY invites applications for a 
faculty position in Writing for Games. Appointment will be as a 
Professor-of-Practice, a non-tenured position, for a one year, 
fixed-term appointment

The Program seeks candidates who are professional game writers with 
industry experience who have an infectious passion for advancing the 
craft and medium of games through teaching, research, and experimentation.

To be appointed as a Professor of Practice, candidates must have 
substantial professional experience of at least 10-15 years, along with 
a national or international reputation for excellence in their field of 
expertise. Candidates must also show evidence of experience of 
successful teaching experience or mentorship at the collegiate level. 
Experience must include an active creative, research, or professional 
practice in games and writing; industry credentials in writing for 
games; professional engagement with the video game industry, including 
mainstream, indie, and serious games; and evidence of capacity to 
develop industry partnerships or a research agenda in games. Experience 
in game design and production is desirable.

The successful candidate will join a diverse interdisciplinary faculty 
dedicated to not only making games better, but to making better games: 
meaningful, groundbreaking games in all fields of endeavor from 
commercial entertainment to experimental and applied games and 
simulations with serious intent. Courses that the successful candidate 
may teach include Character and Story for Games, Writing for Games I and 
II, Introduction to Game Design, and History and Culture of Games. 
Program faculty collaborate in the Emergent Reality Lab (ERL) –a 
cutting-edge visually and aurally immersive platform for research in 
virtual and mixed reality that supports new research in education, 
simulation sciences, games culture, and the arts.

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, NY, 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 Princeton Review regularly ranks the 
program in Games and Simulation Arts & Sciences among the top 20 games 
programs in the nation, with an interdisciplinary curriculum including 
one of the first comprehensive tracks in Writing for Games.

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.


Screening of applications will begin immediately and will continue until 
the position is filled. To apply, please submit a letter of interest, 
curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference at:

*https://apply.interfolio.com/30114*

-- 
Benjamin Chang
Associate Professor, Department of the Arts
Director, Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180
changb3 at rpi.edu
518.276.2366

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