Tenured Associate Professor: User Experience Design

2 weeks ago

Brantford, Canada Wilfrid Laurier University Full time

**Date**:Nov 13, 2023

**Location**: Brantford, CA

**Company**:Wilfrid Laurier University

**Faculty/Academic Area**: Faculty of Liberal Arts

**Department**: User Experience Design

**Campus**: Brantford

**Employee Group**: WLUFA

**Requisition ID**:7056

**WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY**

**FACULTY OF LIBERAL ARTS**

**USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN PROGRAM**

Wilfrid Laurier University (Laurier) is a multi-campus university renowned for its extraordinary learning environment and highly personalized educational experience. As a comprehensive university with more than 19,000 students, Laurier has grown rapidly in research intensity while at the same time preserving our well-earned reputation for excellent undergraduate teaching and learning. With a multi-campus and multi-community culture, Laurier offers students an exceptional range of more than 100 academic programs. As a leader in higher education for more than a century, Laurier has offered students a transformative experience, an ethos that is offered in Laurier’s intention to inspire lives of leadership and purpose.

Laurier’s campuses and locations are on the Haldimand Tract, within the traditional territories of the Neutral, Anishnaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples. A short 2.5-hour drive of 18 First Nations communities, including the Six Nations of the Grand River— the most populous First Nation in Canada — and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. Kitchener-Waterloo and Brantford both have large urban Indigenous populations. There are 12 Métis councils within a 3-hour radius. We recognize the unique heritages of Indigenous peoples and support their right to preserve and express their distinctive Indigenous cultures, histories, and knowledge through academic programming, research, and co-curricular activities. Laurier honours Indigenous knowledge through diverse ongoing initiatives, programs, funding events, and positions, including the university’s Indigenous Student Centres, its Centre for Indigegogy, the Indigenous Knowledge Fund, Indigenous Education Week and the annual Indigenous Research Symposium. Laurier welcomes a regular stream of Visiting Elders and has an Indigenous Curriculum Specialist, not to mention a growing number of Indigenous faculty, students, and staff.

The Brantford Campus is interwoven into Brantford’s downtown core with more than 3000 undergraduate and graduate students, over 80 full-time faculty, and 18 different programs across four different faculties. Laurier’s Brantford campus is home to numerous research centres such as the Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa. The City of Brantford is approximately a one-hour drive along the QEW and Hwy. 403 from Toronto and the Niagara region and boasts a healthy arts and culture scene, world-class trails system for walking and biking, and a strong slate of festivals and events.

**Faculty/Department/Program Description**:
**The Faculty of Liberal Arts, located at the Brantford campus, offers a wide range of programs, from traditional arts disciplines such as English and History to innovative and cutting-edge fields of study such as User Experience Design. In all the programs students get both knowledge and know-how; all programs offer experiential learning opportunities. Through several unique partnerships with Conestoga College and the University of Sussex, students have opportunities to include postgraduate certificates or an additional degree. The Master of Arts program in Social Justice and Community Engagement offered by the Faculty is unique in Canada. **The Faculty currently has nearly 850 students and 33 full-time faculty, as well as many part-time instructors.**:
**The User Experience Design Program was launched in 2017 and is one of the fastest-growing and innovative degree programs in Canada. Students in the UX major take courses in UX Research, UX Strategy, Interaction Design, Design Thinking, UI and Web Design, 3-D and Critical Making, Design Ethics, Designing for EDI, Graphic Design, Information Architecture, and Immersive Design. Students work on projects throughout their degree program with partners from industry, community and non-profit organizations, and may participate in a 12-month co-op after their third year. Faculty research in the program has been funded by NSERC, SSHR, ORF, MITACS, and others.**:
**Position Summary**

Applicants should submit:

- a cover letter outlining qualifications for the position and fit with User Experience Design at Laurier,
- a curriculum vitae,
- a teaching dossier including, statement of teaching philosophy and pedagogical approach, sample syllabi and course materials, teaching evaluations or evidence of teaching excellence,
- a research statement outlining current and future research interests and one recent publication,

Application packages should be submitted electronically to:
Dr. Abby Goodrum,

Program Coordinator, User Experience Design

Wilfrid Laurier University

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