Kinetic Imaging: Teaching and Research Faculty

7 days ago


Doha, Qatar Virginia Commonwealth University Full time

**Kinetic Imaging: Teaching and Research Faculty**
Virginia Commonwealth University
School of the Arts in Qatar

Position: Teaching & Research Faculty
Tenure: Ineligible
Rank: Open

**Salary**: Commensurate with experience and training. Generous international benefits available.
Promotion: Eligible for promotion in academic rank
Department/Program: Kinetic Imaging with a Concentration in Interaction and Game Design
Location: Doha, Qatar
Position Begins: August 10, 2025

This full-time, 9-month position is Open Rank, is non-tenure-eligible (term), and begins August 10, 2025

**The Opportunity**:
The curriculum for this program is adapted from the BFA in Kinetic Imaging degree program offered to students in the School of the Arts at the main campus of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, Virginia. VCUarts Qatar, a branch campus located in Doha, extends this program to its students, with an additional concentration in interaction and game design. Faculty are expected to collaborate with five other undergraduate art and design majors and the MFA graduate program at VCUarts Qatar. The role also encompasses collaborative endeavors with the Qatar Foundation Education City Partner Universities, in line with the “Multiversity” institutional initiative.

There are generous benefits associated with this faculty appointment:

- Competitive international salary
- Tax protection for U.S. Taxpayers
- 30% Off-shore supplement
- Medical Insurance (100% employer funded premium and employer cost shared options available)
- Fully furnished villa or apartment including wireless internet
- Annual travel allowance to home of record (to include a spouse and dependents relocated to Qatar)
- Monthly transportation allowance
- Educational reimbursement for up to 4 dependent children enrolled in an accredited K-12 program
- International Professional Development and Research Opportunities

**Major Responsibilities**
- Support the development of the newly introduced program;
- Contribute to creating a dynamic, exploratory, interdisciplinary studio-based environment for new media arts practices;
- Promote excellence in teaching, research, and community engagement;
- Contribute to teaching in academic units outside of Kinetic Imaging, as assigned, including Art Foundation, BFA, and the MFA programs;
- Contribute to new knowledge in the field through research and/or creative work, with impact at the national and/or international level;
- Participate actively in institutional service, including governance committees and special task forces, as well as service to the creative/academic discipline;
- Engage in collaborative relationships across VCUarts Qatar departments and Qatar Foundation partner universities in Education City;
- Support collaborative relationships with the Kinetic Imaging department on the Richmond, VA campus and the VCU School of the Arts at large;
- Other duties as assigned.

**Qualifications**
- MFA, PhD, or equivalent terminal degree in new media arts or related fields, or a combination of professional training, experience, and education that equates to a terminal degree;
- Expertise in one or more disciplinary domains represented in the Kinetic Imaging program;
- Knowledge of the higher educational landscape, research and professional practices in imaging and time-based media
- University-level teaching experience beyond the TA level is preferred;
- A well-established research agenda and a clear potential for dissemination, external funding, and contributing to scholarship or creative practice that enhances and extends current school/department expertise.
- Excellent time management, writing and communication skills;
- Entrepreneurial, innovative, globally oriented;
- Significant experience with digital and emerging technologies relevant to disciplines incorporated into the Kinetic Imaging program;
- Knowledge of critical theory and contemporary discourse in new media arts is required.
- Demonstrated experience and commitment to fostering a culturally diverse work environment necessary to support the VCUarts Qatar’s emphasis on global sensibility and a focus on teaching methods, practices, and theories with a historical relevance to the Gulf region.

**VCUarts Qatar**:
VCUarts Qatar is dedicated to global outreach and education and provides students with an environment for cross-cultural exchange that fosters inquiry, discovery and innovation. Examples of this mission are the two significant international conferences hosted by VCUarts Qatar—the biennial design conference, Tasmeem and the biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art. VCUarts Qatar attracts globally recognized designers, artists and scholars while fostering partnerships within the region, and beyond, that enhance the educational, economic and cultural vitality of Qatar. Having established itself as a center of excellence for education and research, VCUarts Qatar has substantial involvement with the influential art and desig



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