Position Description
Interactive Media Arts at NYU Shanghai invites applications from art practitioners working in emerging media who wish to develop their practice or create new works in an academic environment and expand their research by relocating to Shanghai, China. We are interested in critically-engaged practitioners in the vanguard of their field that can connect with our students in creative and innovative ways. Interactive Media Arts (IMA) is a rigorous undergraduate program that combines practice-based and scholarly work in order to explore the social and cultural possibilities of emerging media and media creation. Our department is engaged in creative scholarship with research in design, software development, immersive media, robotics, electronic music, physical computing, data visualization, digital fabrication, games, and tangible and digital media. Our seminars combine the theoretical study of the history, philosophy, and politics of emerging media. Over the course of this residency, we invite you to explore our NYU Shanghai community across multiple disciplines and develop your own practice.

The Artist in Residence is required to teach one course per semester and develop a research project with student involvement that is preferably cross-disciplinary. Candidates must have a terminal degree (MFA, MPS, or PhD) as well as a minimum of two years full-time teaching or equivalent professional experience. Evidence of a high level of creative production and accomplishment and/or a published work is expected.

Compensation
Commensurate with experience. Compensation and terms of employment are comparable to U.S. institutions and include faculty housing or subsidies. A stipend will be rewarded based on the proposed research project.

Application Instructions
Candidates should submit a letter of application, illustrative publications or documentation of creative work, a curriculum vitae, a proposal for a research project, and the names of two referees who have agreed to submit reference letters upon request. Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2022 and will continue until the position is filled, but preference will be given to applications received prior to December 1, 2022. Additional information about the position can be obtained through writing to ima@nyu.edu. To apply for this position visit this link: https://apply.interfolio.com/115103.

Duration of residency
1 year: August 2023 – May 2024

About NYU Shanghai
NYU Shanghai is the third degree-granting campus within New York University’s global network. It is the first higher education joint venture in China authorized to grant degrees that are accredited in the U.S. as well as in China. All teaching is conducted in English. A research university with liberal arts and science at its core, NYU Shanghai resides in one of the world's great cities with a vibrant intellectual community. NYU Shanghai recruits scholars of the highest caliber who are committed to NYU's global vision of transformative teaching and innovative research and who embody the global society in which we live. NYU’s global network includes degree-granting campuses in New York, Shanghai, and Abu Dhabi, complemented by fourteen additional academic centers across five continents. Faculty and students circulate within the network in pursuit of common research interests and cross-cultural, interdisciplinary endeavors, both local and global.

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NYU Shanghai is an equal opportunity employer committed to equity, diversity, and social inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from under-represented individuals in the profession, across color, creed, race, ethnic and national origin, physical ability, and gender and sexual identity. NYU Shanghai affirms the value of differing perspectives on the world as we strive to build the strongest possible university with the widest reach.