Seeking Applications for Open-Rank Professor of Games (Tenure-Track/Tenured)
Position overview
Position title: Tenure-track Assistant or Associate/Full Professor – Games
Salary range: The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and/or step at appointment. The salary range for this position is $78,200-$205,400.
Application Window
Open date: August 12, 2024
Next review date: Saturday, Oct 5, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)?Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Saturday, Oct 5, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)?Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.
Position description
The Department of Design Media Arts (DMA) within the UCLA School of Arts and Architecture invites applications for an Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor position in the area of Games.
Who should apply?
We seek applications from artists, scholars, designers, and developers whose practice engages deeply with critical and experimental approaches to games. The Department of Design Media Arts is situated within the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture and offers BA and MFA degrees; applicants should have experience working with artists and designers in academic, studio, or professional contexts. Applicants should demonstrate expertise, community engagement, and international recognition for one or many critical game-related practices.
The search committee will review applications as they arrive via RECRUIT. Applications will be reviewed for completeness and candidates will be informed if their applications are incomplete and given a reasonable amount of time to provide missing material. To ensure full consideration, candidates should apply by October 5, 2024.
Example areas of focus might include:
- experimental game art
- critical theory and method in game studies
- game programming and technical development
- game production and publishing
- game writing and emerging genres
- game curation and community organizing
- games in relation to race, gender, sexuality, disability, and class
Ideal candidates will contribute to further developing the vision of the Design Media Arts Department and the UCLA Game Lab and will have a leadership role in advancing our goals of merging artistic practice, social responsibility, and cultural inquiry around gaming and related fields. Applicants should familiarize themselves with the work we do in the Game Lab https://games.ucla.edu/ and in the department of Design Media Arts https://dma.ucla.edu/
More Information
Apply link: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09663
Help contact: games_search@arts.ucla.edu