Job: Open Rank Faculty Position, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences

The program in Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences (GSAS) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences invites applications, nominations, and expressions of interest for an Open Rank faculty position.  The selected candidate will have a tenure home in one of the five departments of the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences: Arts, Cognitive Science, Communication and Media, Economics, or Science and Technology Studies.
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Deadline Extended to Jan 31: ICA Games Studies Division Preconfernece

This deadline has been extended to Jan 31, 2017. The preconference will take place on May 25, 2017 in San Diego, California.
Submissions require an extended abstract (1,000-1,500 words).
Authors are challenged to creatively interpret the call and may submit on topics that are critical of or tangential to the precon theme of gamification.  For example, we are open to submissions that inform how we study gamification in new contexts (e.g., Pokemon Goforawalk) or connect other topics (e.g., quantified selfing) to elements of games in some way.  Theory pieces are welcome.
All submitters will receive 10 xp and a rune-of-awesomeness.
Please see official CFP here.
call for papers

CFP – Routledge Advances in Games Studies -The Playful Undead and Video Games: Critical Analyses of Zombies and Gameplay.

The Playful Undead and Video Games: Critical Analyses of Zombies and Gameplay. Routledge Advances in Game Studies

The Playful Undead and Video Games

Critical Analyses of Zombies and Gameplay - abstract due date 31/Jan/2017

please see link below for further details

https://www.academia.edu/30084636/Call_for_chapters_-_The_Playful_Undead…

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Job: Open Rank Faculty in Game Production at The University of Texas at Dallas

Open Rank Faculty in Game Production
The School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication
The University of Texas at Dallas

The School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication (ATEC) at the University of Texas Dallas invites applications for open rank tenure stream faculty members in game production. Applicants’ research and teaching interests may include but are not limited to digital game design and development, serious games, educational games, virtual reality, augmented reality, scripting and programming, technology development, virtual environment design, level design, and experimental game design.

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Job: Instructional Technology Assistant/Associate Professor Non-Tenure Track at Kent State University

We are pleased to announce a call for a non-tenure track professor of instructional technology at Kent State University. Review of applications will begin as soon as possible and continue until the position is filled.

The call is listed below; you may also see the call online at: https://jobs.kent.edu/postings/11782
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CFP: 48th ISAGA Conference on Simulation Games for Sustainable Cities and Smart Infrastructures

Submission is OPEN, closing on February 28, 2017

Delft, The Netherlands, close to The Hague, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam

July 10 – July 14, 2017

in cooperation with Saganet – Simulation and Gaming Association The Netherlands

Call for Papers [PDF] http://isaga2017.com/index.php/conference/call-for-papers

For updates and further information visit www.isaga2017.com
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