Assistant/Associate Professor, Game Design and Development (Tenure Track) - multiple positions

Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; sick leave and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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We welcome all candidates working within game development, but are especially interested in candidates with any of the following expertise:

• Novel interactions, algorithms, and game mechanics.
• Game hardware and tools for game creation (e.g., game engines)
• Serious games/games developed for improved player experiences (e.g., games for health, wellbeing, and learning).
• Virtual, augmented, and mixed reality.
• Game design and understanding player experience.
• Technologies of sound.

Successful candidates will demonstrate a strong research agenda, the ability to thrive in an interdisciplinary department, the ability to teach in multiple modalities and levels (e.g. both undergraduate and graduate), and skill in mentoring students, including those from underrepresented backgrounds. Successful candidates will ideally bring a record of working on grant-funded teams, and/or will demonstrate promise for obtaining grants in the future. The position is an on campus (in-person) faculty post, expected to begin in August 2025.

The faculty member will teach courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels and contribute to mentoring students, including those from underrepresented backgrounds. The faculty member will also participate in outreach and contribute to departmental, college, and university service. In these and other ways, the faculty member will help to develop innovative approaches to enhancing student engagement, increasing diversity, and expanding collaborations with community and business partners.

Applicants are welcome to contact us prior to submitting their applications, especially if they are unfamiliar with information science schools. Please reach out to search committee chair Lila Boz at lboz@arizona.edu.

The College of Information Science explores the intersections of people, data and technology through interdisciplinary academic programs and research. We value our inclusive climate because we know that diversity in experiences and perspectives is vital to advancing innovation, critical thinking, solving complex problems, and creating an inclusive academic community. With five undergraduate degrees and four graduate degrees, as well as certificates and minors, our students are trained to become changemakers in the varied fields of information science. Several of our academic programs are ranked nationally in the top 25.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Interest in working on projects with underserved communities and/or evidence of prior work with underserved groups.
• Demonstrated commitment to working in a diverse and interdisciplinary research environment.

• PhD in information studies or closely related fields, such as game development, game design, digital media, computer science, cognitive science, etc.
• Evidence of focused/established/impactful scholarly agenda in the broadly defined area of game design and development, as indicated by research statement and publication history, consistent with applicable faculty rank.
• Record of teaching effectiveness as indicated by teaching statement, awards, and/or teaching experience.
• Evidence of potential to develop extramural funding.

• Record of working on funded grant teams.
• Evidence of or demonstrated potential for positive mentoring experiences of undergraduate or graduate students.
• Record of working across disciplines with faculty, students, and staff.

• Curriculum Vitae
• Single-page Cover Letter
• In the first Additional Document slot: a Statement of Research addressing your research interests, past history and future plans, philosophy, expected scholarly and societal impacts of your research, transdisciplinary aspects, any published projects or games, the relevance of your research to the School of Information's goals and objectives, advancing research opportunities for students, and the role of inclusivity in your research.
• In the second Additional Document slot: a Statement of Teaching Philosophy.
• In the third Additional Document slot: Reference Contact List with a minimum of three professional references and their contact information.