[game_edu] Four faculty positions at UC Santa Cruz

[Noah Wardrip-Fruin]

At UC Santa Cruz we are excited to announce that we are hiring four games-focused faculty in Silicon Valley. Two will mentor students and teach classes in our revised MS in Games & Playable Media, while another two will help launch our new MS in Serious Games. Three of the four will also work with students in our Computational Media PhD -- so we're looking for people with a real interest in connecting the worlds of game making and game research. 

The first two positions are both for Assistant Professors, one with interests in any area of games and playable media, the other with at least part of their focus on serious games. The next position is for an Associate Professor, with experience in serious games, who will draw on their university and research knowledge to help mentor the Assistant Professors. Finally, the last position is for a Teaching Professor, who will draw on strong industry experience to help guide the professionally-focused aspects of the Silicon Valley programs.

We encourage candidates to apply for more than one position, as appropriate.

The official announcement is below. Please help spread the word!

Thanks,
Noah

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The Department of Computational Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz invites applications for four faculty positions. Two of them are in Games and Playable Media and the other two are in Serious Games. These positions are a cluster hire of four faculty associated with a proposed Professional MS program in Serious Games and the existing Professional MS program in Games and Playable Media, both located in the UCSC Silicon Valley Campus in Santa Clara, California. The primary office for these positions is located in Santa Clara, due to the expectation of teaching and mentoring students in this location. Space for PhD students for these positions is also located in Santa Clara. Faculty that are hired to fill these positions are expected to spend multiple days per week in Santa Clara, and are also expected to spend on average one day per week on the Santa Cruz campus (more during Santa Cruz teaching quarters). Successful candidates will need to provide or arrange for their own transportation between Santa Clara and Santa Cruz, with or without accommodations.

We encourage candidates to apply for more than one position, if appropriate. Links to the job fliers and basic qualifications are listed below for all four positions.

Feel free to reach out to Computational Media Department Chair Jim Whitehead (ejw at ucsc.edu) if you have any questions about these positions.

# Games and Playable Media Assistant Professor

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: A Ph.D. or equivalent foreign degree in Computer Science, Digital Media, Human Computer Interaction, Computer Games, Computational Media or other relevant field, expected to be completed by June 30, 2018; demonstrated record of research and teaching experience. 

POSITION AVAILABLE: July 1, 2018 (with academic year beginning September 2018). All Ph.D. requirements must be completed by June 30, 2019 for employment beyond that date.

CLOSING DATE: Review of applications will begin on January 8, 2018. To ensure full consideration, applications must be complete by this date. The position will remain open until filled, but not later than 6/30/2018.

To Apply:  https://apo.ucsc.edu/academic_employment/jobs/JPF00492-18.pdf

# Serious Games Assistant Professor

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: A Ph.D. or equivalent foreign degree in Computer Science, Digital Media, Human Computer Interaction, Computer Games, Computational Media or other relevant field, expected to be completed by June 30, 2018; demonstrated record of research and teaching experience.

POSITION AVAILABLE: July 1, 2018 (with academic year beginning September 2018). All Ph.D. requirements must be completed by June 30, 2019 for employment beyond that date. 

CLOSING DATE: Review of applications will begin on January 8, 2018. To ensure full consideration, applications must be complete by this date. The position will remain open until filled, but not later than 6/30/2018.

To Apply:  https://apo.ucsc.edu/academic_employment/jobs/JPF00494-18.pdf

# Serious Games Associate Professor

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. or equivalent foreign degree in Computer Science, Digital Media, Human Computer Interaction, Computer Games, Computational Media, or other relevant field; demonstrated record of research; demonstrated record of publications; demonstrated experience in university teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels; a demonstrated record of extramural funding; and, a demonstrated record of University and public service.

POSITION AVAILABLE: July 1, 2018 (with academic year beginning September 2018). 

CLOSING DATE: Review of applications will begin on January 8, 2018. To ensure full consideration, applications must be complete by this date. The position will remain open until filled, but not later than 6/30/2018.

To Apply:  https://apo.ucsc.edu/academic_employment/jobs/JPF00495-18.pdf

# Games and Playable Media Teaching Professor

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: B.S./B.A./B.F.A., or equivalent foreign degree, and ten years of industry experience relevant to games and playable media; or M.S./M.A./M.F.A., or equivalent foreign degree, and five years of industry experience relevant to games and playable media, or a Ph.D. or equivalent foreign degree in Computer Science, Digital Media, Human Computer Interaction, Computer Games, Computational Media or other relevant field. Demonstrated experience in university teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels in games and playable media. Demonstrated record of professional achievement or contributions to games and playable media via publication (either in traditional forms or in electronic format), creative accomplishments, or other professional activity. Demonstrated record of University and public service.

NOTES: The Teaching Professor is a member of the UCSC Academic Senate, and has "security of employment", a status similar to tenure. This is a full-time, "hard money" position.

POSITION AVAILABLE: July 1, 2018 (with academic year beginning September 2018).

CLOSING DATE: Review of applications will begin on January 8, 2018. To ensure full consideration, applications must be complete by this date. The position will remain open until filled, but not later than 6/30/2018.

To Apply:  https://apo.ucsc.edu/academic_employment/jobs/JPF00493-18.pdf