[ecrea] Tenure-track assistant professor in Digital Media

Tenure-track assistant professor in Digital Media

Candidates should have a record of excellent teaching and scholarly work 
in new media and visual studies with a critical and interdisciplinary 
approach to the history and theory of digital media. Areas of expertise 
might include: social media; digital literacies; new media and social 
advocacy; information design; publishing systems; graphic design and 
typography; design and technology studies; media and communication theory.



Candidates will be expected to contribute to curriculum development in 
our undergraduate and graduate programs, which afford faculty unique 
opportunities to teach and engage in research that both shapes and 
benefits from a rich multi-disciplinary environment. The Humanities 
Department offers undergraduate major degrees in English; Liberal Arts; 
Communication, Culture, and Media (CCM); and Scientific and Technical 
Communication (STC), and doctoral and master degrees in Rhetoric, 
Theory, and Culture (RTC). Within these programs, the Humanities 
Department features a Media Certificate, a Digital Media track within 
CCM, a Digital Rhetoric Track within STC, and a Media, Technology, and 
Visual Studies track within the graduate RTC program. The Humanities 
Department features a state-of-the-art media production and resource 
facility to support teaching and research 
(http://www.mtu.edu/humanities/hdmz).



Professional experience in graphic design, publishing, or other digital 
media development is desirable. The usual tenure-track teaching load is 
2 courses (6 hrs.) per semester. PhD in hand by August 15, 2015 strongly 
preferred. Please see our website: http://www.hu.mtu.edu.



Application packages should be submitted electronically to: 
https://www.jobs.mtu.edu/postings/2472. Please include: a letter of 
application, current CV, evidence of teaching effectiveness, and three 
letters of recommendation.

Full consideration will be given to applications received by January 20, 
2015.



For inquiries, contact:

Sue Collins, PhD

Chair, Digital Media Search

Department of Humanities

Michigan Technological University

1400 Townsend Drive

Houghton, MI 49931-1295

(906) 487-3260

(scollins /at/ mtu.edu)



Michigan Tech is an internationally renowned doctoral research 
university, with a diverse community of 7,000 undergraduate and graduate 
students and cross-disciplinary faculty. Located on Lake Superior in 
Houghton, MI, its community offers year-round recreational and cultural 
opportunities.



Michigan Tech is an ADVANCE institution, one of a limited number of 
universities in receipt of NSF funds in support of our commitment to 
increase diversity and the participation and advancement of women in STEM.



Michigan Tech’s Dual Career Program is available to assist with partner 
orientation to the university and community and identification of 
possible positions for partners (see www.dual.mtu.edu).



Michigan Technological University is an Equal Opportunity Educational 
Institution/Equal Opportunity Employer, which includes providing equal 
opportunity for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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