Assistant Professor of Practice - Emerging Media Arts: Designing Experiences
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Marketing & Communications, Design
Posted on Dec 13, 2025
| Working Title | Assistant Professor of Practice - Emerging Media Arts: Designing Experiences |
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| Department | Johnny Carson School-Theatre & Film-1033 |
| Requisition Number | F_250089 |
| Posting Open Date | 12/12/2025 |
| Application Review Date: (To ensure consideration, please submit all application materials before review date) | 03/02/2026 |
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| Open Until Filled | Yes |
| Description of Work | Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln invites applications for an Assistant Professor of Practice – Emerging Media Arts: Designing Experiences. We seek a designer, or creative technologist professional whose practice explores human experience across emerging media systems — from spatial experience and interactive design to spatial computing and sensory design. The ideal candidate creates work that merges concept, form, and technology to produce meaningful, participatory, or embodied experiences — whether through games, sound, light, movement, or data-driven interaction. The Designing Experiences faculty encompasses teaching and professional practice that engage sensory design, interactivity, and emergent systems. We are interested in candidates whose work examines how media and technology shape perception, presence, play and participation. Possible areas of expertise include (but are not limited to):
The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts is an interdisciplinary center and creative research facility within the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, established with a $57M investment from the Johnny Carson Foundation. Research areas include filmmaking, interactive and immersive storytelling, experience and generative design, XR, machine learning, sonic and data arts, virtual production, and innovation and entrepreneurship. The Carson Center brings together world-class faculty and students to reimagine the future of media through inclusive, imaginative storytelling that addresses human-scale challenges, provokes, and inspires. As the Center expands its international reach and collaborations, this is a unique opportunity to shape its growing mission. Nebraska offers an attractive compensation and benefits package, commensurate with the successful candidate’s background and experience. Faculty status with opportunities for promotion in rank and sabbatical opportunities for continued learning and professional development are additional key benefits. This position comes with resources to support innovative teaching and creative practice. Key Responsibilities
The University of Nebraska does not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, and/or political affiliation in its programs, activities, or employment. See https://equity.unl.edu/notice-nondiscrimination/. |
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| Work Location (City, State) | Lincoln, NE |
| Pre-Placement Driving Record Review Required | |
| Criminal History Background Check Required | No |
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| How to Apply | Click “Apply for this Job,” complete the faculty information form, and submit the following documents:
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| For questions or accommodations related to this position contact | Shelby Foged shelby.foged@unl.edu |
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| Job Category (old) | Faculty Non-Tenure Leading |
| Job Type | 9 Month |
| Position funded by grant or other form of temporary funding? | No |
| If Temporary, indicate end date | |
| Planned Hire Date | 08/17/2026 |
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| Organizational Location | Default Location |
