Visiting Professor of Digital Media Art – Interactive Design

The Digital Media Arts department at Hamline University (St. Paul, MN) seeks applicants for a one-year Visiting Faculty position in Interactive Design for Academic Year 2022-2023.

The course load for this position will include foundations-level Intro to Digital Media Arts courses, a two-course sequence in web design (hand coding HTML, CSS, basic JS) and an intro level course developed according to the expertise of the faculty member (7 courses total). Topics of particular interest include 3D animation, VR/AR, digital illustration, and data visualization. Faculty members are expected to participate in the Senior Seminar course, student portfolio reviews, ongoing curricular development, and assessment review. Applicants are encouraged to learn more at www.hamline.edu.

The College of Liberal Arts, together with Hamline’s School of Business, serves approximately 1,700 undergraduate students. The University’s mission is to create a diverse and collaborative community of learners dedicated to the development of students’ knowledge, values, and skills for successful lives of leadership, scholarship, and service.

Hamline University is located in the heart of the culturally vibrant Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area. The hired faculty member will have access to all facilities that Hamline and the Twin Cities area offers.

The successful candidate should have an MFA in Digital Art, Interactive Design, New Media or related field. Candidates should have a record of teaching excellence, and have a strong portfolio of professional work.

The successful candidate will also demonstrate a strong commitment to broad liberal arts and interdisciplinary education, excellent teaching skills, experience supporting diverse students, and the ability to motivate students into active creative production.

To apply, candidates must submit electronically to https://www.hamline.edu/careers/. Candidates should submit a letter of interest, current curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests, a diversity statement, a statement of teaching philosophy and a copy of your unofficial transcripts for all graduate work and above. In addition, candidates will need to arrange for three letters of reference to be submitted.

Applications received by April 15th will receive full consideration and the position will remain open until filled. Questions may be addressed to Dave Ryan, Department Chair Digital Media Arts at dryan04 at hamline.edu.

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Founded in 1854, Hamline was the first university in Minnesota and among the first coeducational institutions in the nation. Hamline University provides a world-class education for undergraduate and graduate students. Our faculty, staff, and students cultivate an ethic of civic responsibility, social justice, and inclusive leadership and service.