Visiting Lecturer in Computational Media

Overview

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nations top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

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2. We strive for excellence.
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Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

About the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Institute of Technology

The School of Literature, Media, and Communication is a multi-disciplinary program. It offers degrees in Literature, Media, and Communication, and in Computational Media, M.S. degrees in Digital Media, Human-Computer Interaction, and Global Media and Cultures, as well as a Ph.D. in Digital Media. Film and media courses are taught across these and adjourning programs and attract a wide range of students.

The Bachelor of Science in Computational Media is a collaborative effort by the College of Computing, the School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC), and the School of Music. The program offers a thorough education in all aspects of the computer as a medium: the technical, the historical-critical, and the applied. Program graduates will have both significant hands-on and theoretical knowledge of computing and an understanding of visual design and the history of media. Graduates will be uniquely positioned to plan, create, and critique new digital media forms for entertainment, education, and business communication. See also: https://catalog.gatech.edu/programs/computational-media-bs/

Atlanta, GA

The School of Literature, Media, and Communication (https://www.lmc.gatech.edu) of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia) seeks to fill a non-tenure track Visiting Lecturer position in Digital Design and Production to teach core courses in our undergraduate BS in Computational Media degree program. We seek an enthusiastic teacher who enjoys working with undergraduates and preparing them for careers in digital media fields, particularly UI/UX as well as digital arts and expression.

• Teach undergraduate courses in one or more of the following subject areas: 2D and 3D visual design, information design, interaction design, web design. (LMC 27xx and LMC 37xx in our curriculum)
• Organize and coordinate content and pedagogical strategies across the sequence of these courses within the undergraduate curriculum.
• Mentor Ph.D. students, who also teach sections of these courses, with possibilities for additional compensated duties related to TA support in the summer term(s)
• Participate in administrative meetings relevant to the Computational Media program.

Graduate degree in appropriate field is required.

The ideal candidate will have experience teaching and/or working in one or more of the following areas: 2D and 3D visual design with an emphasis on digital media, information design, and interaction design. Interest or background in the role that generative AI can play in these areas is desired. The candidate will play a mentoring role for Ph.D. students who are also teaching courses in the curriculum. In these roles, the ability to teach and mentor a distinct student body is essential. Teaching load is 3 courses in the fall and spring semesters. Masters degree in appropriate field required; terminal degree (MFA or Ph.D.) preferred.

Applicants should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae or resume, a description of teaching interests and experience as well as their advising/mentoring philosophy, and the names and contact information for at least three references.

Applications will be considered beginning May 19, 2025 and continue until the position is filled.

For additional information about this appointment, please contact Kenya Devalia; kenya.devalia@lmc.gatech.edu

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

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This is a one-year appointment for the Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 terms.

The candidate of choice will be required to pass a pre-employment background screening. http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening.