Associate Professor or Full Professor in Teams, Processes and Collaboration in Games

Overview

The Division of Games at the University of Utah invites applications for a tenure-track Associate or Full Professor in Games to begin in Fall 2026. We seek a scholar whose primary area of expertise is Teams, Processes, and Collaboration in Games: the study of how individuals, groups, and organizations create, coordinate, and innovate within game development, game play and game-based environments.

Candidates should demonstrate strength in advancing theories, models, methods, or tools that deepen our understanding of how people work together to design, create, and/or engage with complex game systems. Relevant subareas include, but are not limited to team cognition and collaborative creativity in game development, human-computer interaction and human-centered computing for creative teams, organizational behavior and production processes in games and interactive media, learning sciences and creative collaboration in technical and design education, computational social science and data-driven modeling of team dynamics, human factors, human-AI teaming, and socio-technical systems in creative practice.

We especially welcome applicants who connect these areas to broader domains of games research and practice, and who are eager to lead collaborations across disciplines and funding agencies.

Hires will be part of the PRESS PLAY Initiative, a significant, multi-year commitment for faculty growth in the Division of Games that seeks to build the division into a world-leader in both games research and teaching. The successful candidate will join a collegial and supportive community dedicated to advancing both research and pedagogy in games and to defining the division's research enterprise.

They will share our vision of the power that games hold to transform players, groups, and society.

• Applicants should hold a terminal degree in a relevant field (e.g., Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Centered Computing, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Learning Sciences, Communication, or related disciplines) by the time of appointment.

• Develop and sustain a robust program of research supported by external funding.
• Produce high-quality scholarship and foster interdisciplinary collaborations.
• Contribute to university and professional service; demonstrate leadership in teaching and mentoring students at all levels.
• Engage in collaboration within the Division of Games and across disciplines and funding agencies.

• Associate Professor: distinguished record of high-impact publications, strong externally funded research, leadership in collaborative research, and excellence in teaching and mentoring.
• Full Professor: internationally recognized scholarly achievement, sustained major external funding, demonstrated leadership at scale, and significant impact on the field.

The Division of Games at the University of Utah is a leading academic program in games, with a history of excellence in technical, artistic, design, and analytic domains. It is part of the College of Architecture and Planning and is expanding through the PRESS PLAY Initiative to enhance research, teaching, and collaboration. The University is a Carnegie R1 institution located in Salt Lake City.

Location:

Salt Lake City, UT

Track:
Tenure Track

Close Date:
Open Until Filled:
Yes

Requisition Number: PRN
01438CF

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The University of Utah is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Veterans’ preference is extended to qualified applicants upon request. Reasonable accommodations in the application process are provided to individuals with disabilities upon request. Information on nondiscrimination and accommodations can be found on the university’s nondiscrimination pages.