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Penn State University Seeks Postdoctoral or Post-M.F.A. Scholar in Interdisciplinary Arts/Design Research

 

DESCRIPTION

The Arts & Design Research Incubator (ADRI) within the College of Arts and Architecture at The Pennsylvania State University invites applications for a nine-month postdoctoral or post-MFA scholar in interdisciplinary arts and/or design research, to begin on August 17, 2015, with the possibility of renewal for a second academic year.In addition to a full-time salary and Penn State benefits, the fellow will receive funding in support of his/her research agenda.

Founded in 2014, the ADRI operates within the Arts & Architecture Research Office and provides seed funding, technical support, and workspace for high-impact arts and design research projects with a strong probability of attracting external funding. ADRI projects are typically collaborative and interdisciplinary in nature, push methodological boundaries, link research and teaching, make innovative use of technology, engage with university-wide research initiatives and priorities, and have the potential to garner national and international recognition.

The ADRI also coordinates and hosts a range of programming designed to foster and support innovative arts/design research and entrepreneurship. For information on current projects and recent activities, see: sites.psu.edu/adri.

The fellow will pursue her/her research/creative agenda, teach one interdisciplinary graduate course (formulated in consultation with the ADRI director) during Spring semester, and assist in providing logistical and administrative support for ADRI and its programming.

At the time of appointment, applicants must hold a terminal degree in an arts or design discipline, or a closely related field of study. They must also possess a record of innovative research/creative work appropriate to the ADRI mission.

To Apply: submit a letter of interest that details relevant qualifications and the research/creative agenda that will be pursued during the term of the residency, as well as a current CV and the names and contact information for three references. Materials must be submitted electronically.

Review of applications will begin on June 8, 2015 and continue until the position is filled.

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Seeking Applicants for Visiting Assistant Professor Position, Washington State University

The English Department at Washington State University invites applications for a visiting assistant professor in the area of Digital Humanities & Digital Scholarship as part of a grant-funded project through the University’s Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation (CDSC), a joint program between WSU’s Libraries and College of Arts and Sciences.

The initial appointment begins August 16, 2015 and is subject to renewal after two years. This hire will teach undergraduate courses in the department’s Digital Technology and Culture (DTC) Program and work with CDSC faculty and staff and faculty in other departments to enhance WSU’s presence in digital humanities.

More information: https://chroniclevitae.com/jobs/0000882845-01#sthash.4KtS5NCc.dpuf

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Assistant Professor, Serious Games Research University of Central Florida

Deadline: June 11, 2015

Job Description

The School of Visual Arts and Design at the University of Central Florida (UCF) invites applications for a tenure-earning assistant professor position in serious games research beginning in August 2015. This is a shared position between the School of Visual Arts and Design and the Texts and Technology Ph.D. program, and the successful candidate will be involved in both areas. This is a 9-month position with an expected teaching load (pre-tenure) of four courses per academic year in addition to research and service.

Teaching responsibilities include contributing to the curriculum and coverage of research methods courses and courses that cover the design and development of techniques and technologies for serious gaming and/or interactive information design. The position has an anticipated start date of August 2015, pending the availability of funding.

 

Position Minimum Qualifications

A Ph.D. in serious games, game studies, modeling and simulation, computer science, computer engineering, digital media, or a related discipline from an accredited institution. The applicant must possess strong written communication skills. Experience creating and teaching web-based courses, developing with HTML and CSS and proficiency in digital tools, programs, or environments for serious game design and development (e.g., game engines, graphic design software). Diverse knowledge base and skill set that supports the ability to contribute to other teaching needs in the digital media department and/or the Texts and Technologies Ph.D. program is also highly valued.

The successful candidate will also have a history of human-in-the-loop experimental research and will have a deep understanding of research methods and research-based statistical methods. Experience in applying research-based theories (e.g., motivation, feedback, learning, usability) to enhance education- and entertainment-based technologies, especially games, is desirable.

