[Air-l] Fwd: Full-time Tenure-Track – Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in Electronic Visualization

Steve Jones sjones at uic.edu
Fri Jan 14 12:41:41 PST 2005


<< Full-time Tenure-Track – Assistant Professor or Associate Professor 
in Electronic Visualization

<< Salary and Rank:

Assistant Professor or Associate Professor depending upon 
qualifications. Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.

<< Qualifications:

MFA or equivalent required. College level teaching experience desired 
with a demonstrated commitment to undergraduate and graduate education. 
The candidate should have a strong professional/research record in art 
or design with emphasis on real-time interactive graphics and/or 
virtual reality. The successful candidate will demonstrate experience 
in graphics programming languages as well as interactive media theory 
and practice.

<< Description:
The School of Art and Design seeks a candidate to teach real-time 
computer graphics programming, interactive computer experiences and/or 
the production of 3D computer animation. The candidate would be 
encouraged to participate as a leader in research and media creation at 
the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) and the new Center for 
Virtual Reality in the Arts. There are opportunities for 
cross-disciplinary teaching with our Graphic Design and Industrial 
Design programs.

<< General Information:

The computer art and design experience in both undergraduate and 
graduate Electronic Visualization programs focuses on real-time and 
interactive computer graphics, utilizing both programming languages and 
software packages. The undergraduate program is taught in the 
collaborative Design Visualization Laboratory (DVL) sharing resources 
with Industrial design and Graphic Design. The graduate program 
operates out of the world renowned Electronic Visualization Laboratory, 
which is a shared facility of the School of Art and Design and the 
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. The 
Electronic Visualization program is also interested in developing 
curriculum in the areas of computational design, museum exhibit design, 
game design, and location-based entertainment.
See the URL http://www.evl.uic.edu for more information on EVL.
See the URL http://www.uic.edu/aa/artd for more information on the 
School of Art and Design.

The School of Art and Design at the University of Illinois at Chicago 
(UIC) is one of four units in the College of Architecture and the Arts, 
which includes the School of Architecture, the Department of Art 
History and the Department of Performing Arts. The School of Art and 
Design offers education to more than 100 graduate students in both MFA 
and MA programs and 600 undergraduate students majoring in Art 
Education, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Photography/Film, 
Electronic Visualization and Studio Arts. The University is located 
just west of the center of the city. Outstanding museums, research 
libraries, theaters, commercial galleries, music venues and design 
studios provide a dynamic arena for professional and personal 
development. The diversity of cultural and professional activity in art 
and design found in Chicago is reflected in the wide range of 
curricular options offered by the School. The University of Illinois at 
Chicago is the largest institution of higher learning in the Chicago 
area, with approximately 25,000 students and 3,500 faculty.

Application Procedure:
Complete applications must include a letter of intent not more than one 
page, a resume with exhibition/publication record, a list of three 
references (including phone and e-mail), and documentation of visual 
work (preferred formats: DVD and/or CD ROM in standard web formats of 
VHS (NTSC) video tape). Web sites will also be reviewed when 
appropriate. An index of the visual documentation with project 
descriptions and applicant's role in any collaboration should accompany 
the application. Work will be returned if a stamped, addressed envelope 
is enclosed with the application. Please send to:
Chair, Electronic Visualization Search Committee
School of Art and Design (M/C 036)
The University of Illinois at Chicago
929 West Harrison Street
Chicago, Illinois 60607-7038

For fullest consideration applications must be submitted by February 1, 
2005. Review of applications will continue until position is filled. 
The University of Illinois is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity 
Employer.

UIC is an AAEOE.




	
	




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