Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Video Game Studies, University of Texas at Arlington

The University of Texas at Arlington is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Video Game Studies. All I’ll add to the ad is that UTA’s library provides some excellent resources for teaching and researching games: https://libraries.uta.edu/services/technology/the-basement.

The posting: https://uta.peopleadmin.com/postings/30066

The College of Liberal Arts (CoLA), at the University of Texas at Arlington, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the broad area of video/digital game studies beginning in Fall 2025. Candidates must have a terminal degree in a field housed in a department in the College of Liberal Arts (see department listing below). This is an interdisciplinary search aimed towards building the college’s research and teaching in video game research and/or practice. The ideal candidate will add to existing strengths in digital liberal arts and video game studies. Areas of research and teaching may include, but are not limited to:

  • User Experience (UX) Research
  • Representations (race, class, gender, sexuality, disability, etc.)
  • Qualitative research on gamers or game companies
  • Esports
  • Political Economy
  • Design
  • Ludomusicology
  • Digital Storytelling
  • Platform Studies
  • Cultural Studies
  • Popular Culture
  • Science and Technology Studies

The College of Liberal Arts consists of 12 departments:

  • Art and Art History
  • Communication
  • Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • English
  • History and Geography
  • Linguistics and TESOL
  • Modern Languages
  • Music
  • Philosophy and Humanities
  • Political Science
  • Sociology and Anthropology
  • Theatre Arts and Dance

To apply, applicants should go to https://uta.peopleadmin.com/postings/30066 and submit the following materials:

  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Cover Letter
  • Unofficial Transcripts (required only for candidates for whom their degree is not in the same discipline as the one in which they will teach).
  • Contact information for 3 references
  • Writing Sample


Review of applications will begin November 10, 2024, and will continue until the position is filled.

Questions may be addressed to David Arditi at darditi@uta.edu.

For more information about UTA, please visit: http://www.uta.edu/uta.

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Doug Stark | he/him | 413

Assistant Professor, English 

University of Texas at Arlington

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