[Air-L] Jobs at Illinois : 2 Tenure track positions in UX/UI Design (Asst/Assoc Professors)

[Sharath]

Dear list

Please see below a unique opportunity at the University of Illinois Urbana
Champaign (Deadline December 8t, 2025). Link and Expanded Description below:

https://illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/15333?c=illinois&sq=1033127

The School of Art & Design, housed within the College of Fine and Applied
Arts at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, invites applications
for two full-time tenure-track faculty positions in User Experience (UX)
and User Interface (UI) Design at the rank of Assistant or Associate
Professor, with an anticipated start date of August 16, 2026.

Application Link :
https://illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/15333?c=illinois&sq=1033127

These positions will play a central role in the development and instruction
of the BS in Computer Science + Design degree, a collaborative program that
bridges design and technology. Faculty will contribute to three programs
including Graphic Design, Industrial Design and Studio Art to foster
interdisciplinary teaching and research.


We seek a candidate with a terminal degree (MFA, PhD, or equivalent) in a
field engaging art, design, and computation. The ideal candidate will be
both a practicing artist/critical designer—with a strong record of public
engagement through exhibitions, installations, and/or performances—and a
researcher whose writing and publishing investigate the social, cultural,
and aesthetic dimensions of computation. Candidates should demonstrate
expertise in computational media and contribute through creative
interventions in areas such as but not limited to:


• Artificial Intelligence as medium and cultural system

• Platform culture, computational logics, and interface aesthetics

• Digital rights, privacy, and ethics of computation

• Race, gender, and technology

• Algorithmic bias, equity, and social justice

• Design for Accessibility

• Bio-art, Art–science, Data Visualization, and emerging crossover
disciplines, including Behavioral Sciences

• Code as art

We are looking for an artist-designer-researcher whose creative practice
and critical inquiry together advance new ways of engaging with
computation, interface, and interaction in their wider cultural, social,
and political dimensions.

Context: The School of Art & Design
The School of Art and Design supports interdisciplinary and socially
engaged creative practices and offers a range of programs, including
undergraduate and/or graduate degrees and concentrations in Art Education,
Art History, Fashion, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Design for
Responsible Innovation, New Media, Painting, Photography, Printmaking,
Sculpture, and Studio Art. Our School emphasizes both technical excellence
and conceptual rigor, encouraging students to challenge themselves and use
their creative skills in building a better, more just and sustainable world.
In all areas, student and faculty work is supported by state-of-the-art
labs for traditional and contemporary media, including spaces for digital
imaging and printing, audio-visual production, rapid two- and
three-dimensional prototyping, and darkroom photography. Facilities for
bookbinding, letterpress, printmaking, and fashion design are also
available.

Teaching Responsibilities:
The teaching load includes two courses per semester. The successful
candidate will teach courses that position computation as an artistic and
critical design medium, ranging from introductory coding for creative
practice to advanced, research-driven practice and method-based seminars.
Areas of teaching could include (but are not limited to): computational
art, critical interface design, interactive art, data art, information art,
net art, and related emerging practices. The candidate will contribute to
both undergraduate and graduate curricula, mentor students across
disciplines, and help shape the evolving identity of computational art and
critical design within the School of Art and Design.



Minimum Qualifications
• Terminal degree (MFA, PhD, or equivalent) in a relevant discipline.
• Evidence of an active creative practice with a strong record of public
engagement through exhibition, installation, and/or performance.
• Evidence of critical research through writing, publishing, or equivalent
scholarly contributions that engage computational media, design, and the
arts.
• Demonstrated potential for excellence in teaching, mentoring, and
curriculum development at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Commitment to fostering an inclusive academic environment and
contributing to the diversity of the School and University.

Preferred Qualifications:
• PhD in relevant discipline.
• Familiarity with and a critical perspective on historical approaches to
experience design.
• Practice, teaching, and/or research that connect to one or more of the
following areas of design: Gender and Design, Equity and Design, Indigenous
Design  Knowledges, and Design Futures.
• Familiarity with liberatory pedagogical approaches.
• A critical perspective on social biases embedded in technological systems.
• Experience teaching in a program that integrates Design, Technology, and
Science.

Application Materials:
• A cover letter addressing qualifications and research/creative practice.
• Curriculum vitae.
• Portfolio of scholarly and creative work.
• Research Statement.
• A teaching portfolio, including a teaching statement, one or two sample
syllabi, and (if possible) student work.
• Names and contact information for three references.
Appointment Information

This is a 100% full-time Assistant/Associate Professor position, appointed
on a nine-month basis. The expected start date is August 2026. The budgeted
salary range for the position is $75,000 to $80,000 at the Assistant
Professor level and $88,000 to $95,000 at the Associate Professor level,
for a nine-month service basis. Final salary offered will be determined by
a thorough assessment of available market data, internal salary equity,
candidate experience and qualifications, collective bargaining agreements,
and budget constraints.
Application Procedures & Deadline Information

To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 6:00 pm
(CST) on December 8, 2025. Interviews may begin prior to the initial
closing date; however, the review of applications will continue until
suitable candidates are identified. Apply for this position using the Apply
Now button at the top or bottom of this posting. Applications not submitted
through https://jobs.illinois.edu will not be considered. For further
information about this specific position, please contact Bobbie Clegg at
bjclegg at illinois.edu. For questions regarding the application process,
please contact 217-333-2137.

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*SHARATH CHANDRA RAMAKRISHNAN*
*Perceptual Futures Laboratory *
*Assistant Professor, School of Art & Design*
*Affiliate Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences*
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
scram at illinois.edu

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