 

Preferences

Ideal candidates will have teaching experience at an accredited institution of higher education. They will also aspire to a research agenda focused on serious game or simulation development, gamification strategies, or other related topics. Experience working on contract-based research with strict deadlines will identify a candidate as reliable and disciplined. Prior work with diverse teams of researchers and a willingness to collaborate within and beyond the university is strongly desired. Additionally, Digital Media faculty actively collaborate with UCFs Institute for Simulation and Training (IST). Thus, especially strong candidates will have experience with Department of Defense funded research, in addition to experience working with video games, training simulations, and serious games (especially learning games).

 

Additional Application Materials Required

The university requires that all candidates apply online at https://www.jobswithucf.com/  In addition to the online application, please also upload the following individual PDF documents: 1) letter of application, 2) CV, 3) teaching philosophy, 4) statement about scholarly or creative projects, 5) contact information for three references, and 6) a single multi-page PDF that includes examples of personal work and examples of student work (if available) with descriptions for each project (i.e., personal contributions, title, date, media, and relevance to criteria outlined in the position description).

NOTE: Please have all documents ready when applying so they can be uploaded at that time. The site will not accept more than 10MB total per applicant. Once the online submission process is finalized, the system does not allow applicants to submit documents at a later date.

Complete applications must be received by June 11, 2015. Review of completed applications will begin upon submission. The selected candidate will need to provide official transcripts.

Please direct search related inquiries to: rudy@ucf.edu

– See more at: https://chroniclevitae.com/jobs/0000883401-01?cid=VTEVPMSJOB1#sthash.LXGbzzoN.dpuf

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Job Opportunity in eLearning

Join the team that created Bird Song Hero and other original eLearning tools. The education program at The Cornell Lab in Ithaca, New York is looking for a developer to support the creation of innovative web-based learning experiences. Their diverse team is embedded in a 15 member Webby-award-winning web communications group. Together they use Agile development strategies to support >12 million web visitors per year. This is an opportunity to engage in one of the fastest growing tech fields by actively developing tools for a wide range of online learning projects.

The Cornell Lab’s tech team is a unique working environment focused on cutting-edge web and mobile development to support science literacy and environmental awareness. This is a full time position with a Cornell University benefits package based in an office surrounded by woods, ponds, and trails.

Desired experience: web application development and interactive client-side web development.

More details and how to apply

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Job Opening: Postdoctoral Fellow in Hybrid & Digital Pedagogy, Bucknell University

Review of applications will begin 5/25/15
Bucknell University is awarding a postdoctoral fellowship to a scholar who is engaged with emerging trends in digital pedagogy and hybrid learning in his/her work. Area(s) of disciplinary specialization is/are open, but we seek candidates with research interests or experience working specifically in blended learning environments in undergraduate classrooms. Appointment will be for three years, effective on or after July 1, 2015. 

As a member of the professional staff of Instructional Technology (ITEC) at Bucknell, this fellow will collaborate with faculty and administrators to explore possibilities for hybrid-learning at our residential liberal arts university. Drawing on the recommendations of Bucknell’s recent presidential task force report on Integrating Open Education Resources and Residential Learning, the fellow will help Bucknell outline a strategy for how to incorporate digital and hybrid pedagogical practices that enhance student engagement and learning while maintaining the benefits of the residential liberal arts experience.

Depending on the fellow’s particular experience and interests, his/her responsibilities may include:

