The usual apologies for cross-posting and the also usual request that you pass this on to any colleagues or graduate students you think might be interested. It is an excellent post-doc or sabbatical opportunity, as the teaching load will permit about 60% of the person's time to be devoted to research, and there are some excellent facilities and colleagues doing Internet research in the Rensselaer Social and Behavioral Research Laboratory. VISITING POSITION IN HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION The Department of Language, Literature, and Communication at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has an open one-year visiting faculty position to teach courses related to human-computer interaction, as part of a newly approved on-campus and distance-education master's program. Rank open. Courses of relevance would complement existing courses in the design of interfaces, web design, and performance support. The candidate could offer new courses not currently in the curriculum or one or more of the existing courses. Though the candidate would teach predominately HCI courses, he or she could also teach non-HCI courses. More information about the department is available at http://www.llc.rpi.edu. The candidate should have a doctoral degree in human-computer interaction, information design or a related field, with course work and design experience in HCI. Experience in the application of HCI theory and research to industry a plus. The teaching load is two courses per semester. The department offers B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in communication in addition to the M.S. in HCI. Faculty are mutidisciplinary, with training in communication, computer science, technical communication, rhetoric, cultural studies, and other fields. Faculty and students have access to the Social and Behavioral Laboratory (http://www.sbrl.rpi.edu) and other Institute research facilities. Rensselaer is a U.S. News and World Report top-50 university with approximately 5000 undergraduate and 2500 graduate students. It is located in the emerging "Tech Valley" region of the Hudson River Valley with New York City, Boston, and Montreal only a few hours away by automobile or train. The region is known for its quality of life, with skiing, camping, hiking, kayaking and other outdoor recreation opportunities in the Adirondack and Berkshire Mountains only an hour or so away. Appointment begins August 22, 2005. Send a letter of application and C.V. as attachments to: wattj@rpi.edu (preferred) or paper versions to James Watt Chair, Department of Language, Literature, and Communication Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 8th Street Troy, NY 12180 ======================================================== James H. Watt Professor and Chair, Department of Language, Literature, and Communication (http://www.llc.rpi.edu) Director, Social and Behavioral Research Laboratory (http://www.sbrl.rpi.edu) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 8th Street, Sage Lab 4708 Troy, NY 12180-3590 email: wattj@rpi.edu voice: (518) 276-2784 fax: (518) 276-4092