Open Rank Professor of AI and Games In Education

Salary:

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Job Category:Faculty

Employment Type:Regular

Job Profile:Professor

Job Summary:

AI and Games in Education is an emerging, growing sub-discipline
that draws from a wide variety of hard and soft skills which are
relevant and applicable across educational research. A core
commitment of the Design, Informal, and Creative Education (DICE)
program in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at
UW-Madison is that equity, education, making, and play are deeply
interrelated. By enabling more students to express themselves by
playing and making games, we can explore and improve our
understanding of teaching and learning outcomes and engage students
who are both consumers and producers of knowledge.

This position is part of the Wisconsin Research, Innovation and
Scholarly Excellence (RISE) Initiative. Through accelerated and
strategic faculty hiring, research infrastructure enhancement,
interdisciplinary collaboration, and increased student and
educational opportunities, RISE addresses complex societal
challenges of importance to the state, nation and world. Building
on UW–Madison’s strengths, RISE expands the University’s successful
track record of connecting with communities and industry on
collaborative solutions.

Over the next three academic years, UW–Madison will substantially
increase current hiring levels, bringing 150 new RISE faculty to
campus. Candidates hired through RISE will join a community of
scholars working across disciplines, schools and colleges on
research, teaching and outreach endeavors. The community will
engage regularly in venues such as seminar series and colloquia to
share ongoing projects and identify opportunities to work together.
The University will support the community, facilitating access to
research infrastructure, and funding to support broad and rich
collaboration.

Further information regarding RISE can be found at: https://rise.wisc.edu/
.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Continue to build out (teach, administer) our Game Design

programs by collaborating on the creation of new a program,
designing new courses, and teaching existing courses;

• Highlight the growing interdisciplinary work among researchers

in education who focus on games and game-based learning;

• Establish a nationally recognized research program focused on

games and education;

• Successfully secure external funding to support research and

education for graduate students;

• Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in the game design

certificate, digital media, and STEAM programs;

• Advise undergraduate, masters, and doctoral students;
• Participate in shared governance and other committee

activities; and

• Contribute professionally to games and education at the local,

state, and national levels.

• Participate in interdisciplinary and collaborative efforts with

other departments, schools and colleges

Department:

School of Education / Curriculum and Instruction

Compensation:

Minimum: Negotiable

Commensurate with qualifications and experience. This position
offers a comprehensive benefits package, including generous paid
time off, competitively priced health/dental/vision/life insurance,
tax-advantaged savings accounts, and participation in the
nationally recognized Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension
fund.

Required Qualifications:

• Previous higher education teaching and research experience
• Record of scholarly publications and potential for external

funding (demonstrated record of significant external funding for
senior candidates)

• Experience working with underserved populations and on equity

issues

Education:

Earned Doctorate degree in education, games, learning sciences,
design studies, media studies, the social sciences, or related
field to be conferred by the start date of the position.

How to Apply:

Please go to the “” area and select your current UW Employment
Status.

Applications must include the following uploaded documents:

• Letter of application and current Curriculum Vitae (CV) as one

document;

• Two (2) samples of scholarly writing as one document.
• Names and contact information of three (3) professional

references. Letters will be solicited for finalists.

For assured consideration apply by 11:59 p.m. on November 30, 2026.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Note:

• There is one upload area in Workday, but you can upload

multiple documents to your application. Incomplete application
packages that do not include all of the requested documentation
will not be considered.

Contact Information:

Jennie Bauernhuber

Administrative Specialist

jbauernhuber@wisc.edu

Lisa Sigurslid

Department Administrator

lsigurslid@wisc.edu

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for
UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect
the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience,
status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We
commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching,
research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked
goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by
creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every
background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve
Wisconsin and the world.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity
Employer.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, pregnancy,
disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as
defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote
excellence by acknowledging skills and expertise from all
backgrounds and encourage all qualified individuals to apply. For
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the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis.
Stat. sec. 19.36(7).

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