[ecrea] Job Posting: Multimedia & Studio Art: McMaster University

http://www.mcmaster.ca/vpacademic/HUM_StudioArtCommStudies.html
Academic Posting in the Faculty of Humanities
The School of the Arts/Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia
Assistant Professor - Contractually Limited Appointment

The School of the Arts and The Department of Communication Studies and 
Multimedia at McMaster University invite applications for a three-year 
contractually limited cross-appointment in Studio Art and Multimedia at 
the rank of Assistant Professor to commence July 1, 2014. In the first 
year, the successful applicant will teach three one-term courses in the 
Multimedia program in the Department of Communication Studies and 
Multimedia and three in the Studio Art program in the School of the 
Arts. The successful candidate will have an MFA or a PhD and 
demonstrated excellence in teaching and course development. She or he 
will be expected to develop at least three one-term courses that would 
bring together the Studio Art and the Multimedia programs, at a time 
when both will be developing exciting new physical facilities.

Specific areas of expertise are open but might include any of the 
following: graphic design,analog and digital photography, painting, 
drawing, sculpture, installation, performance, art practice as research, 
research creation, new media and contemporary art theory and criticism, 
computer-aided fabrication, maker culture, kinetic sculpture,electronic 
and sensor-based art, video production, editing and post-production, 2D 
and 3D animation. In years two and three, the successful candidate will 
teach two one-term courses in Studio Art and two in Multimedia, and the 
three new cross-listed courses. The current minimum salary for an 
Assistant Professor is $68,824 per annum. The successful candidate will 
also be expected to participate in administrative activities.

Applicants should send a letter of application that outlines the 
candidate’s interest in the position and areas of teaching and 
research/practice, a curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching 
philosophy that responds to the profile of the position; a digital 
portfolio of recent work (on DVD or DVD-ROM, or as a single PDF); an 
optional writing sample (maximum 25 pages, hardcopy or PDF), to:

Dr. Mary O’Connor, Acting Chair
Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia
Togo Salmon Hall 331
McMaster University
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4M2

(cmstdir /at/ mcmaster.ca) [using subject line title: CLA Multimedia & Studio Art]

Applications received by 31 May 2014 will be assured of full 
consideration. Applicants should arrange for three letters of reference 
to reach the Department by the same date. All documentation submitted in 
support of your application becomes the property of the University and 
is not returnable unless you provide a stamped, self-addressed envelope.

For further information on the Department of Communication Studies and 
Multimedia, see http://csmm.mcmaster.ca/ and for The School of the Arts, 
see http://sota.mcmaster.ca/index.html




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