Open Rank Faculty in Critical Media Studies – Transnational Media Formations

The School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication (ATEC) at the University of Texas Dallas invites applications for open rank tenure stream faculty members in critical media studies. Applicants’ research and teaching interests should emphasize intersectionality and emerging media, including how social forces produce social injustice and inequality based on gender, race, class, sexuality, ability, and other axes of identity.

ATEC faculty include artists, designers, computer scientists, social scientists, cultural theorists, and reflective practitioners who seek to collaborate on intentional future-making through the creation of new cultural forms, the design of new technological experiences, the production of new knowledge, and the transformation of the culture industries. Students are taught to be conversant across the discourses of art, science, design, engineering, and humanities. They gain foundational knowledge in multiple disciplinary areas of expertise and learn how to engage with different modes of knowledge production, different methods of analysis, and different research and creative practices.

Open until filled. Position begins August, 2017

Full position posting and application details

Position Details:

• welcome the opportunities and challenges of creating a multidisciplinary school that values collegial open-mindedness and supports collaboration across differences
• prepare and teach courses as assigned
• supervise independent research
• serve on thesis and dissertation committees
• expand professional influence in the academic discipline through exhibitions, research, publication, and service
• contribute to university and school communities by participating in committees and other forms of service.
• demonstrate a commitment to teaching excellence, active scholarship, and service within the academic unit, university, and profession.

Position Requirements:

• Terminal degree in a related discipline is required. Doctoral degree in Media Studies, Cultural Studies, English, or other closely related fields is preferred.
• Preference is given to applicants with at least two years’ excellent teaching experience at an institution similar to UT Dallas or extensive professional background in a closely related field.

Application:

1. Cover Letter/Letter of Application
2. Unofficial Transcripts
3. Teaching Philosophy
4. Curriculum Vitae
5. Teaching Evaluations

Optional:

1. Writing Sample
2. Other Document
3. Official Transcripts
4. Relevant URL
5. Veteran Employment Preference – Form DD-214
6. Research Statement

This search aims to help create a diverse faculty body and seeks applicants who contribute to equal opportunity at UT Dallas. We particularly welcome candidates who place race and ethnicity, diasporic concerns, underrepresented populations, or social inequalities at the center of their research and teaching interests, as well as faculty who might bring to their research diverse perspectives that stem in part from their non-traditional educational backgrounds or from their personal experiences as members of groups historically underrepresented in higher education.