[Commlist] Open-rank faculty in Race & Digital Media at University of Michigan (Department of Communication Studies and the new Digital Studies Institute)

Open-rank faculty in Race & Digital Media at University of Michigan

The University of Michigan’s Department of Communication Studies and the
new Digital Studies Institute (pending approval of the Institute by the
U-M Board of Regents) seek qualified applicants for a 50/50% jointly
appointed open-rank (assistant, associate, or professor rank),
tenure-track professor with research and teaching interests in Race and
Digital Media.
We welcome critical and cultural media studies scholars from any
discipline whose work explores race and intersectionalities of race and
processes of identity formation (e.g., ability, class, ethnicity, gender,
sexuality) in the arena of digital media and communication technology.
Applicants’ research and teaching interests should center on new
technologies–social media, virtual worlds, gaming and/or mobile media–and
their role in historical or contemporary problems of inequality, inequity,
and discrimination.

Teaching and research will encompass the social impact of new
technologies, and the representation and (re)production of marginalized
populations on digital platforms. The successful candidate will have
teaching interests centered on helping students understand the aesthetic
practices, social and political impact, and cultural uses of digital
technologies, which may include the opportunities and challenges digital
environments pose for social activism.

Michigan’s Digital Studies Institute plans to launch a major initiative to
develop pioneering digital studies curricula at the undergraduate and
graduate levels. The person hired for this faculty position will play a
major role in shaping Digital Studies as it continues to grow and will be
part of a three person cluster hire.

Job duties include research activity, teaching of graduate and
undergraduate courses, and service to the department, Digital Studies
Institute, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, university, and
profession. Communication Studies will be the tenure home. The anticipated
starting date for this university-year appointment is September 1, 2019.

All applicants should send a cover letter, a vita, two representative
publications, a statement of teaching philosophy and experience, evidence
of teaching excellence, a statement of current and future research plans,
and a statement of contributions to diversity. Candidates for this
position must have completed their PhD by September 1, 2019. All
applicants should provide names of three references.

Information on our research initiatives and scholarly interests of current
faculty can be found on the Department’s website:
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/comm and the program website
https://lsa.umich.edu/digitalstudies.

All applications must be submitted electronically to:
https://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/Apply/1175
For full consideration, complete applications should be submitted by
January 22, 2019.
The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job
candidates and may use a third party administrator to conduct background
checks. Background checks will be performed in compliance with the Fair
Credit Reporting Act.

The University of Michigan is committed to fostering and maintaining a
diverse work culture that respects the rights of each individual, without
regard to race, color, national original, ancestry, religious creed, sex,
gender identity, sexual orientation, gender expression, height, weight,
marital status, disability, medical condition, age, or veteran status. The
University of Michigan is supportive of the needs of dual career couples
and is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

For questions about potential fit and your application please email:
(racedigitalmedia /at/ umich.edu).

This institution offers benefits to same-sex and to different sex domestic
partners

This institution offers benefits to spouses


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