<< 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.