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The Media School at Indiana University Bloomington is inviting applications for two tenure/tenure-track faculty positions in Extended Reality (XR). We are on the lookout for creative technologists (PhD or MFA) who think through and harness XR technologies in innovative ways across diverse domains from art installations to film production to game design to sports media to advertising. Candidates should demonstrate a proven ability to engage in exhibitions, screenings, and/or grant endeavors with forward-thinking research agenda and significant impact.
One position may be more tipped towards the fine arts/museum practice, one more towards the applied creative industry applications (i.e. cinema, sports, opera, live performance), but mostly we are looking for amazing artists doing innovative and exciting work across any/all terrains.
Possible co-appointment with one of our six partner IU schools: Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture, and Design; the School of Optometry; Luddy School of Informatics; the School of Public Health; the Jacobs School of Music; and the College of Arts & Sciences. The determination of the appropriate IU school tenure home for one of the positions will depend on the candidates’ teaching and research interests.
We are especially interested in candidates engaged with immersive media theory and design (including augmented, virtual, and extended reality), particularly the ways in which these technologies can intersect with other subfields including, but not limited to, environmental media and media ecologies, global media industries, political economies of media, media archaeologies (and the transition from film to video to digital to virtual), and/or queer visual cultures. Theorist-practitioners and those with experience in immersive media production are welcome and encouraged to apply.
Candidates might merge creative and interdisciplinary methods to utilize XR technologies effectively, enhancing our ability to address fundamental challenges in digital media and human-centered design. They will most likely have a history of high-impact peer-reviewed publications/exhibits or have worked in an industry setting, and have the capability to attract competitive external funding.
The two successful candidates will help form the new Kinetic Imagery and Extended Reality (KIX) Lab at Bloomington (see below), which will have a parallel/connected facility on our Indianapolis campus, and will be involved in creating new MS/MFA graduate programs in Kinetic Imagery and Extended Reality. These faculty will have the opportunity to lead and guide the establishment of the KIX Lab, although such leadership is not a requirement of the positions.
Application domains of interest are broad and include, but are not limited to, film production, film arts practice, game design, sport media, music/sound/performance, and groundbreaking art-science collaborations. We are eager to receive applications from artists/academics who are not working with XR technology but whose research or creative agendas are leading in that direction. Further, we are open to those who move back and forth between professional and academic terrain and will offer the flexibility to make that happen.
The Kinetic Imagery and Extended Reality Lab is envisioned as a hub for faculty and graduate student research and creative activity related to the creation and use of virtual worlds. Its centerpiece will be “The Wall,” an LED immersive soundstage for virtual productions. As performers move about on the stage, “The Wall” displays their environment and camera tracking moves the environment as the performers move. The result is like a green screen, but the performers and production team can see the virtual world in real time, and the imagery can be interpolated beyond what can be seen on the wall, so there is no limit to what the camera can capture.
The lab is an interdisciplinary initiative among seven schools – The Media School, Eskenazi, Optometry, Luddy, Public Health, the College, and Jacobs – as well as University Information Technology Services. It will be the only extended reality lab in the country that foregrounds both technology and art and connects the two. It’s also an intercampus initiative, with facilities in Bloomington (KIX South) and Indianapolis (KIX North) to connect our two campuses.
Example (but not exhaustive) applications
The Media School at Indiana University Bloomington invites experienced broadcast and/or digital video practitioners to apply for a full-time, non-tenure track faculty position in Digital Video Storytelling.
We seek candidates with considerable professional on-camera experience in broadcasting or social media video who have demonstrated skills in creating and leveraging social media video content in professional media settings. The preferred candidate is a mid-career media professional who will maintain an active industry presence as a professional media content creator while teaching and mentoring Media School students in areas such as video-based social media content, on-camera skills, on-camera interviewing, and social media content editing.
Additionally, preferred candidates will have demonstrated experience in teaching and mentoring young professionals, including prior teaching experience at the university level. A bachelor’s degree is required and an advanced degree preferred, though not mandatory.
The Media School at Indiana University’s flagship Bloomington campus is pleased to announce an open-rank tenure-track faculty search for an outstanding scholar, instructor, and colleague who studies media through the lens of social science. We encourage applications from the dynamic, innovative, and collegial, regardless of their preferred social scientific methodology or topical domain of media expertise.
The successful candidate may ultimately complement existing approaches to the scientific study and instruction of media in our school or bring entirely novel competencies and interests to bear.
In sum, we seek a high-performing faculty member with a stellar social scientific research record (or strong signs of the capacity to produce such a record) in the broad area of mediated communication and are open to a variety of methodological and topical foci. The chosen applicant will be expected to maintain a productive research program, effectively teach both undergraduate and graduate students, and enthusiastically serve the university, profession, and wider-community.
An established record of external funding is expected for senior applicants (e.g., advanced associate professors, full professors). Interest and activity toward external funding is preferred for junior applicants (e.g., doctoral candidates, assistant professors). External funding is conceived broadly to include government, foundation, and other private sources.
The Media School at Indiana University’s flagship campus seeks a lecturer or senior lecturer (non-tenure track) to administer and teach in its BFA in Cinematic Arts program. The BFA in Cinematic Arts is in its fifth year, during which time it has seen a massive growth in enrollment. The program is focused on professional preparedness and artistic expression with courses that are technically oriented and courses in the concepts, history, and philosophy of filmmaking.
The successful candidate should have a significant artistic record in production, postproduction, or a craft/creative specialty such as cinematography or screenwriting; a graduate degree in Cinematic Arts, Filmmaking, or related field; a demonstrated ability or potential to teach in various learning environments; and the ability to effectively lead and administer a program. The candidate will be committed to an inclusive, innovative, and unique vision for cinematic arts program, and to nurturing the academic and creative potential of faculty and students.
In addition to appointment as lecturer or senior lecturer (initial terms of three or five years, respectively), the ideal candidate will direct the BFA program for an initial term of three years. In consideration of the duties involved, this position comes with an additional monetary supplement and one course release each academic year. The BFA director will be a key faculty contact for alumni, donors, prospective students, and University and non-University entities wishing to coordinate with the Media School’s Cinematic Production initiatives. This also includes participating at the school’s alumni events and working with the alumni relations office.
The director will also:
The Media School at Indiana University-Bloomington seeks a tenure-track assistant professor with expertise in social media research. We enthusiastically invite applications from the rich tapestry of methodological and philosophical perspectives, whether rooted in social science, the humanities, or the exciting spaces in between.
What interests us most is welcoming a colleague who demonstrates innovative approaches to the evolving media landscape, including but not limited to the rapidly evolving role of social media platforms in society, the role of social media as a vehicle of political and social change, the increasing prominence of artificial intelligence in social communication, the legal frameworks of social media platforms, or the interactions of social media with journalism, entertainment, and other forms of media production.
The chosen applicant will be expected to maintain a productive research program, effectively teach at both undergraduate and graduate levels, mentor students, and engage with colleagues in the service of the school and university’s mission. Interest and activity toward external funding is preferred. External funding is conceived broadly to include government, foundation, and other private sources.
The Black Film Center and Archive, a center within The Media School, was established in 1981 as the first archival repository dedicated to collecting, preserving, and making available historically and culturally significant films by and about Black people. The BFCA's primary objectives are to promote scholarship on Black film and to serve as an open resource for scholars, researchers, students, and the public; to encourage creative film activity by independent and mainstream Black filmmakers; and to undertake and support research on the history, impact, theory, and aesthetics of Black film traditions. This position reports to the director of the BFCA.
