Assistant Professor (Animation and Game Development) (Extended Deadline)

Job Details Title: Assistant Professor (Animation and Game Development) (Extended Deadline) Deadline to Apply: 12/20/2023 Application Deadline: or until filled Job Category: Faculty Department: School of Media Arts-SIUC College: College of Arts and Media-SIUC Months of Appointment: 9-month Position Summary: The School of Media Arts in the College of Arts and Media at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is seeking an outstanding teacher and creative practitioner to join our multidisciplinary faculty, as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Animation and Game Development.
The successful applicant will be able to teach introductory, intermediate, and advanced level courses in at least three of the following areas: Game Development; 2D and 3D Animation; Motion Graphics; Visual Effects; Experimental Animation; Storyboarding; Concept Art and Drawing.
The new hire will be expected to contribute to a multidisciplinary curriculum.
Duties and Responsibilities: Principal responsibilities include teaching, supporting student projects, and participating in service to departmental, college and university-wide committees in addition to serving on graduate committees.
The successful candidate is expected to continue an active creative-research agenda and will have the opportunity to develop new courses and curricula at the undergraduate level for the growing Animation and Game Development areas of study in our Major and at the graduate level.
Minimum Qualifications: MFA or PhD required at the time of the appointment, with a proven record of exhibition/creative-research in animation and game development.
Required Application Documents: Letter of interest addressing your creative-research activity and teaching.
CV Creative-Research statement (uploaded as document type "other") Teaching statement (uploaded as document type "other") Statement of diversity and inclusion (uploaded as document type "other") Evidence of creative-research activity in the form of a link to an online portfolio.
In addition, examples of written scholarly-research may be included in the form of a link to URLs and/or PDFs.
Preferred Qualifications: Expertise preferred in contemporary animation and game development principles and practices.
Preference will be given to applicants who are exploring one or more of the following in their research-creative practice: game design and development, game engines (Unity, Unreal, etc), coding, procedural animation, installation, physical computing, performance, virtual reality, augmented reality, and other emerging applications and technologies.
The ability to teach Animation and/or Game History and Theory courses is also desired.
Previous experience teaching as instructor of record at the college/university level is preferred.
General Information - College/Department: The School of Media Arts in the College of Arts and Media at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale offers undergraduate BA degrees in Cinema, and Radio, Television, and Digital Media, as well as a graduate MFA degree in Mass Communication and Media Arts.
With areas of study including video/film, audio arts, screenwriting, animation/gaming, and more.
Required Documents: Cover Letter, Curriculum Vitae, Other Contact: Robert Spahr Contact Email: rspahr@siu.
edu Contact Phone #: 618-453-6992 Security/Safety Sensitive: N/A