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The Department of Digital Technology & Culture at Washington State University invites applications for an upper-level Assistant or Associate Professor of Digital Technology and Culture on the Vancouver campus located in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, beginning August2006. The successful candidate will be expected to direct theinterdisciplinary program in Digital Technology and Culture, teach undergraduate and graduate classes with a 2-2 teaching load, pursue an active research agenda, and engage in service activities/administrative activities for the department, university, and community. We seek someone to teach in the interdisciplinary B.A. degree program in Digital Technology and Culture, (currently administered by the Department of English) a liberal arts-based curriculum exploring relationships between technology and meaning-making both in historical and contemporary contexts. 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. A focus on and concern for diversity is highly desired. Concentrations might include informatics, media studies, digital diversity, artificial intelligence, among other fields. A demonstrated potential for excellence in both teaching and research isrequired. The appointment is at the upper-level Assistant or Associate Professor rank. The salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience. Deadline for submission of applications will be December 15, 2005.

Candidates must provide TWO copies of each of the following: letter of application summarizing qualifications, current curriculum vitae, three letters of reference, graduate transcripts, and teaching evaluations (if available). Send application materials to:

Linda Weidmann, Clerical Manager
Digital Technology and Culture Search Committee
Washington State University Vancouver
14204 NE Salmon Creek Avenue
Vancouver, WA 98686-9600

The Department of Writing at Ithaca College announces a search for a full-time, tenure-eligible position in creative writing (fiction) beginning August 16, 2006. Qualifications: MFA or Ph.D. in creative writing, or equivalent degree by June 2006; a documented publishing record in fiction; and college-level experience teaching fiction and first-year composition. Ability to teach in one or more of the following areas required: advanced composition, creative nonfiction, electronic or experimental fiction, gender-based writing, introductory creative writing, personal narrative, poetics, or writing from cultural experience. Offering one of the nation’s few comprehensive bachelor’s degrees in writing, we encourage our 170 majors to question and transcend the boundaries of genres, even as we provide important service courses to the college. As we continue to enrich our curriculum, we seek a colleague who will help us prepare students to write for and contribute to a global society. To learn more about our department, faculty, and curriculum, visit: http://departments.ithaca.edu/writing. Interested individuals should apply online at icjobs.org and attach a cover letter and a vita.

The John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University invites applications for two residential postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities, each awarded for the one-year period beginning July 1, 2006 and ending June 30, 2007, and each offering a stipend of $40,000 plus full fringe benefits and access to a modest pool of research funds.

Of particular interest to Electronic Literature Organization members is the fellowship awarded in the Franklin Humanities Institute Franklin Seminar on “Interface.” This yearlong postdoctoral fellowship is funded by the Franklin Humanities Institute in collaboration with a national consortium called HASTAC (the Humanities Arts Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory). The fellowship is designed to support work on a scholarly research project, software design project, work of interactive digital art, or game-based learning project that address themes explored in the seminar. The post-doctoral fellow will attend the regular weekly meetings of the seminar, and either teach one class of her/his design in Duke University’s Information Studies & Information Sciences (ISIS) Program or undertake a “course equivalent” project, which may include participating in a collaborative project with students and faculty, and which will require the same amount of work as would a conventional teaching experience.

For full details, see the 2006-2007 Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowships page at the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University.

The UC Santa Barbara English Department invites applications for the Arnhold Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship. This fellowship has a term of one year, but may be renewable for a second year. The fellowship offers recent recipients of the Ph.D. (awarded between January 1, 2003, and June 30, 2006) a unique opportunity to develop their research and teaching interests within the UCSB Early Modern Center; the UCSB Transcriptions Center for literature and the culture of information; and the UC system-wide Transliteracies Project on the technological, social, and cultural practices of online reading.

The fellowship is designed to attract a scholar who is not currently in a tenure track position and who works in some area of British literature 1500-1800 and directly addresses the material, technological, social, or aesthetic dimensions of literature as media. The Fellow’s research, for instance, might be related to such current fields as “history of the book,” “media archaeology”, or the technology of literature. We welcome candidates who have an interest in the relation between early media and contemporary digital new media supported by familiarity with some branch of digital media practice, as well as contributing to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through research, teaching and service.

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The Film and Digital Media Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, invites applications for a tenure-track position in critical studies. Applicants with a scholarly emphasis in international film and/or media are especially desirable; candidates with expertise in other areas of film, television and/or digital media theory and/or history are also invited to apply. Requires Ph.D. in relevant field of study, with demonstrated potential for excellence in innovative research and for excellence in university teaching. Postmark deadline: November 18, 2005.

