Assistant professor of English: Interactive Narrative and Emergent Digital Media Practices
Job
The Department of English in the College of Liberal Arts at the Rochester Institute of Technology (https://www.rit.edu/liberalarts/department-english) invites candidates to apply for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Interactive Narrative and Emergent Digital Media Practices starting in August 2025. Prospective candidates are expected to have earned a Ph.D. in English, Media Studies, Digital Textual Studies, Game Studies, or related field by July, 2025. We seek a candidate who is critically, theoretically, and creatively engaged in interactive digital narratives and immersive storytelling. We are particularly interested in individuals whose area of research expertise expands the current strengths of the department. The successful candidates’ scholarly and/or creative practice will be informed by critical analysis, in conversation with literary, cultural, and aesthetic theory. Preference will be given to scholars with experience in one or more of the following areas: Augmented Reality (AR); Virtual Reality (VR); or Mixed Reality (MR) Augmented Reality (AR) book publishing Critical AI / AI Storytelling & Art Computational Narrative Interactive Storyworlds / Transmedia Decolonial Digital Storytelling Platform Studies Transformational Storytelling and Social Justice Interactive Narrative in Games Development Experience in Unity or Unreal The successful candidate will be able to teach undergraduate courses in Interactive Narrative and Immersive Storytelling in the Department of English B.S. degree program. These courses might include studio-based instruction, making with computational media, digital media theory, and digital research methods. The position requires a strong commitment to teaching and mentoring, active research and publication or creative practice. Teaching and research are priorities for faculty at RIT, and all faculty are expected to mentor students through advising, research and in-class experiences.
Initiator(s):
Rochester Institute of Technology
Deadline: 03.01.2025
Start date: 15.08.2025
Location: Rochester, United States of America
Post created by: Lymor Wolf Goldstein