U Regina - CRC position
Canada Research Chair - Tier Two - Interactive Media University of Regina, CANADA

Applications should be submitted by May 15, 2006.

The Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Regina invites applications for a Tier Two Canada Research Chair in Interactive Media.  The purpose of this Chair is to enhance awareness of broadly-defined interactive media practices and broaden connections between Fine Arts and other areas of the university such as Science, Arts or Engineering.  Candidates will have an outstanding research record in one or more of the following areas:  intermedia, digital art/imaging, soundscape design, computational music and audio, ethnomusicology and technologies, electronic music and social relations, new technologies and new soundtracks, storytelling with technology, interactive installation art, digital/interactive design, virtual reality art, 3D modelling/environments, game design, human-computer interface and interaction design, or media arts.  Applicants should demonstrate an ability to design and deliver courses of interest to graduate and undergraduate students in one or more of the above areas.

The University of Regina is committed to transdisciplinary research and encourages scholarship at the interface of disciplinary traditions. The appointment is expected to be at the Assistant or Associate Professor level.  Applicants are emerging leaders in their field, have a strong (emerging) national and international scholarly presence, have an excellent teaching and graduate supervision record; have significant, externally funded research, and a commitment to transdisciplinary and collaborative research.  The position comes with the opportunity for funding through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). 

Candidates will have the opportunity to work in the recently-established New Media Studio Laboratory located at the University of Regina in close proximity to the Regina Research Park. This facility brings together a knowledge community with expertise drawn from Fine Arts, Computer Science and Engineering and is dedicated to transdisciplinary research in scientific and medical visualization, surround sound and imaging research, human-factor new media design, hardware and software development and game design.  Its current equipment and facilities include:  HDTV imaging and editing capabilities, a surround sound research studio, a 3D visualization lab, multimedia production facility, imaging and sound production equipment including full digital camera and location sound packages.

All CRC positions are subject to review and final approval by the CRC Secretariat.  Candidates should send their applications, including a curriculum vitae, a statement of research objectives, a five-year research plan, and contact information for three referees to:  Dr. Sheila Petty, Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Regina, Regina, Sask.  S4S 0A2, CANADA.
 
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.  We value diversity in the workplace.
 
Regards
 
Mary Hughes
Manager, UAAC and CAFAD