[Commlist] Tenure track job announcement in Media and Cultural Studies at Macalester College

https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/13726

Macalester College (St. Paul, Minnesota, USA)

Media and Cultural Studies department

Critical Race and Media Studies, Assistant Professor


The Media and Cultural Studies department at Macalester College invites 
applications for a tenure-track professor in the area of Critical Race 
and Media. Media and Cultural Studies is an interdisciplinary department 
that engages the theory, politics, and production of media texts. The 
appointment will begin September 2020. Candidates must have or be 
completed a Ph.D. or M.F.A. by August 2020. Strong candidates will have 
a record of experience or demonstrated commitment to teaching diverse 
students, as well as a commitment to research and teaching in an 
undergraduate liberal arts environment.


We seek applicants with expertise in critical approaches to race and 
media, particularly in the US context. We also welcome applicants whose 
work explores aspects of indigenous media. We are interested in scholars 
whose scholarship and teaching integrate social engagement and/or media 
practice. Successful candidates will be effective researchers and 
teachers in formal media analysis in one or more of the following: 
web-based media, software, film and video, photography, or digital 
humanities. An understanding of media theory and history is important, 
as is the ability to analyze the media in ways that engage issues of 
social power and difference. Candidates are encouraged to visit the 
Media and Cultural Studies website at https://www.macalester.edu/mcs/.


Complete applications include: a cover letter that includes a statement 
of interest in Macalester and the liberal arts; a curriculum vitae; 
graduate transcripts (an unofficial copy is sufficient for this round); 
a research description; and three letters of recommendation. Submit 
copies to https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/13726CONTACT: Morgan 
Adamson at (madamson /at/ macalester.edu) <mailto:(madamson /at/ macalester.edu)>. 
Evaluation of complete applications will begin October 15th and continue 
until the position is filled.


Macalester College is a highly selective, private liberal arts college 
in the vibrant Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area, which has a 
population of approximately three million and is home to numerous 
colleges and universities, including the University of Minnesota. 
Macalester’s diverse student body comprises over 2100 undergraduates 
from all 50 states and the District of Columbia and over 90 nations. The 
College maintains a longstanding commitment to academic excellence with 
a special emphasis on internationalism, multiculturalism, and service to 
society. We are especially interested in applicants dedicated to 
excellence in teaching and research/creative activity within a liberal 
arts college community. As an Equal Opportunity employer supportive of 
affirmative efforts to achieve diversity among its faculty, Macalester 
College strongly encourages applications from women and members of 
underrepresented minority groups.


Macalester College
1600 Grand Avenue

Saint Paul, MN 55105

USA


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