[Jobs] george mason

[Jeremy Hunsinger]

George Mason University
Assistant Professor



George Mason University, Cultural Studies Ph.D. Program invites  
applications for a full-time, tenure-track assistant professor  
position starting fall 2008. Ph.D. in-hand by time of appointment,  
substantial scholarly work in media and visual culture, and a  
commitment to the theory and practice of interdisciplinary cultural  
studies are required. The successful applicant also will have  
research specialties that augment existing strengths of the program,  
especially research on new media, globalization, political economy,  
gender and sexuality, and critical race studies. In addition to  
working closely with graduate students, s/he will be prepared to give  
an advanced undergraduate course on globalization and culture.  
Members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
The first stand-alone interdisciplinary Ph.D. in cultural studies in  
the United States, the program at George Mason provides comprehensive  
post-master's training in the contemporary field. Program faculty  
members are dedicated to helping students develop a record of  
research, scholarship and instruction appropriate to the development  
of careers in academic and applied settings. The program places about  
90 percent of its graduates in tenure-track academic positions. Part  
of the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, George Mason  
University is Northern Virginia's public university, serving some  
30,000 students. Other interdisciplinary graduate programs at Mason  
include international public affairs, conflict analysis and  
resolution, environmental science and public policy, and the program  
in public policy. George Mason is also home to the center for history  
and new media as well as numerous nationally ranked Ph.D. programs.
Apply and submit letter of interest, CV and four references with  
contact information online at http://jobs.gmu.edu. Position number is  
F9066z.
Also, send letter of interest, vita, and names and addresses  
(including e-mail addresses) of four references to: Search Committee,  
Cultural Studies, MSN 5E4, George Mason University, 4400 University  
Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444. These items may be sent by e-mail  
attachments (MS Word or PDF only) to cultural at gmu.edu.
Deadline is November 12, 2007, or until position is filled.
George Mason University is an equal opportunity employer encouraging  
diversity.

Jeremy Hunsinger
Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research,  
School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee  
(www.cipr.uwm.edu)

Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a  
thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions,  
think. --Byron