Assistant Teaching Professor, Immersive Media and Games

Assistant Teaching Professor, Immersive Media and Games

Special Information

• This position is an on‑site position which requires the incumbent to complete their work primarily at an NAU site, campus, or facility with or without accommodation. Opportunities for remote work are rare.

The School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems (SICCS) is known for its student‑centered approach and strong emphasis on hands‑on learning and research. We offer a variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees, offered by approximately 60 faculty in the school, with roughly 1,200 undergraduate and 500 graduate students. The department fosters close faculty‑student interaction, with a focus on mentoring and collaborative research, partnering with local and national organizations to apply engineering solutions to real‑world problems, especially those relevant to Arizona and the Southwest.

The Immersive Media and Games program offered by the School of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems at the Steve Sanghi College of Engineering (SCE) in Northern Arizona University invites applications for a career track (non‑tenure track) position at the rank of Assistant Teaching Professor. The successful candidate will have a strong background in game development teaching and prior experience in university teaching.

The program is especially interested in applicants whose technical expertise is in human‑computer interaction, game user research, games and AI, and game‑based learning. Prior industry experience and shipping game products would be a plus. The anticipated start date for this position is the beginning of the Fall 2026 semester.

• Teach 24 credit hours of Immersive Media and Games (IMG) courses, or laboratory equivalent, during the academic year.
• Develop undergraduate courses to support existing and new degree programs within the program.
• Increase recruitment and retention in Immersive Media and Games.
• Perform service for the department, college, university, and profession.
• Maintain office hours and direct interaction with students.
• Remain current in their discipline, updating course content as appropriate.
• Work with the IMG Program faculty to develop and implement processes and tools for assessment of teaching and student learning outcomes, incorporating appropriate methodologies and technology.
• Mentor the Game Design student club.
• Work with the Schools of Art and Visual Communication so IMG students have the right courses and curriculum offered by their programs.
• Work with industry partners in identifying projects for the Capstone course, internships for the students.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Completion of a PhD in Computer Science, Human‑Computer Interaction, Informatics, Data Science, AI, or a closely related field, awarded by August 18th, 2026.
• A minimum of two years of college‑level teaching experience, which could also have been during the doctoral degree.

* A combination of related education, experience, and training may be used as an equivalent to the above Minimum Qualifications.

• 3‑5 years of teaching experience in undergraduate game design courses, ideally in an ABET‑accredited program.
• Experience developing and teaching experimental laboratory courses.
• Experience developing Capstone projects.
• Experience with mentoring student teams to compete in game design challenges, hackathons, game jams, and other competitions.
• Prior industry experience in game development, immersive technology.
• Experience of involvement in curriculum development, student advising, and ABET accreditation processes.
• Demonstrated evidence of engagement with external sponsors to support student projects.

• Knowledge of the needs related to public education.
• Knowledge of learning management systems.
• Knowledge of instructional design, effective pedagogy, team teaching, and innovative learning methodologies.
• Knowledge of best practices in teaching and learning in traditional and hybrid classroom environments.
• Being able to demonstrate the connections between prototyping, design, and development of…