[Commlist] Job Ad: Pitzer College - Assistant Professor of Digital Media Studies

Pitzer College is seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Digital 
Media Studies. Please see the job ad copied below for more information.

Job Ad:

Pitzer College seeks applicants for a tenure-track position, at the 
level of assistant professor, in digital media studies. A Ph.D. is 
required by the time of appointment. The position is open, and we are 
especially interested in candidates whose teaching and research 
interests engage media platforms, digital cultures, digital labor, 
issues of access, media activism, or feminist media praxis. The Pitzer 
Media Studies Field Group, in conjunction with the Intercollegiate Media 
Studies Program at the Claremont Colleges, has constructed a curriculum 
that foregrounds diversity, inclusion, access, and people’s use of media 
as social and political action to create cultural change. Our faculty 
members offer a diverse and comprehensive set of courses that challenge 
students in intercultural understanding and in social justice theory and 
praxis.

The successful candidate will design undergraduate courses in their 
areas of specialization, demonstrate an ability to teach one or more of 
our core introductory media studies courses (including Introduction to 
Digital Media Studies, contribute to the College’s First Year Seminar 
program, and have the capacity to supervise capstone projects (including 
practice-based work). The teaching load is five courses per year with 
the expectation of an advising caseload.

Pitzer College has a strong institutional commitment to diversity in all 
areas and strongly encourages candidates from underrepresented groups. 
We favor candidates who can contribute to the College's distinctive 
educational objectives, which promote interdisciplinary perspectives, 
intercultural understanding, and concern with social responsibility and 
the ethical implications of knowledge and action. Pitzer College is an 
Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. For the successful 
applicant with the relevant interests, affiliations are possible with 
the intercollegiate departments of Africana Studies, Asian American 
Studies, Chican@/Latin@ Studies, and/or the Intercollegiate Feminist 
Center for Teaching, Research, and Engagement.

A complete application will include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, 
selected evidence of excellence in teaching and research, and three 
letters of recommendation. Candidates should also submit a statement in 
which they address how their cultural, experiential, and/or academic 
background contributes to the understanding of diversity at the College.

To apply, please visit Faculty Positions at Pitzer or enter the 
following address in your browser: 
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/21953 


Full consideration will be given to complete applications received by 15 
September 2022.

Direct any questions to (faculty_jobs /at/ pitzer.edu).


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