POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
Visiting Assistant Professor (Digital
Arts Production)
Department of Cinema and Photography
Position/Type: Visiting Assistant Professor
in Digital Arts Production; non-continuing Term
Date of Appointment: August 16, 2008
Qualifications: MFA or Ph.D. with expertise in new media and
ability to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in digital arts production.
Candidate must be able to teach Video Art, Web Design, and MFA Studio Arts
Critique. Candidate must be able to address questions of new media theory,
aesthetics, craft, and technologies. Teaching experience at undergraduate
and graduate levels preferred. Preference will be given to applicants who can
contribute to a curriculum that addresses questions of aesthetic, historical and
ideological implications of digital media production, and who can contribute to
a climate that values and uses diversity in all its forms to enliven and make
more inclusive the Departmental mission classes include.
Duties: Teach six digital arts production classes and other duties
as assigned by the Chair during academic year 2008-2009.
The Department: The Department of Cinema and Photography offers courses
in the history, theory, criticism, and production of cinema, photography, and
related media. Our educational orientation embodies a holistic understanding of
media based in the fine arts and humanities. We are committed to graduating
critical, original, and socially responsible artists and scholars who, as global
citizens, can imagine and produce alternatives in media theory and practice. The
Department has 13 full-time faculty with approximately 350 undergraduate majors
and participates in the Masters, MFA, and Doctoral programs housed at the
College level. Additional information can be found at <http://cp.siu.edu.>
The College: The College of Mass Communication and Media Arts has
three academic units, the Departments of Cinema & Photography and
Radio-Television and the School of Journalism, as well as WSIU Public
Broadcasting which houses the University's public radio and television stations.
The College enrolls approximately 1,000 undergraduate and 150 graduate students.
The University: Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a
Carnegie Research University with an enrollment of over 21,000 students.
Carbondale, a university-centered community of 25,000 residents, is located 100
miles southeast of St. Louis, MO, on the edge of the Shawnee National Forest,
famous for its rugged hilly terrain and natural beauty.
Application Deadline: July 1, 2008, or until filled.
Application Procedure: Please send a letter of application, cv, and
three letters of reference to:
Deborah Tudor, Ph.D.
Chair
Department of Cinema and Photography
Mail Code 6610
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
1101 Lincoln Drive
Carbondale II 62901
SIUC is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer that strives to
enhance its
ability to develop a diverse, faculty and staff and to increase its potential to
serve a
diverse student population. All applications are welcomed and encouraged and
will receive consideration.