Industry Assistant Professor, Integrated Design and Media

Description

The Integrated Design & Media Program in the Department of Technology, Culture, and Society at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering invites applications for a full time, non-tenured, renewable faculty position in Integrated Design & Media, at the level of Industry Assistant Professor, with a start date of September 1, 2026.

 

Practice

 

We are seeking candidates with diverse and hybridized backgrounds (some combination of scholar, artist, designer, or developer) whose work addresses themes of gender, race, labor, accessibility, and other crucial issues of societal context (bias, surveillance, authorship, consent) through emerging media technologies. We are particularly interested in creative practice and research that focuses on equity, civic engagement, and broadening participation in emerging technology through activism, advocacy, design justice, or other strategies.

 

Candidates should be materially working with emerging media technologies and design practices in one or more of the following areas: visual design, web tools, machine learning, extended reality (AR, VR, spatial computing) and 3D. This position will complement and strengthen our commitment to delivering a robust curriculum that is inclusive of diverse and critical perspectives, applications, and sites in digital art and design practice.

 

We strongly encourage candidates whose work engages with or has had a demonstrable impact on diverse communities to apply. 

 

The successful candidate should be an excellent teacher with a strong commitment to student mentorship, prepared to teach undergraduates and Master’s students. Teaching requirements include core courses for the program as well as special topics courses within the candidate’s area of expertise. Candidates can expect a 2/2 teaching load with some additional service. The Integrated Design & Media program offers BS and MS degrees in Integrated Design & Media.

Qualifications

Candidates must have a terminal degree (MFA, PhD preferred) in digital media, media arts, design, or related fields (art, design, engineering).

Application Instructions

Please submit the following materials through the "Apply Now" button. 

• Cover letter

• Current CV

• Teaching statement

• Recent teaching evaluations (if available)

• Names and contact information for three references. Referees will be automatically contacted to upload confidential letters of reference in the Interfolio System.

 

 

We will review applications beginning on January 12, 2026, and will continue until we fill the position. We encourage you to submit early. Should you have any questions, please contact Tega Brain at brain@nyu.edu, and Scott Fitzgerald at scott.fitzgerald@nyu.edu

 

 

About TCS

 

The Department of Technology, Culture, and Society provides instruction and supports research in what we see as core elements of Tandon engineering:  creative, ethical, and sustainable design.  We deliver nationally-recognized undergraduate and graduate degrees in Integrated Design & Media (IDM); and offer best-in-class undergraduate coursework in ethics, sustainability and urban design, and science and technology studies. 

 

About IDM

 

The Integrated Design & Media (IDM) program is a place that fosters creative practice, design research and multidisciplinary experimentation with emerging media technologies. Situated on NYU’s Brooklyn campus and with access to world-class facilities both on campus and in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, IDM nurtures a convergence of expertise through experimental creative practice, technical acumen, and rigorous process. We are committed to fostering diversity in our faculty and students with respect to background, ability, disciplines and impact of work. We utilize technologies to support human values and interdependence, building a field of practice that combines the creative inquiry of an arts practice with the technical rigor of engineering that strives for equity in all domains.

 

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