  • consulting with faculty across disciplines and departments to deepen their understanding of the challenges and opportunities they face when integrating technology into their pedagogy and instructional practices.
  • collaborating with faculty to redesign courses to incorporate online modules and other learning materials, ensuring along the way that the University is following best practices in digital pedagogy.
  • partnering with faculty and colleagues in Library & ITEC to encourage the use of open educational resources.
  • collaborating with colleagues to provide specialized instruction, advice, and guidance in the application of technology to faculty, staff, and student work.
  • developing guidelines regarding how to best assess the impact that technology has on students’ engagement and learning.
  • planning, developing and facilitating ongoing campus initiatives such as: flipped classroom instructional strategies; new courses and new course designs; ePortfolio adoptions; the University’s learning management system (Moodle); active classroom design; and the integration of web technologies.
  • conducting an environmental scan of how other institutions have approached the implementation of hybrid and digital pedagogy practices.
  • leading workshops and class sessions on how, when and why to incorporate digital tools in the classroom.
  • actively participating in the hybrid and digital pedagogy profession at both the regional and national level, including the opportunity to travel for conferences, workshops, and site visits.
  • depending on departmental needs and the fellow’s interests, she or he may be invited to design, teach, and advise a university course.

Bucknell seeks a candidate who will embrace hard work, dedication, and laughter while working in a team-oriented group. In addition, he/she should be naturally curious, possess a willingness to embrace change, take intellectual risks, challenge assumptions, and relish tinkering with new technologies. The fellow is expected to contribute to Bucknell’s commitment to diversity and inclusiveness.

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: FACULTY POSITIONS, INTERACTION AND VISUAL DESIGN AT UT DALLAS

School of Arts, Technology and Emerging Communication

Faculty Positions – Interaction and Visual Design (pac150213)

The University of Texas at Dallas seeks applications for appointment in fall 2015 to one or more tenure-system positions, rank dependent upon qualifications, in the area of interaction and/or visual design. Appointees will teach and conduct research with colleagues in the School of Arts, Technology and Emerging Communication. Professional design experience and active participation in the life of the design community is expected.

Preferred qualifications include experience with one or more of the following areas: strategic design, creative agency and/or startup experience, or university teaching experience. Qualified candidates should have an MFA, MDes, or PhD or related terminal degree, be well versed in design theory, and have at least 2 years of university-level teaching experience or professional equivalence in a closely related field.

Review of applications begins May 1, 2015, with a desired starting date of appointment being August 1, 2015. MFA, MDes, or PhD should be in hand by start date. Indication of gender and ethnicity for affirmative action statistical purposes is requested as part of the application. School hiring officials will receive notification when application materials are posted and are available for review.

To apply, applicants should submit (a) an online portfolio of work, (b) a current CV, (c) a letter of interest, including research and creative interests, (d) teaching evaluations if available (e) up to two sample syllabi if available, and (f) letters of recommendation from at least three professional references via the ONLINE APPLICATION FORM.

 

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Assistant Editor, Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition

The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) is a state agency and membership organization that is fully accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.  The KHS mission is to educate and engage the public through Kentucky history in order to confront the challenges of the future.

KHS is seeking an assistant editor to join the professional staff of the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition.  This is a federally-funded, time-limited position, made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The assistant editor will work directly with the project’s director and staff in Frankfort, as well as conduct independent research trips to locate, control, and scan documents held in repositories across the nation. The assistant editor will be responsible for transcription, markup, proofing, fact-checking, and research for annotation, and will share responsibility with the project‘s director for overall editorial consistency of the edition.

The Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition (CWG -K) is a multi-year documentary-editing project dedicated to locating, imaging, transcribing, annotating, and publishing documents associated with all five of the state’s Civil War governors, including the three Union governors, Beriah Magoffin (1859-62), James F. Robinson (1862-63), and Thomas E. Bramlette (1863-67), and the two provisional Confederate governors, George W. Johnson (1861-62) and Richard Hawes (1862-65). This edition will focus on the period between November 1860, the date of Lincoln’s election as president, and the end of December 1865, roughly corresponding with the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment, which ended slavery.

Each of these national milestones signaled a sea change in Kentucky’s political and social order.  Groundbreaking in its conceptualization, CWG-K will provide new ways to look at the society of this era. CWG-K is endorsed by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. To learn more about the digital edition, go tocivilwargovernors.org.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

·         M.A. in history; and

·         Valid driver’s license.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

·         A Ph.D. with research specialization in 19th century U.S. history.

·         Must be detail-oriented and possess excellent communication skills.