The Program in Technocultural Studies at University of California, Davis has an open-rank position open for a Professor of Digital or Media Arts in Technocultural Studies.

The program seeks an artist, media artist, or cultural practitioner in any aspect of the digital or media arts to assume the position of core faculty member in the newly established, transdisciplinary Program in Technocultural Studies. This is a position in creative production for a person of substantial merit, who is also capable of teaching courses in history, theory and/or contemporary practice in her or his field, at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The applicant should be critically and creatively conversant with the practices and discourses relating to media/digital arts, documentary, community media or the fine and performing arts, and demonstrate an understanding of the social and political dimensions of cultural practice as well as the aesthetic and poetic. Familiarity with discourses of science and technology is preferred.

Qualifications: An MA or MFA and teaching at the university or tertiary level are required, while a PhD. and teaching both studies and production courses are preferred. Applicants must demonstrate the ability and willingness to work at the
crossroads of the scientific and technological disciplines with the humanities, arts and cultural studies, in a critical and creative manner. Involvement is expected and experience is preferred in program development.

For information about the position, phone 530/752-0573 or FAX 530/752-0795 or check website at
http://technoculture.ucdavis.edu

Deadline for applications: November 23, 2005 for full consideration; however, the position will remain open
until filled. Starting Date: Fall 2006

The Department of Teledramatic Arts and Technology at California State University, Monterey Bay is hiring. Two tenure track positions are available at the Assistant/Associate Professor level: one emphasizing new media in general, the other focused on digital video. Both positions are within the Teledramatic Arts and Technology Department (TAT) of the College of Science, Media Arts and Technology (SMART). In both cases the successful candidate will be a forward thinking, transmedia educator and practitioner with emphasis in innovative production and theory and a strong background in application of new digital technologies to traditional storytelling practices.

Duke University. The Literature Program announces a position at the Associate or Full Professor level in film, video, and digital studies. The candidate is expected to teach both graduate and undergraduate courses in international film, history of cinema, and film theory. Interests in new media and digital technologies are welcome. The ideal candidate will be able to contribute as well to the full intellectual life of the Literature Program, which emphasizes literature and aesthetics, critical theory, cultural studies and film, video, and digital studies. Position begins on August 1, 2006. Please submit a CV and letter of application as MS word attachments to: Pam Terterian, Administrative Manager, [litadmin@duke.edu]. Use “Faculty Search” as subject line. Applications received by October 15, 2005 will be given full consideration. Duke University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer.

A position for a tenure-track Assistant Professor specializing in
digital media with interests in one or more of the following areas:
the cultures and aesthetics of digital media; electronic literature;
virtual cultural production; media history and theory. Successful
candidates will also contribute to the department’s strengths in
critical theory and interdisciplinary scholarship. Dartmouth College
is an equal opportunity /affirmative action employer, is strongly
committed to diversity, and encourages applications from women and
minorities. Please send letter of application and CV via email to
English.Department@dartmouth.edu postmarked no later than Tuesday,
November 1, 2005.

Position: Assistant Professor
Salary: $50,000 to less than $60,000
Institution: University of Central Florida
Location: Florida
Date posted: 5/27/2005

The School of Film and Digital Media (SFDM) at the University of Central Florida has over 1200 undergraduate students, and 36 faculty members, and offer B.A., M.A., and M.F.A. degrees. The school has facilities on the main campus as well as a new graduate and professional center in downtown Orlando.

SFDM is seeking to fill a tenure track Assistant Professor position, with an emphasis in digital storytelling, that would also include a secondary joint appointment in the Department of English.

Duties include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Digital Media and English, advising undergraduate students in Digital media, providing service to the department, college, and university, and developing and maintaining a program of research.

A terminal degree in an area related to Digital Media is required. Experience in grant proposal preparation, and demonstrated interpersonal skills are required.

The necessary background to develop an active research area in digital narratology or closely related are preferred. University teaching experience is preferred.

Salary is commensurate with experience.

STARTING DATE:August 8, 2005

APPLICATION PROCESS:To apply, send a letter of application, a curriculum vita, a list of references, and a work sample to:

School of Film and Digital Media
UCF College of Arts and Sciences
12461 Research Parkway, Suite 500
Orlando, Florida 32826-3121

APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 30, 2005

The University is an Equal Opportunity, Equal Access, Affirmative Action Employer.

Contact Information:

Web Site : www.ucf.edu
Phone : 407-823-6100
Fax : 407-823-6103
Mr. Joe Muley
Office Assistant
Digital Media
University of Central Florida
12461 Research Parkway
OTC 500
Orlando, FL 32826
USA