Position Title: Assistant Professor

Other Title Information: Studio Art – Digital Media

Position Type: Faculty

Organization # Art and Art History

Position Summary:

Deadline extended. Prior applicants need not re-apply.

The successful candidate will teach digital media arts at the undergraduate level. In addition, the candidate will oversee the digital media program area, which includes curriculum development, facilities management, coordination of instructors, and scheduling concerns. The candidate will also teach as part of the wider graduate studio faculty in the department. Importantly, the candidate will conduct a program of creative research and production that can build towards tenure. Other responsibilities include: participation in departmental duties such as student advising and mentorship; program assessment and management; service to departmental, college and university committees; and participation in community outreach and program recruitment.

Ad Text:

Deadline extended. Prior applicants need not re-apply.

The Department of Art and Art History at The University of Alabama invites applications for a full-time, nine-month position for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Art in Digital Media, beginning fall semester, 2015.

We invite applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds who have a strong commitment to teaching excellence, creative activity and scholarship, and university and community service.

The successful candidate will play a central role in developing curriculum for an evolving media area within an exciting, dynamic department. The candidate’s primary creative engagement should be within digital media, with particular emphasis in areas such as 2-D digital art, multimedia, installation, time-based media, digital video, interactive platforms, mobile applications and social practices. Other specializations such as game design and/or animation are less relevant to the position. An established exhibition record that demonstrates professional engagement with the contemporary field is essential. The applicant should be well versed in the theory of digital/new media pertaining to contemporary practice. The candidate should be committed to all levels of teaching from introductory to graduate levels.

Required qualifications

• Master of Fine Arts degree in digital media or related field
• Minimum two years of university or college-level teaching experience beyond graduate student teaching
• Evidence of active exhibition record and scholarship.
• Demonstrated excellence and recognition of dynamic ongoing creative research that can build towards tenure.
• Evidence of success in college/university teaching in the areas of Digital Media or New Media.

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Please complete the two-step process. Only fully completed applications will be considered.

Step 1 - Candidates for this position must visit The University of Alabama website at http://facultyjobs.ua.edu to initiate an application and upload materials.

Step 2 - In addition, applicants should send the following directly to the Department of Art and Art History.

Printed out:

1. Cover letter addressing qualifications
2. Curriculum vitae
/ resumé
3. Teaching philosophy that addresses both your personal teaching approaches to digital media, as well as briefly outlines your vision for a contemporary digital media program
4. Artist statement
5. Contact information for three professional references
6. Image list for all professional work examples indicating size, date and media
7. Two sample syllabi: (1) introductory-level digital media course and (1) upper-level course of your choice

On CD/DVD:

1. A folder containing 20 digital examples of professional work
2. A folder containing 20 digital examples of student work
3. Links to pertinent websites are also welcome, but should be included in addition to above
4. A folder containing PDFs of ALL requested PRINTED materials (please do not submit unsolicited materials)

Digital images and/or time-based examples should be submitted in a compressed file format not to exceed 10 MB. Clips should not exceed 1 minute in length. Submitted files should be in a universal, multi-platform file format, not requiring specialized software or conversions to view.

Address:

Digital Media Search Committee

The University of Alabama Department of Art and Art History

103 Garland Hall Box #870270

Tuscaloosa, AL

35487- 0270

Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.

The University of Alabama is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status, and will not be discriminated against because of their protected status.