Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Latinx Media Studies
- Employer
- James Madison University
- Location
- Virginia, United States
- Salary
- Salary Commensurate with experience
- Date posted
- Oct 14, 2021
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Communications, Digital Media, Media Studies
- Employment Level
- Tenured/Tenured Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
The School of Media Arts & Design (SMAD) at James Madison
University (JMU) invites applications for a student-oriented
colleague to develop and teach courses that explore the important
contribution of Latinx mass media to the American narrative. Our
new colleague also will team-teach a diversity-focused media
literacy course that is part of the JMU general education
curriculum. The tenure-track position begins August 2022.
Interdisciplinarity is a SMAD hallmark. SMAD’s
distinctive undergraduate major has four concentrations (Creative
Advertising; Digital Video and Cinema; Interactive Design; and
Journalism), each empowering students to use mass media as a
vehicle for storytelling. In addition to strong production
curricula in the concentrations, all SMAD majors take
critical analysis courses that focus on media theory, media’s
impact on culture, media history, media ethics, and media’s
influence on politics and democracy. Our new colleague will have
the opportunity to design and teach courses that foreground Latinx
media and audiences.
This hire forms part of a multi-department cohort hire in Latinx
studies in the College of Arts and Letters, the largest academic
unit at JMU. Home to ten academic departments, several
interdepartmental programs, and 269 full-time faculty, Arts and
Letters is the intellectual home of humanities, social sciences,
communication, and media programs at JMU. Our Latinx
cohort hire will bring six and perhaps as many as seven new
colleagues specializing in media, rhetoric, communication, creative
writing, sociology, and romance languages. This cohort will
join recent hires in Latinx US history, politics, and anthropology
to build on already existing strengths across a variety of fields
and intellectual areas. Harrisonburg is home to a vital
Latinx community with whom JMU has a deep history of
interconnection. This is an exciting time to join a
college-wide effort to enhance research, teaching, and scholarship
in this vital area of work.
A complete description of this cohort hire may be found
here: https://joblink.jmu.edu/postings/10348
The school has more than 20 faculty members representing a blend of
professional and academic interests, and approximately 700
undergraduate majors. For more information about our program, go
to www.jmu.edu/smad.
JMU is a vibrant university of more than 20,000 students,
located in Harrisonburg, a Virginia Main Street community of about
54,000, in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
Harrisonburg is home to a vital Latinx community with
whom JMU has a deep history of interconnection. The
university is approximately two hours from Washington, D.C. and
Richmond and a six-hour drive from New York City. For more
information, go to http://www.harrisonburgva.gov/.
Duties and Responsibilities
Develop and teach courses that explore the important contribution of Latinx mass media to the American narrative. Team-teach a diversity-focused media literacy course that is part of the JMU general education curriculum. All SMAD faculty are engaged in teaching (3/3 load), service, and research or creative scholarship.
Qualifications
An MFA or Ph.D. is required for a tenure-track appointment; ABD applicants with the degree near completion will be considered.
To apply, visit https://joblink.jmu.edu/postings/10295 or
go to JobLink.jmu.edu and
reference posting number F1722.
Applications must include:
- Curriculum vitae.
- Cover letter.
- The cover letter should include a discussion of the candidate’s research interests, teaching experience and philosophy, and potential contributions to the diversity of the classroom, program, and university.
- The names and contact information for three references.
Salary will be commensurate with experience. Screening of applications will begin November 6, 2021 and continue until the job is filled. For questions, please contact Chen Guo (guo4X@jmu.edu) or Shelly Hokanson (hokanssl@jmu.edu).
James Madison University is committed to creating and supporting a diverse and inclusive work and educational community that is free of all forms of discrimination. This institution does not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the basis of age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, parental status, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or veteran status We promote access, inclusion and diversity for all students, faculty, staff, constituents and programs, believing that these qualities are foundational components of an outstanding education in keeping with our mission. The university is interested in candidates whose experience and qualifications support an ongoing commitment to this core quality Anyone having questions concerning discrimination should contact the Office for Equal Opportunity: (540) 568-6991.
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