·         Working knowledge of or experience with documentary editing or digital humanities.

·         Proficiency with XML markup, particularly TEI encoding.

Starting monthly salary is $3,084.06.  Benefits include paid health and life insurance, vacation and sick leave, holiday pay, state retirement and optional deferred compensation plan.  This is a full-time position located in Frankfort KY.

To apply, e-mail complete dossier, including cover letter, c.v. or resume, transcripts, three letters of recommendation, and a short (20-30 printed page) writing sample (all files in MS-Word or PDF format), to khs.hr@ky.gov. No phone calls please.

Application deadline is May 1, 2015. Anticipated start date is June 16, 2015.Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D

To learn more about the Kentucky Historical Society, go tohttp://history.ky.gov.

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Visiting Assistant Professor at NYU Department of Media, Culture, and Communication

The Department of Media, Culture, and Communication in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development at New York University invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor starting September 1, 2015. This is a one-year nontenure track appointment that is renewable for an additional two years, depending upon department need and satisfactory performance.

The Department of Media, Culture, and Communication serves over 780 undergraduate majors and offers MA and PhD programs of study. The Department emphasizes interdisciplinary scholarship and encourages applications from a broad range of methodological perspectives. For more information please see: steinhardt.nyu.edu/mcc.

NYU is a large, private university located in the Greenwich Village area of New York City. For further information, visit www.nyu.edu.

Qualifications
The position is open to recent PhDs and doctoral candidates who will have completed their degrees by September 2015. Teaching experience is required.

Responsibilities 
The position will involve teaching three undergraduate courses each semester. NYU is  looking for someone who can teach a broad range of courses in media, culture, and technology, including but not limited to the study of consumer culture, social networking, mobile media, and advertising. The position will have no service obligations, but the successful candidate will be expected to be an active teacher engaged in the intellectual life of the department.

Applications
Please apply via e-mail with a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching experience, and a writing sample of 25 pp. or less. Include the names of 3 references and their e-mail addresses in your letter of application (recommendation letters are not required at this point). Send your materials as attachments to mccnyusearch@gmail.com.

NYU is committed to building a culturally diverse educational environment and strongly encourages applications from historically underrepresented groups.

Review of applications will begin April 25 and will continue until the position is filled. Further information about the position can be obtained from: Lisa Gitelman, Chair, Department of Media, Culture and Communication

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Job Opportunity: Deputy Director of Digital Initiatives, Graduate Center, CUNY

To apply, please visit the CUNYFirst website. Application materials must be submitted online by May 21, 2015.

The Graduate Center (GC) defines the standard of contemporary graduate education: rigorous academic training and globally significant research. lt is recognized for outstanding scholarship across the humanities, sciences, and social sciences, and is integral to the intellectual and cultural vitality of New York City. Through its extensive public programs, The Graduate Center hosts a wide range of events – lectures, conferences, book discussions, art exhibits, concerts, and dance and theater that enrich and inform.

The Graduate Center has been heavily engaged in digital humanities work. The school builds community platforms for scholarly engagement, visualizes cultural patterns in social media, explores innovative ways to access digital humanities tools, collaborates with others to create new forms of the book, hosts a digital humanities speaker series, encourages doctoral students to integrate technology and pedagogy, rethinks networked teaching and learning, sponsors innovative student projects, and supports digital fellows who work on and foster a range of exciting projects.

Based in the Provost’s Office and reporting to the Advisor to the Provost for Digital Initiatives, the Deputy Director of Digital Initiatives will join an institution with strong support for digital work and will be part of an enthusiastic and collaborative community of faculty members, graduate students, and staff working together to explore new digital humanities projects and opportunities.

