Folks, An interesting tenure track position in Electronic Media and Culture and a great looking call for panelists for next year's American Studies Association annual convention. david silver http://faculty.washington.edu/dsilver *** WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY College of Liberal Arts: Electronic Media and Culture NOTICE OF VACANCY Position: The Department invites applications for a tenure track position as Assistant Professor in an appropriate department, with primary teaching in the Electronic Media and Culture program on the Vancouver branch campus located in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, beginning August 2002. The successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate classes with a 2-2 (with an academic year consisting of two semesters) teaching load, pursue an active research agenda, and engage in service activities for the department, university, and community. We seek a qualified candidate to teach in the interdisciplinary B.A. program in Electronic Media and Culture, a liberal arts-based curriculum exploring relationships between technology and meaning-making both in contemporary and historical contexts. Washington State University is a multi-campus comprehensive land grant institution with a commitment to undergraduate and graduate instruction, research and extension. The Vancouver campus (est. 1989) offers upper division undergraduate and graduate instruction for the southwest area of the state. It is a rapidly growing campus, with a current enrollment of 1,600 expected to grow to 6,000 in the coming years. Qualifications: ABD or terminal degree in appropriate field required. Discipline open, with special consideration given to candidates with proven national research profile in digital technology as social practice and teaching experience in higher education. Concentrations might include information architecture, media studies, artificial intelligence, hypermedia learning and/or digital research, among other fields. Rank and Salary: The appointment is at the Assistant Professor rank, in an appropriate department. The salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience. Applications: Candidates must provide TWO copies of each of the following: letter of application summarizing qualifications, current curriculum vitae (with the names of three references), graduate transcripts, teaching evaluations (if available). Send application materials to: Beth Montee Electronic Media and Culture Search Committee Washington State University at Vancouver 14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue Vancouver, WA 98686-9600 Closing Date: Deadline for submission of applications is March 1, 2002. Washington State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action educator and employer. Members of ethnic minorities, women, Vietnam or disabled veterans, persons with disabilities, and people over the age of 40 are encouraged to apply. *** A panel proposed for the American Studies Association annual convention, Houston, TX, November 14-17, 2002 The language associated with new media and connected cultural and economic forces derives almost exclusively from English (the "World Wide Web" is a most obvious example). This panel seeks to explore the cultural contexts surrounding the global dissemination of the language of new media. What associations are implicit in the terms concerning information technologies? How does the terminology circumscribe the use of new media technologies? What are the cultural, political, social and economic ramifications of the spread of this language within and beyond U.S. borders? Please send 500-word abstracts and brief c.v. by January 12, 2002 to Jillana Enteen at jillana@rcnchicago.com Jillana Enteen