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Greetings everyone,
Below is a just announced posting for a Professor and Canada Research Chair
in Design Studies position at the University of Alberta, Canada.
Please feel free to pass this on to any interested candidates or anyone else
that you think may be interested in the position.
Best, Aidan
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Aidan Rowe
Assistant Professor in Visual Communication Design / Interactive New Media
University of Alberta
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Professor and Canada Research Chair in Design Studies
The Department of Art and Design at the University of Alberta is seeking to
nominate a Senior (Tier I) Canada Research Chair in Design Studies. We
welcome applications from exceptional scholars with a strong record of
teaching and collaborative research in the field of design theory and
practice. A PhD in Design or a related field is preferred. Current members
of the Department of Art and Design take an integrative and
interdisciplinary approach to design studies, practice and research, and
focus on issues of social and environmental health and wellbeing. The
appointment will commence 1 July 2010, at the level of either senior
Associate or Full Professor, with tenure.
The Canada Research Chairs Program was established by the Canadian
Government to foster world-class research excellence. As stated in the
programıs Terms of Reference (see www.chairs.gc.ca/), ³Tier I Chairs,
tenable for seven years and renewable, are for outstanding researchers
acknowledged by their peers as world leaders in their fields,² with an
excellent record of teaching and graduate supervision. The candidateıs
proposed research program should ideally conform to the Universityıs vision
and ³cornerstones² outlined in the recently-adopted statement entitled ³Dare
to Discover² (www.president.ualberta.ca/daretodiscover.cfm). The candidate
nominated by the Department will be subject to review by the CRC
Secretariat. The successful applicant will be expected to teach at all
levels of the curriculum, from first-year to graduate level courses, and to
take on graduate supervision as well as other supervisory and administrative
committee work.
Candidates should send the Chair a letter of application outlining the
proposed program of research, a complete curriculum vitae (with full contact
information, including phone numbers and e-mail address), a sample
publication (20-page maximum), a portfolio of up to 20 examples in
electronic format of recent design work (if applicable), the names of at
least three referees, and a teaching dossier with evaluations of teaching
performance. Finalists will be asked to send letters of reference and
transcripts directly to the Department. The closing date for applications is
1 April 2009. All application materials should be sent directly to:
M. Elizabeth (Betsy) Boone, Chair
Department of Art and Design
3-98 Fine Arts Building, University of Alberta
Edmonton AB T6G 2C9 Canada
For further information about the position, or the Department, please
contact the Chair by email at [log in to unmask]
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With more than 36,000 students and 12,000 staff, the University of Alberta
(www.ualberta.ca) grants almost 7,500 degrees annually to graduates of 200
undergraduate and 170 graduate programs. A research-intensive,
medical-doctoral, multi-campus institution, the University of Alberta offers
a full range of academic and professional programs. The Faculty of Arts
(www.arts.ualberta.ca) is its largest Faculty with 340 faculty members in 15
departments in Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences in addition to the
Office of Interdisciplinary Studies. The Faculty of Arts has approximately
6000 undergraduate and 900 graduate students. The Faculty provides a variety
of opportunities for research funding, including the newly established $1.5
million Killam Research Fund which supports research, scholarship, and
creative activities in the fine arts, humanities, and social sciences. The
Faculty also hosts interdisciplinary units such as the China Institute, the
Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies, the Institute for
United States Policy Studies, and the Prince Takamado Japan Centre for
Teaching and Research.
The Department of Art and Design is a vibrant and collegial unit with a
superlative record for teaching, research, and service. The Department
offers degree programs at the undergraduate (BA, BDes and BFA) and graduate
levels (MA, MDes, MFA and PhD) in Fine Arts, Design Studies (Industrial
Design and Visual Communication Design), and the History of Art, Design and
Visual Culture. It also encompasses the FAB Gallery, a Canada Research Chair
in Fine Arts, and a university centre of research excellence in printmaking.
For more information on the department, please consult the departmental
website at www.ualberta.ca/ARTDESIGN. Greater Edmonton (www.edmonton.ca),
with nearly one million residents in the city and surrounding communities,
is a beautiful city straddling a spectacular river valley park system. It is
the capital of Alberta, with the lowest provincial tax regime in the
country, and has led the nation in economic growth in the past five years.
Edmonton is known as Canadaıs Festival City, with more than thirty major
annual festivals celebrating its rich cultural diversity and community
spirit. It has all the attractions of a big city, yet it is clean, safe, and
livable, with excellent schools and health care. Edmonton is located only a
few hours drive from Banff and Jasper National Parks, which offer skiing in
winter and excellent hiking and sightseeing in summer.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply for this position; however,
Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. The University of
Alberta hires on the basis of merit. We are committed to the principle of
equity in employment. We welcome diversity and encourage applications from
all qualified women and men, including persons with disabilities, members of
visible minorities, and Aboriginal persons.
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