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Mellon Scholar of New Media and Visual Culture

Media Arts & Culture Program

Occidental College Department of Art History and Visual Arts

2-year terminal appointment: August 16 2012-May 16, 2014

The Media Arts and Culture Program seeks to appoint a 2-year Mellon Fellow
of New Media and Visual Culture whose work and teaching address a range of
visual technologies and practices of looking; model interdisciplinary and
multi-modal approaches to scholarship; incorporate local and global media
cultures; and draw out the connections between critical theory and the
production of meaning in screen, pre-screen, and post-screen cultures
(i.e., locative, mobile, etc.).

MAC is distinct for the way in which it integrates the study of film,
media, and visual culture with new forms of media production, transmedia
storytelling, and digital scholarship. As such, we are seeking a candidate
who will further aid our students in becoming critical, comparative, and
imaginative interpreters of the politics, aesthetics, and semiotics of the
(audio)visual in an increasingly mediated world. You should not only hold a
Ph.D. in a relevant field, but should also possess skills and research
interests that challenge traditional theory/praxis divides.

The Mellon Fellow will teach a four-course complement, advise and mentor
student thesis work, curate one semester of the program’s Oxy Cinematheque
series each year of the appointment, and work actively with program faculty
to develop a unique approach to media studies/visual studies that speaks to
Oxy’s commitment to local/global dialogues, community-based learning,
social justice, and artistic innovation in an urban, liberal arts context.

All submissions are electronic, and should be attached as PDF files and
sent to Betsy Dillon, AHVA Department Administrator:bdillon@oxy.edu

Applicants should submit: (1) letter of interest demonstrating a commitment
to academic excellence in a diverse liberal arts environment; (2) a
curriculum vitae; (3) one sample of scholarly writing or publication; (4) a
web link to one sample of creative or multimodal work; and (5) two letters
of recommendation.

All materials must be received by March 5, 2012.

Occidental College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.
The College is committed to academic excellence in a diverse community and
supporting interdisciplinary and multicultural academic programs that
provide a gifted and diverse group of students with an educational
experience that prepares them for leadership in a pluralistic world. Women
and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply.

More information on the Film & Media Studies Program and the AHVA Department may be found at:
http://college.oxy.edu/mediaarts

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