[Jobs] Fwd: Assistant Professor of Digital Media Studies

[Jeremy Hunsinger]

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> From: Timothy Luke <twluke at vt.edu>
> Date: September 11, 2007 6:10:50 AM CDT
> To: jhuns at vt.edu
> Subject: Fwd:  Assistant Professor of Digital Media Studies
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> Jeremy:
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>> Please feel free to circulate/redistribute.......
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>> Ted Striphas
>> Communication & Culture
>> Indiana University
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>> Assistant Professor in Digital Media Studies
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>> The Department of Communication and Culture at Indiana University
>> invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor  
>> position in
>> digital media studies to begin Fall 2008. We seek an individual with
>> expertise in critical approaches to digital media to join an
>> innovative, interdisciplinary program that includes media studies,
>> ethnography and performance studies, and rhetoric and public culture.
>> While we invite candidates from a wide range of disciplinary
>> backgrounds, we encourage applicants involved in research on the
>> cultural, political, and communicative aspects of online games and in
>> the broader field of digital game studies. Research may involve the
>> formal qualities of digital games, their social and political
>> dimensions, as well as questions of genre, narrative, and history.
>> Applicants should be prepared to discuss the role that digital media
>> play in shaping perceptions of history and culture, in forging
>> individual and collective identities, and in mediating social change.
>> Applicants are expected to have a strong research agenda and a
>> commitment to excellence in teaching. Preference will be given to
>> candidates who have their Ph.D. in hand by the date of appointment.
>> Applicants should send a letter of application, curriculum vitae,
>> writing sample, and three letters of recommendation. Review of
>> applications will begin on November 16, 2007. Address applications  
>> to:
>> Christopher Anderson, Chair, Digital Media Studies Search, Department
>> of Communication and Culture, 800 East Third St., Indiana University,
>> Bloomington IN 47405.
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>> Indiana University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action  
>> employer
>> and has a strong commitment to the principle of diversity in all  
>> areas.
>> We are especially interested in receiving applications from a broad
>> spectrum of scholars, including women, members of racial and ethnic
>> minorities, and disabled individuals.
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> Timothy W. Luke
> University Distinguished Professor
> Department of Political Science
> 539 Major Williams Hall
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> e-mail: TWLUKE at vt.edu
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jeremy hunsinger
Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research,  
School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee  
(www.cipr.uwm.edu)

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