Assistant Professor of UX and Interaction Design Tenure Track

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Full time/Part time:
Full-time
Location:
South Orange
Categories:
Faculty
The Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts within the emerging College of Human Development, Culture, and Media at **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position in UX and Interaction Design.

The successful candidate will have professional and/or academic experience in one or more of the following areas: user experience research, prototyping, user interface design, interaction design methods, graphic design, and front end development coding languages. The individual will play an essential role in the UX/UI curriculum in the Art, Design and Interactive Multimedia Program. The ability to teach UX for mixed realities is a plus.

Special consideration will be given to candidates who have experience teaching in-person, online, and hybrid courses. We are very interested in candidates who can help develop curriculum and design new courses.

The new faculty member will advise students and be an active service member in the College and University. They will support and contribute to the College’s culture of diversity, equity and inclusivity and participate in an interdisciplinary community dedicated to creative collaboration.

This position entails an 18-credit teaching requirement during the academic year, commensurate with Department needs, and is expected to begin in August 2023.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Responsibilities include teaching courses in the B.A. in Art, Design and Interactive Multimedia major; maintaining an impactful creative scholarly practice; advising students; and contributing to program development and coordination in undergraduate and graduate curriculum. Faculty are also expected to be active members of the Department, College, and the broader University community. In addition, the successful candidate will be expected to:

*Engage in visionary program building, including a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as the identification and implementation of courses and programs in related interdisciplinary areas, particularly Education and Human Services at the undergraduate and graduate levels;
*Teach existing undergraduate classes such as, but not limited to: UX/UI I; UX/UI II, Mobile Design; Front End Development; Usability for UX; Advanced UX Design Studio;
*Create new courses on topics related to the candidate’s area of expertise;
*Maintain ties to the professional design community;
*Participate actively in academic advisement, high-impact student learning activities, student mentoring, and other co- and extracurricular engagement activities;
*Conduct and engage in scholarship commensurate with an R2 institution;
*Commit to innovative recruitment and retention initiatives of both students and adjunct instructors; and
*Commit to collaboration in growing a new, interdisciplinary college.

About the College of Human Development, Culture, and Media:

Launching in Summer 2023, Seton Hall’s emerging College of Human Development, Culture, and Media (CHDCM) will be the singular place for purpose-built interdisciplinary learning focused on innovation along the continuum of human development.  

Integrating the exceptional faculty of Communication and the Arts and Education and Human Services, along with dynamic cross-disciplinary curricula, the new College will seek to improve the human condition by collaborating across distinct fields that uniquely complement one another and prepare students as dynamic leaders poised to address complex issues.  Expression will underpin all facets of the integrated College’s portfolio — media as a form of education and artistic expression; teaching and learning as modes of creative expression; self-expression as a vehicle of social agency.

For more information about the new College of Human Development, Culture, and Media, please visit our website.

About the Department and **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***.:

The faculty of the Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts pledges unwavering solidarity with our administrators, staff, alumni, students, families, and all our neighboring communities, in speaking and standing firmly against racism. As educators for Newark’s diocesan Catholic university, it is our moral duty to advance social justice, champion diversity, and work toward an anti-racist future, free of violence and oppression. We commit to addressing systemic inequality and strife by engaging students, colleagues, and the University community through active collaboration to improve diversity and inclusion across courses, programs, and the College.

**MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. is located in South Orange, New Jersey, just 14 miles from New York City. It is the oldest Catholic diocesan institution of higher education in the United States, and the Carnegie Foundation classifies it as a doctoral university. It is home to approximately 6,300 undergraduate and 4,700 graduate students from all 50 states and more than 60 countries. An exciting and culturally diverse community, Seton Hall pursues academic excellence and ethical development in a collaborative environment, and prepares its students to be servant leaders in their professional and community lives.
Required Qualifications:
*MFA or related terminal degree in UX/UI or a design related field. Degree completion is required by August 2023. Significant professional experience will also be considered in lieu of a terminal degree.
*Evidence that the candidate will be able to develop a successful publication record appropriate for an R2 institution.
Desired Qualifications:
One or more year(s) of successful college teaching experience
Salary Grade:
FA01 - Faculty
Exempt/Nonexempt:
Exempt
Physical Demands:
General Office Environment
Special Instructions to Applicants:
Applications should include a cover letter; curriculum vitae; a professional portfolio; names and emails of three references; and unofficial transcript(s) indicating receipt of all degrees.

All semi-finalists will be asked to submit teaching philosophy; evidence of excellent teaching if applicable; official transcripts; and evidence of commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Semi-finalists will be invited to a virtual interview. Finalists will be invited to a full-day campus interview at our South Orange, NJ, campus.

The committee’s review of applications will begin immediately.

Direct any questions about the position to the search committee chair, Assistant Professor Christine Lhowe, via email: ****.
**MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***. is committed to programs of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and the principles of affirmative action.
Advertised:
14 Apr 2023
Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close:

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