Duties include but are not limited to:

– Directs the preparation and submission of 2-3 new grant proposals per year, and to maintain the management of successfully funded projects;

– Directs administration of the GC Digital Praxis Seminar, which introduces new doctoral and master’s students at the GC to digital humanities texts, projects, and practices;

– Works with the GC Digital Fellows Program and the Provost’s Digital Innovation Grants program, directing the arrangement of workshops and training sessions to help students improve their skills;

– Manages the GC Digital Scholarship Lab and related equipment;

– Serves as a liaison to academic programs, centers, and institutes partnered with GC Digital Initiatives;

– Directs initiatives associated with digital projects that are part of the Graduate Center’s Performance Management Process.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s Degree and eight years’ relevant experience required.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
A preferred candidate should have:
– Extensive experience building and engaging communities around digital projects
– Experience working in a higher education institution
– Ph.D. degree in area(s) within the humanities and social sciences
– Past success working collaboratively in interdisciplinary environments
– Extensive project management experience
– Experience with a technical area of digital humanities, such as data visualization, text analysis, digital pedagogy, geospatial humanities, data curation, network analysis, or scholarly communication
– In depth familiarity with the most recent scholarship in the digital humanities
– Extensive experience with grant writing and management including financial and activity reporting
– Ability to monitor grants, budget, and expenditures to ensure that targets are met
– Two years of supervisory experience including handling personnel and recruitment actions
– A commitment to open-source code, open-access scholarship, and public education

COMPENSATION
Commensurate with experience and qualifications

BENEFITS
CUNY offers a comprehensive benefits package to employees and eligible dependents based on job title and classification. Employees are also offered pension and Tax-Deferred Savings Plans. Part-time employees must meet a weekly or semester work hour criteria to be eligible for health benefits. Health benefits are also extended to retirees who meet the eligibility criteria.

HOW TO APPLY
Please apply by visiting this link on CUNYFirst

Click on “Apply Now” which will bring you to the registration screen. If you are a new user, you must register to apply. If you already have a user ID, please use your existing ID to apply. Make sure to upload a cover letter, resume, and 3 professional references (name, title, organization, and contact information) by the closing date, May 21, 2015.

OR

Go to http://cuny.jobs/ and search for Job ID 12661. Follow the directions above and send all materials in by by the closing date, May 21, 2015.

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Julie and Rocky Dixon Graduate Student Innovation Award

