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<div class="column"><p class=""><span style="font-size:13.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma';font-weight:700" class="">UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ<br class="">
HISTORY OF ART AND VISUAL CULTURE DEPARTMENT
Assistant Professor, History of Digital Media
</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma'" class="">The </span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma';color:rgb(0.000000%,0.000000%,100.000000%)" class="">History of Art and Visual Culture Department </span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma'" class="">(</span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma';color:rgb(0.000000%,0.000000%,100.000000%)" class=""><a href="http://havc.ucsc.edu/" class="">havc.ucsc.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma'" class="">), at the University of California, Santa Cruz
(UCSC), invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professorship in the History of Digital Media. We seek a
teacher and scholar with expertise in the history and theory of one or more of the following areas: Internet culture,
video games, digital imaging and design, social media, and related applications. Priority will be placed on hiring an
interdisciplinary scholar who attends to the visual culture of digital media and analytically examines the social and
historical contexts of its emergence. We welcome applications from scholars who specialize in any national or
geographic area. Applicants must be capable of teaching a wide range of courses (large lecture to seminar) at the
undergraduate and graduate levels. The department faculty support the investigation of art and visual culture from
a variety of theoretical perspectives in the cultures of Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Mediterranean, and
the Pacific Islands. The campus seeks candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the
academic community through their research, teaching, and service. The position comes with a competitive salary
and generous start-up package to fund equipment and research expenses.
</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma'" class="">The History of Art and Visual Culture Department is in the </span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma';color:rgb(0.000000%,0.000000%,100.000000%)" class="">Division of the Arts</span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma'" class="">, which also includes Departments of
Art, Film and Digital Media, Music, Theater Arts, and the M.F.A. Program in Digital Arts & New Media. There are
opportunities for scholarly and teaching connections in these areas, as well as with colleagues and programs in the
</span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma';color:rgb(0.000000%,0.000000%,100.000000%)" class="">Humanities </span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma'" class="">and </span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma';color:rgb(0.000000%,0.000000%,100.000000%)" class="">Social Sciences </span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma'" class="">divisions and the </span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma';color:rgb(0.000000%,0.000000%,100.000000%)" class="">Baskin School of Engineering. </span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma'" class="">The campus operates on a schedule
of three 11-week quarters per academic year, and the successful candidate will be expected to teach five 5-unit
courses per year, or their equivalent, in accordance with the department workload policy. All members of the
department are expected to advise and mentor students, actively engage in research, and undertake administrative
service for the department, affiliated college, and university. The ability to contribute significantly to graduate
education and the mentoring of graduate students is highly desirable.
</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma'" class="">We have a strong undergraduate major and a young, dynamic Visual Studies Ph.D. program. Under the Dean’s
leadership, our division is enjoying faculty growth, significant fundraising successes, new research centers, and is
planning for a new Institute of the Arts and Sciences. The Arts Division supports faculty research through the Arts
Research Institute </span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma';color:rgb(0.000000%,0.000000%,100.000000%)" class=""><a href="http://artsresearch.ucsc.edu/ari/" class="">http://artsresearch.ucsc.edu/ari/</a> </span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma'" class="">and the Arts Dean's Fund for Excellence
</span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma';color:rgb(0.000000%,0.000000%,100.000000%)" class=""><a href="http://arts.ucsc.edu/funding/arts-deans-fund-for-excellence" class="">http://arts.ucsc.edu/funding/arts-deans-fund-for-excellence</a></span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma'" class="">; the campus supports research and teaching with
grants awarded by the Committee on Research, the Committee on Teaching, and other groups.
</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma';font-weight:700" class="">RANK: </span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma'" class="">Assistant Professor<br class="">
</span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma';font-weight:700" class="">SALARY: </span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma'" class="">Commensurate with qualifications and experience; academic year (9-month) basis
</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma';font-weight:700" class="">BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: </span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma'" class="">Ph.D. (or equivalent foreign degree) in art history, communications, media studies,
visual studies, or a related discipline. (Ph.D. expected to be conferred by June 30, 2016).
</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma';font-weight:700" class="">PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: </span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma'" class="">Demonstrated potential as a researcher/scholar; commitment to and talent for
teaching and mentoring at the undergraduate and graduate levels; record of administrative service; and University
teaching experience.
</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma';font-weight:700" class="">POSITION AVAILABLE: </span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma'" class="">July 1, 2016, with academic year beginning September 2016. Degree must be conferred
by June 30, 2017 for employment beyond that date.
</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma';font-weight:700" class="">TO APPLY: </span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma'" class="">Applications are accepted via the UCSC Academic Recruit online system, and must include: 1) a letter
of application outlining scholarly background as well as current and future research plans; 2) curriculum vitae; 3) a
current publication or writing sample (chapter of dissertation if no publication); 4) descriptions or syllabi for three
courses (one large lecture, one lecture/discussion, one seminar); 5) three current confidential letters of
recommendation*. The university welcomes applicants’ submission of an optional statement addressing their
contributions to diversity through their research, service, and/or teaching. All requested materials must be
submitted as PDF files.
</span></p><p class=""><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma'" class="">Apply at </span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma';font-weight:700;color:rgb(0.000000%,0.000000%,100.000000%)" class=""><a href="https://recruit.ucsc.edu/apply/JPF00299" class="">https://recruit.ucsc.edu/apply/JPF00299</a>
</span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma'" class="">Refer to Position </span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma';font-weight:700" class="">JPF00299-16 </span><span style="font-size:10.000000pt;font-family:'Tahoma'" class="">in all correspondence.
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