Position Information

**Proposed Faculty Rank** Associate Professor or Full Professor

**Department** 01508 - Games

**City** Salt Lake City, UT

**Track** Tenure Track

**New Position to Begin** 7/1/2026

**Details**
The Division of Games at the University of Utah invites applications for a tenure-track Associate or Full Professor in Games to begin in Fall 2026. We seek a scholar whose primary area of expertise is Human-Centered Computing ( HCC ) in Games: the design, application, and study of computational systems and methods that place player experience, interaction, and engagement at the center of game technologies. Candidates should demonstrate strength in advancing technical frameworks, methods, or tools that significantly enhance how players interact with, experience, and/or create games.

Relevant subareas include, but are not limited to: player modeling and behavior prediction in games, adaptive and personalized game i...