Assistant or Associate Professor in Game Design and Development Michigan
State University Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and
Media

Creative-Research Activity: Candidates will be expected to gain visibility
through juried game designs (exhibits at peer reviewed venues; commercial or
nonprofit distribution; conference presentations; awards) and peer-reviewed
publications. Candidates will be encouraged to pursue external funding to
support their creative and research activity, which may result in reduced
teaching load.

Teaching: Candidates are expected to teach two courses a semester including
core courses in the game design and development undergraduate specialization
and in the serious games design M.A. track. Candidates are also expected to
advise graduate students on projects and theses.

Qualifications: Terminal degree in a related field.

Required: Electronic portfolio of creative work (must include games) and
vita including 3 references.

Desired: Industry experience related to serious games or games for
entertainment. Teaching experience.

Appointment: Academic year, tenure stream.

To Apply: Consideration of applications begins December 1, 2007. Search
closes when a suitable candidate is hired. Duties begin August 16, 2008.
Email (preferred) or snail mail cover letter, curriculum vita including
three personal references, electronic creative portfolio (2 copies if using
physical medium or URL if online), and evidence of teaching experience to:

Carrie Heeter, Committee Chair
Game Design and Development Faculty Search Department of Telecommunication,
Information Studies, and Media Room 409, Communication Arts and Sciences
Building Michigan State University, East Lansing, 48824-1212
E-mail: heeter@...

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media:
The TISM Department (http://tc.msu.edu) has an international reputation in
a number of areas. Faculty specializing in games, video, audio, 3D/VR, HCI,
and multimedia constitute the media arts faculty (http://dmat.msu.edu),
working alongside social effects, policy, business, economics, and
information system scholars. BA, MA, and Ph.D. degrees are offered.
Collaborative interest in serious games, gaming, and media arts is also
strong in related departments within the college and outside of the college,
including education, computer science, and music departments.

TISM offers an interdisciplinary undergraduate specialization in game design
and development (http://gamedesign.msu.edu) and a serious games design track
(http://seriousgames.msu.edu) in its M.A. program.

Games for Entertainment and Learning (GEL) Lab:
The GEL Lab (http://gel.msu.edu) is an association of game research and
design faculty and students at Michigan State University, primarily in the
College of Communication Arts and Sciences. The mission of the GEL Lab is to
design innovative prototypes, techniques, and complete games for
entertainment and learning and to advance state of the art knowledge about
the social and individual effects of digital games.

Communication Technology Laboratory:
The Communication Technology Laboratory (http://commtechlab.msu.edu) is an
association of MSU faculty who create innovative learning experiences that
elegantly integrate technology. Through externally funded projects the Comm
Tech Lab develops meaningful, emotionally appealing projects and research
prototypes and invents new media genres. Rather than programming software,
the lab approach is: "we design experiences."

New Media Center:
The Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media is home
to a New Media Center digital media arts and technology teaching laboratory,
as well as numerous other college-wide computer laboratories, television and
radio studios.

Media Interface and Network Design (M.I.N.D.) Labs:
The Media Interface and Network Design Labs (http://www.mindlab.org) are a
network of human-computer interaction research labs focused on the
interaction of mind and media, especially regarding ways in which media can
be better adapted and tailored to the mind. Facilities include virtual
reality and augmented reality systems, computer graphics work stations, and
various forms of research measurement equipment.

College of Communication Arts and Sciences:
The department is in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences
(http://cas.msu.edu), which was the nation's very first college of
communication. Today, it remains an innovative and leading international
center for all forms of research and teaching on human communication: TISM;
Communication (interpersonal, organizational, and social effects);
Communicative Sciences and Disorders; Advertising, Public Relation, and
Retailing; and Journalism.

Michigan State University:
Founded in 1855 Michigan State University (http://www.msu.edu) is situated
in East Lansing, a pleasant university town just on the border of Lansing,
the Michigan state capitol. The Michigan State University campus is quite
large with over 5000 acres of land and 150 major buildings. The campus is
home to over 40,000 students from all continents and about 4000 faculty and
staff. The cost of living is very reasonable.
MSU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution. MSU is committed
to achieving excellence through cultural diversity. The university actively
encourages applications and/or nominations of women, persons of color,
veterans and persons with disabilities.




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