The Office of the Vice President for Research & Innovation and the Graduate School are pleased to announce the call for nominations for the Julie and Rocky Dixon Graduate Innovation Award.  This fellowship is designed to support up to four doctoral students who are interested in pursuing innovative experiences that will prepare them for careers outside of academia in areas including but not limited to industry, business, and the non-profit and government sectors.  The activities that comprise the experience should help enhance the career possibilities of students and be integral to their professional goals and plans for their doctoral research.  Furthermore, the experience gained during the fellowship would ideally extend beyond the value to the individual student by enriching the student’s academic department, lab, research center or other UO unit by fostering broader connections and engagement of the unit and with our community of agencies, museums, non-profits, companies, national laboratories, etc.
Eligible career development experiences and opportunities should be integrated into the nine-month period of fellowship support and can vary in intensity over the course of the fellowship period. Experiences may include summer 2015 although funding will commence in fall 2015. Eligible activities could include:
  • Internships or cooperative experiences with a company, agency or organization (e.g., non-governmental organization, think-tank, etc.) or public policy initiative or a research organization.  For example, the proposal might involve spending six months as an intern organizing a high profile symposium for a governmental policy initiative, and then spending an additional three months focused on his/her dissertation while also drafting a report and/or grant applications for use by the agency in getting the initiative off the ground.
  • An opportunity to conduct mentored activities in a museum (e.g., curating an exhibition) or archive setting, and then spending time developing the dissemination materials for use by the archive, for a topic matter related to his/her the dissertation research.
  • Applying your academic skill set to develop a business, such as a consulting business or other entrepreneurial venture.  For example, the proposal might entail spending three months being mentored by an entrepreneur in the chosen field, another four months working to develop a business plan, and another two months launching the business, all concurrently with one’s own dissertation research.
The selection committee looks forward to reviewing all kinds of creative ideas that meet the spirit of this new award. Students are responsible for seeking out and arranging these opportunities and developing an individual plan of activities (that should include their doctoral research and may include other departmental obligations) for the fellowship award period.  The host entity must agree to provide evaluation and assessment of the student’s experience and performance.
If you have questions about the eligibility of your activity, contact Brandy Teel, Graduate School Student Engagement and Opportunities Manager, atbota@uoregon.edu or (541) 346-2489.
Award Information
Up to four awards will be made.
In 2015-16, each fellowship carries an award of $14,000. Each fellow will also be appointed as a research GTF (graduate research fellow) by the academic department at .40 FTE or greater for the academic year and will receive, as part of the Dixon Award, his/her GTF tuition waiver, all but $61 of the mandatory fees, and all but 5% of the health insurance premium for fall, winter, and spring terms to support that appointment. The $14,000 may, in full or in part, be used toward specific activities tied to the innovative career development experience or may be put, in full or in part, used toward GTF salary. The department (or research center/institute or school/college) is expected to obtain and provide funding to ensure that the total salary is equal to what that student would receive at the GTF level III, as the award recipient will have been advanced to candidacy by the time the award period commences. This departmental support, and how the $14,000 will be applied, needs to be outlined in the nomination letter as described under “Nomination” below.
As you know, all research GTFs are required to be enrolled full-time (9-16 credits) toward the degree. During the academic year, award recipients will be required to be enrolled in research or internship credits (three or more) commensurate with the time spent on award-supported experience.
In Winter 2016, each award recipient will be expected to participate in the Graduate Student Research Forum. In June 2016, each awardee will be required to submit a one-page report to the Graduate School detailing the innovative career development experience and addressing how this experience helped meet his/her career goals and academic progress, and how this experience was used to enrich either the department or the university.
Eligibility, Nomination Process and Deadline
UO doctoral students in all programs who will be advanced to candidacy by the end of spring term 2015 are eligible to apply.  The selection committee’s decision will be made prior to the end of spring term 2015. The award will be rescinded in the case of an awardee that has not advanced to candidacy by the end of spring 2015.
Application and nomination materials must be submitted by Tuesday, April 28, 2015.
Nomination
To be completed and submitted by the academic department:
This award requires two letters of recommendation—one from the student’s advisor and one from the external mentor at the entity providing the experience.
  1. ACADEMIC ADVISOR LETTER: This letter should characterize the student’s academic achievements, address the proposed innovative career development experience, and how associated activities will contribute to the student’s academic progress or career development.  The letter should confirm that the student is expected to be advanced to candidacy no later than spring 2015. The letter should also describe how the advisor will support the applicant’s vision and goals for the career development experience. The letter should also describe the department’s financial support that will be provided to the student and include the signature of the department head or institute/center director as confirmation of the financial support for the award period.
  2. EXTERNAL MENTOR LETTER: This letter should describe how the mentor will support the applicant’s vision and goals for the career development experience and what kind of support and mentorship will be offered to the student during and after the experience.
Letters of recommendation can be uploaded athttps://gradschool.uoregon.edu/dixon-recommendation
Application
To be completed and submitted by the student:
  1. The applicant information webform. Documents described in steps 2-4 should be combined into a PDF file and uploaded via the applicant information form.
  2. An Individualized Development Plan (IDP). More information and templates can be found at https://gradschool.uoregon.edu/faculty/idp
  3. A summary of the innovative experience and address how it complements his/her academic research and goals; and how it will contribute to his/her career development.  Be specific about the arrangement worked out with the sponsoring organization and when this experience will occur, (the kinds of expected activities involved during and after the experience, and how this opportunity enhances the career possibilities for the applicant.  The applicant must describe any related activities in which he/she will be engaging, before and/or after the experience that complement the innovative opportunity.  The strongest applications are those that also address how this experience could benefit and enrich the department or the university through the sharing of expertise and learning gained through the beyond-the-academy experience.  (Do not exceed 1,500 words on no more than three pages.)
  4. A CV or resume.