[Jobs] media at vcu

[jeremy hunsinger]

VCU
V i r g i n i a C o m m o n w e a l t h U n i v e r s i t y
FACULTY POSITIONS
College of Humanities and Sciences
To advance its ongoing humanities initiative, the College of Humanities and Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University is searching for four tenure-eligible faculty (three assistant professors and one advanced assistant or associate professor; two in English, and two in another humanities unit such as African-American Studies, History, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, or World Studies (the administrative home to programs in Anthropology and World Cinema) with research and teaching interests in and potential to secure external funding in the areas of:
Transatlantic Studies
Theory and History of Media or Film
Medical Humanities
Ethnic Literatures of the United States with a focus on historical contexts
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Of particular interest are candidates who bring interdisciplinary and global perspectives in their work and who can contribute to the interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Media, Art, and Text (MATX). We seek candidates who possess disciplinary knowledge, theoretical acumen, and a mastery of the relevant cultural and historical contexts. Preference will be given to candidates with a clear research agenda, existing or potential to secure external funding and teaching experience in: new media, world cinema, slavery and the literature of the slavery debate, the African presence in Central and South America or the Middle East, Transnational Gender and Sexuality studies, Africa and the African Diaspora including its literature, and narrative medicine.
We seek to fill these positions, contingent upon funding, with faculty appropriate for appointments in one or more of the following academic units: African-American Studies, English, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, History, or World Studies.
Qualifications expected of candidates include a Ph.D. in an appropriate field in hand by January, 2011 and a record of or potential for excellence in scholarship. Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment or commitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU required.
Applicants should e-mail (preferably as a single attachment) a letter of application, CV, and 3 letters of reference to the Search Chair, c/o Naomi Batten, battenne at vcu.edu. The application review process will begin on October 20, 2010. For full consideration, applications must be received prior to November 25, 2010.
For appropriate disciplines, we will be available to interview at the MLA Conference in Los Angeles (January 2011)
For additional information, visit our website at www.has.vcu.edu
Virginia Commonwealth University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
Women, minorities and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
Jeremy Hunsinger
Political Science
Center for Digital Discourse and Culture
Virginia Tech


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