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<B>From: </B>Brad Seawell <seawell@MIT.EDU><BR>
<B>Date: </B>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:19:47 +1000<BR>
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<B>Conversation: </B>NOTICE: tenure-track position in MIT Comparative Media Studies<BR>
<B>Subject: </B>NOTICE: tenure-track position in MIT Comparative Media Studies<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><B>Tenured Faculty Position at MIT in Comparative Media Studies <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>MIT’s Program in Comparative Media Studies seeks applications for a <BR>
tenured position beginning in September 2010. A PhD and an extensive <BR>
record of publication, research activity and leadership are expected. <BR>
We encourage applicants from a wide array of disciplinary backgrounds. <BR>
The successful candidate will teach and guide research in one or more <BR>
of the Program’s dimensions of comparativity (historical, methodological, <BR>
cultural) across media forms. Expertise in the cultural and social implications <BR>
of established media forms (film, television, audio and visual cultures, print) <BR>
is as important as scholarship in one or more emerging areas such as <BR>
games, social media, new media literacies, participatory culture, software <BR>
studies, IPTV, and transmedia storytelling. <BR>
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The position involves teaching graduate and undergraduate courses, <BR>
developing and guiding collaborative research activities, and participating <BR>
in the intellectual and creative leadership of the Program and the Institute. <BR>
Candidates should demonstrate a record of effective teaching and thesis <BR>
supervision, significant research/creative activity, relevant administrative <BR>
experience, and international recognition. <BR>
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CMS offers SB and SM programs and maintains a full roster of research <BR>
initiatives and outreach activities [see <U><a href="http://cms.mit.edu">http://cms.mit.edu</a> </U>]. The program <BR>
embraces the notion of comparativity and collaboration, and works across <BR>
MIT’s various schools, and between MIT and the larger media landscape. <BR>
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MIT is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. <BR>
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Applications consisting of a curriculum vita, a statement of teaching <BR>
philosophy and experience, a statement of current and future research plans, <BR>
selected major publications, and names of suggested references should be <BR>
submitted by November 1, 2009 to: <BR>
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Professor William Uricchio <BR>
Director, Comparative Media Studies <BR>
MIT 14N-207 <BR>
77 Massachusetts Avenue <BR>
Cambridge, MA 02139 USA <BR>
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