Two Tenure-Track Positions in Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University

The Department of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University, The Jesuit University of New York, invites applications for TWO tenure-track positions, to commence September 1, 2023. To ensure full consideration, complete applications should be received by 11:59pm, Sunday, October 2, 2022 through Interfolio.  We ask that applicants apply to only ONE position.

Position Title: Assistant or Associate Professor in Global Film and Television Studies

We invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor position with a specialization in Global Film and/or Television Studies, to commence September 1, 2023. The position is based at Fordham’s Rose Hill Campus in the Bronx, with the potential opportunity to contribute to our Manhattan campus in Lincoln Center as well. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute pedagogically to the department’s undergraduate major in Film and Television, with potential to also contribute to the department’s majors in Communication and Culture, Digital Technology and Emerging Media, and/or Journalism. The candidate would also have an opportunity to teach in our M.A. program in Public Media, the interdisciplinary program in New Media and Digital Design, and other programs across the university.

About the Position:

We seek a candidate whose research focuses on global film and/or television texts, theories, histories, and/or industries. We are particularly interested in research and teaching that focuses on the Global South, is transnational in scope, and/or engages globalization. An ideal candidate might work in areas including but not limited to Asian, African, Latin American, indigenous, or diasporic cultures of film or TV production or reception; film or television texts or authors; Third or Fourth Cinema; the politics of transnational film or television production, marketing, and distribution; or postcolonial theories of film or TV. Candidates can employ any number of methodological and theoretical approaches. Scholars focused on historically marginalized and underserved communities or whose work focuses on social movements or activist media are especially encouraged to apply. The candidate should have a robust research agenda, evidence of teaching excellence, and the ability to contribute to Fordham’s Jesuit core curriculum. 

Requirements:

Ph.D. in cinema studies, television studies, media studies, or a related area with degree conferred by August 30, 2023

Ability to teach a wide variety of historical and theoretical courses in film and/or television studies, and to develop courses with a global scope

Evidence of active and promising research and publication agenda

Evidence of excellence in teaching

Commitment to mentoring and advising students

Application Process:

Interested applicants should submit via Interfolio http://apply.interfolio.com/111352 (1) a cover letter with qualifications, including approach to teaching and scholarship; (2) curriculum vitae; (3) 1-2 writing samples (30 pp maximum); and (4) the names and contact information for three references.

The deadline for applications is 11:59 PM on October 2, 2022.  For specific questions, please contact the departmental administrator Michelle O’Dwyer at modwyer2@fordham.edu.

Position Title: Assistant Professor of Critical Race and Digital Media

We invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position with a specialization in Critical Race and Digital Media, to commence September 1, 2023.The position will be based at Fordham's Lincoln Center campus in Manhattan, with the potential opportunity to contribute to the Rose Hill campus in the Bronx as well.  The successful candidate will be expected to contribute pedagogically to the department's undergraduate major in Digital Technology and Emerging Media, with potential to also contribute to the department's undergraduate major in Digital Technology and Emerging Media, with potential to also contribute to the department's majors in Communication and Culture, Film and Television, and/or Journalism. The candidate would also have an opportunity to teach in our M.A. program in Public Media, the interdisciplinary program in New Media and Digital Design, and other programs across the university.

About the Position:

Applicants are sought in the area of Critical Race and Digital Media Studies. The successful applicant will take a critical stance in their theoretical and methodological approach to understanding race and digital media, where critical implies a foregrounding of traditionally marginalized perspectives or a decentering of dominant structures, forms, aesthetics, and practices. Applicants’ approach to scholarship should be attentive to the mutual shaping of identity, culture, and technology and also the global historical shifts brought about by digitality in its infrastructural, political, geographical, and technological particularity. We are especially interested in interdisciplinary applicants whose scholarship and pedagogy engages the public in critical race theory and media studies through means such as policy, community-based learning, participatory research and design, or media production.

Requirements:

Ph.D. in Communication, Media Studies, or related area, with focus on race or traditionally marginalized communities in digital or social media

Evidence of active and promising research and publication agenda

Ability to teach a variety of courses designed to evolve our major in Digital Technology and Emerging Media and deepen our curriculum in diversity and anti-racism across the department

Evidence of excellence in teaching

Commitment to mentoring and advising students

Application Process:

Interested applicants should submit via Interfolio http://apply.interfolio.com/111366 (1) a cover letter with qualifications, including approach to teaching and scholarship; (2) curriculum vitae; (3) 1-2 writing samples (approximately 30 pp maximum in total, solo-authored or first-authored); and (4) the names and contact information for three references.

The deadline for applications is 11:59 PM on October 2, 2022.  For specific questions, please contact the departmental administrator Michelle O’Dwyer at modwyer2@fordham.edu.

About the Department:

Fordham’s Department of Communication and Media Studies advocates the model of the publicly-engaged scholar and critically-informed practitioner who is civically and socially reflective and critical through analytical and/or applied means. Our faculty includes scholars and practitioners from a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives.

We seek to attract and promote a diverse workforce to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer students richly varied disciplines, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning.  We believe that cultural and intellectual diversity is central to the excellence of our academic program and we strive to create an academic community and campus culture that attracts and facilitates the development of promising teacher-scholars from varied backgrounds. We are especially interested in candidates with substantive experience and commitment to teaching and mentoring students from a range of social, cultural, and economic experiences, and who have successfully incorporated the research of women and scholars of color into their courses.

 Fordham is located in the heart of New York City, interacting on many levels with a diverse array of communities and institutions. Through research, teaching and service, we are committed to developing and deepening our connections to the people and organizations

Fordham is an independent, Catholic University in the Jesuit tradition that welcomes applications from all backgrounds. Fordham is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and women, people of color, and people with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply. Same-sex spouses are eligible for benefits.