UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
The Department of Film
and Media Studies at the University of California, Irvine, announces a
tenure-track opening for a beginning Assistant Professor in New
Media with specialization in the history and critical theory of
new media technologies (such as digital imaging, internet, web, and
virtual reality), beginning July 1, 2004.
Qualifications: Applicants preferably will have expertise
in one or more of the following areas: the relation between new media
and visuality (cinematic, televisual, photographic), sexuality, and
race. The new media specialist will be responsible for teaching
undergraduate core courses on New Technologies and Visuality, Media
Theory, and for developing other courses at the undergraduate and
graduate levels, which would expand the program's current coverage of
film and televisual media to include the technological
reconfigurations of production, distribution, and reception of
mediated images and new interfaces. The new media specialist
should have research and teaching emphases and training in histories
of technology (optical, telephonic, electronic) and theories of
technology and new media; and a Ph.D. in an appropriate area.
Applications: Statement of current research, writing or
publication sample, teaching interests, curriculum vitae, two sample
course syllabi, and three letters of reference.
Send materials to:
University of California, Irvine
Professor Akira Lippit
Chair, Search Committee
Department of Film and Media Studies 235 HIB
Irvine, CA 92697-2435
SEARCH COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Victoria Johnson, Felicidad Lim, Akira
Lippit, Mark Poster, Fatimah Tobing Rony, John Carlos Rowe
Film and Media Studies is an undergraduate major in the School of
Humanities. The position includes participation in our Ph.D. Program
in Visual Studies administered jointly by Film and Media Studies and
Art History. Applicants are encouraged to consult our web
sites http://www.humanities.uci.edu/filmstudies
and <http://www.humanities.uci.edu/visualstudies/> for a
full description of our Department and Program mission.
Further inquiries may be addressed to Professor Lippit by e-mail at
<alippit@uci.edu>.
Proof of US citizenship or eligibility for US employment will be
required prior to employment (Immigration Reform Act of
1986).
APPLICATION DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 15, 2003
The University of California, Irvine, has an active career partner
program, is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence
through diversity, and has a National Science Foundation Advance
Gender Equity Program.
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Department Manager, Management Services Officer
Department of Film and Media Studies
235 Humanities Instructional Building
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, Ca 92697-2435
(949) 824-8596 phone
(949) 824-2464 fax
e-mail: vduncan@uci.edu