Assistant/Associate Professor Tenure System in Game Studies

About the role

The Department of Media and Information (M&I) at Michigan State University (MSU) seeks to hire a tenure-track faculty member to serve as Director of our Serious Games Certificate (SGC) program while continuing their research, publication, and teaching efforts.

Responsibilities

• Lead the program’s recruitment, teaching, and long-term strategy
• Teach in our undergraduate and graduate programs
• Advise graduate students
• Continue to gain visibility through peer-reviewed academic publications or a combination of peer-reviewed publications and juried creative works
• Pursue external funding to support research and/or creative activity

Requirements

• Sufficient relevant experience in Game Studies with terminal degrees from a related discipline, such as anthropology, communication, computer science, design, engineering, history, human-computer interaction, human-machine communication, information science, psychology, science & technology studies, sociology, or socio-technical systems
• Examine socially-relevant topics (e.g., diversity, equity, inclusion, race, class, gender, sexuality, age, education, health, and disability) and their relationship to games

Qualifications

• Terminal degree from a related discipline
• Expected start date is August 15, 2023

Skills

• Ability to lead and manage a graduate certificate program
• Strong teaching and advising skills
• Ability to publish in peer-reviewed journals and/or produce juried creative works
• Ability to secure external funding

Benefits

• Part of a communication program ranked #3 in the world in the Shanghai Ranking, and #9 in Communication & Media Studies in the QS World University Rankings
• The undergraduate Game Design and Development program at M&I was rated #6 (#1 among public universities) and the graduate program was rated #12 by Princeton Review in 2022

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD