Assistant Professor in Computational Media Art

Assistant Professor in Computational Media Art

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Work type: Tenure-Track Faculty
Location: Main Campus (Gainesville, FL)
Categories: Education/Training/Instructional Design, Computer Science, Humanities
Department:  - COTA-ART-DIRECTOR

Classification

Title:

AST PROF

Candidates for this rank shall hold the highest degree appropriate to their field or possess equivalent qualifications based on professional experience. A candidate shall be expected to demonstrate successful experience pertinent to the position they are being recommended and have demonstrated qualities relevant to the goals of the academic unit in which they will be employed.

Job Description:

School of Art + Art History
Faculty Position Announcement
Assistant Professor in Computational Media Art
Position:
Full-time, nine-month, tenure-accruing faculty position
Date of Expected Hire:
August 16, 2025

The School of Art + Art History in the College of the Arts seeks an Assistant Professor of Computational Media Art to join our forward-looking interdisciplinary program at a top-ranked public university. We seek a colleague with an interdisciplinary studio art practice focused on networked media, creative coding, and 3D animation. This includes experience with the dissemination of work in various platforms and cultural contexts (mobile media, web-based, gallery, etc.)

The ideal candidate will have a computational media practice with expertise in areas such as programming languages, augmented/virtual/mixed reality (AR, VR, MR), algorithmic aesthetics, data visualization, and 2D/3D animation, modeling, and immersive environments.

The University of Florida College of the Arts intends to be a transformative community, responding to and generating paradigmatic shifts in the arts and beyond. As artists and scholars, we embrace the complexity of our evolving human experience and seek to empower our students and faculty to shape that experience fearlessly through critical study, creative practice, and provocation. We seek a colleague who identifies as a change-maker.

We seek a colleague who will position emerging artists and researchers as catalysts for justice on local and global levels.

The University of Florida is an equal opportunity institution.

• Teach a 2/2 course load at the undergraduate and graduate levels
  • Courses will include studio art foundations, upper-level undergraduate electives, and graduate seminars. Courses may eventually include a course in the university’s General Education curriculum.
• Mentor and advise graduate students, supervise graduate committees, and supervise graduate teaching assistants
• Conduct creative research appropriate to the discipline
• Collaborate with faculty and staff in shared supervision of the Art + Technology facilities
• Actively participate in shared governance and our learning community

SCHOOL OF ART + ART HISTORY:
The School of Art + Art History (SAAH) believes that art, design, and scholarship are critical to the cultural life and creative advancement of our local, national, and international communities. We empower each of our 360 undergraduate and 130 graduate students with knowledge, skills, and curiosity to engage thoughtfully and courageously with our changing world. The school offers BA, BFA, MA, MFA, and PhD programs, both residential and online, and students can study art education, art history, curatorial studies, graphic design, design & visual communications, museology (museum studies), and studio art.

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Most Gallery and the three University Galleries provide exhibition space for international contemporary art and student work. The school has facilities in three on-campus buildings, and three off-campus sites. SAAH is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.

The School of Art + Art History nurtures a culture of critical inquiry in our scholarly and creative work. The school has 38 full-time (including one director) and 11 part-time faculty, plus 11 staff members. The faculty publish, present, curate, and exhibit widely and internationally at the highest level. They bring their scholarship and creative work into their teaching, offering innovative learning…