The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts invites applications for an Assistant Professor of Practice that have expertise in both sound and one or more of the following areas: audiovisual installation, interactive media, creative coding, physical computing, immersive design, virtual reality, hardware design or software design. This is a multi-year position and appointment will be commensurate with experience.
The ideal candidate will:
· Create courses and teach in our undergraduate and, eventually, graduate programs.
· Advise undergraduate students.
· Already possess some experiences in multi-disciplinary collaborations.
· Contribute to the diversity of the Center, enhancing its offerings not only with superior technical and creative skills, but also with cross-cultural perspectives.
This position comes with a stipend to support innovative teaching and creative activity. Our ideal candidate has a broad range of creative and technological proficiencies and is passionate about creating technologically literate generations of makers who can negotiate the nexus of storytelling, design, creative coding, technology, and entrepreneurship.
Current areas of interest and research within the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts include: interactive storytelling, experience design, procedural content generation/generative methods, computational cinematography, VR/AR/XR, perceptual technologies, machine learning for artists, sonic arts, data and art, immersive and interactive media, immersive design, virtual production, entrepreneurship, and the application of blockchain technologies and Artificial Intelligence.
We are looking for a person who continually re-invents the curriculum as an ongoing part of their own commitment to continued professional research and development.
Minimum Required Qualifications
· A Terminal Degree (PhD, DMA, MFA) in computer music, sound, emerging media arts or related field.
· A portfolio of work demonstrating professional achievement in sound as well as one or more of the following fields:
o Interactive Media
o Immersive Design
o Creative Coding
o Physical Computing
o Virtual Reality
o Hardware design
o Software design
o Audiovisual Installation
· Evidence of successful college-level teaching experience.
· Strong interest in working collaboratively across disciplines.
· Strong commitment to a progressive emerging media arts education and a keen interest in industry developments.
Preferred Qualifications
· Experience in generative art, simulation, AI, or procedural animation using C++, C#, Python, or other scripts in concert with visual, 3D, or interactive platforms.
· Doctorate or commensurate professional experience preferred, in computer music, sound, or emerging media arts.
· Proficiency in either Unreal or Unity.
· Experience developing interactive media projects for professional clients.
· Experience in project-based learning pedagogical design.
· Festival and/or professional success.
The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, a newly established $57M facility and academic degree at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is re-envisioning the university for the 21st century and how students learn. We are seeking a pioneering faculty team willing to overcome the status quo and foster authentic voices that reimagine immersive design, immersive & interactive media, cinema arts, virtual and mixed reality, gaming, extended theatre, sonic arts, data + art, physical computing, and spatial and experience design.
We envision being the premiere destination for faculty seeking a fresh vision beyond today’s media environments that values inclusivity and diversity, plays to the innermost recesses of our imaginations, solves human-scale problems and tells breathtaking stories that stimulate, provoke and inspire.
We focus on experimentation and production both inside and outside of the classroom. Our approach to learning relies more on collaboration rather than competition so as to cultivate a creative environment in which exploration, analysis, risk, and failure can freely occur. Classes are run in a workshop-like environment facilitating active learning and encouraging discussion of concept, content, technique and impact. All faculty are expected to engage with students beyond the classroom through a culture of project assistance, advising, personal consultation and mentoring, and community.
Our brand-new facility opened in the Fall of 2019, and we have welcomed our first cohort of undergraduate students. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the founding team and to set the culture of the Center.
Lincoln, Nebraska is the quintessential college community, with its university set in the middle of a dynamic downtown area consisting of restaurants, coffee houses, movie theaters, clubs, bike trails and urban residences. It is a creative, intellectual and vibrant community that loves the arts and is home to the Lied Center for Performing Arts, the Sheldon Museum of Art, and the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, an art house cinema adjacent to the new Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts.
The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts is the latest addition to the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and opened its doors in the Fall of 2019. We seek to be a pre-eminent interdisciplinary program in the emerging media arts, to attract and support visionary creative leaders, and to transform our world through technology and powerful storytelling in order to ensure a brighter and sustainable future for civilization. We have world-class international industry connections. We inspire people to dream bigger.
How to Apply
The search committee will begin formal review of applications on May 2, 2022 and will continue until an appointment is made. Interested applicants must go to https://employment.unl.edu/postings/78380 and click “Apply for this Job.” Complete the information form and submit the following documents:
· Cover letter addressing qualifications specific to this position description, including descriptions of creative practice and any training or teaching experience.
· Curriculum Vitae or Resume.
· Names and contact information of three references.
· Portfolio. Upload a PDF document that includes a list of links OR one link to your online portfolio specifically curated for the search committee, prioritized with your most accomplished work with any writings/statements or notable reviews about your work.
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