Columbia College Chicago - Tenure Track Cultural Studies Faculty

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• Columbia College Chicago: Tenure-Track Cultural Studies Faculty

-- The Cultural Studies Program in the Liberal Education Department at Columbia College Chicago invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Cultural Studies, starting in Fall 2009. The ideal candidate should be trained in Media Studies, with research and teaching interests in at least three of the following: new media, new technologies and culture, critical studies of science and technology, and cultural studies methodologies. We are particularly interested in those candidates working in new media and one or more of the following areas: Asian cultural studies, Asian American cultural studies and Native American cultural studies. Ph.D. in cultural studies, media studies, or related field is required at time of hire. Teaching experience at the undergraduate level is required.

-- Responsibilities include: full-time undergraduate teaching load (3/3), including cultural studies courses at all levels; scholarship and professional activity; student advising; and service to the College and community.

-- Columbia College Chicago is an urban institution of over 11,500 undergraduate & graduate students, emphasizing arts, media, & communications in a liberal arts setting. The Cultural Studies Program at Columbia - home to over 100 majors - explicitly seeks to link the humanities and social sciences, combining a variety of methods of interpretation and analysis to explore the production, distribution, and consumption of cultural phenomena in their social context. The program is based in the Liberal Education Department, an interdisciplinary unit that draws on faculty from over 10 disciplines. The Department offers minors in Latino Studies, Women and Gender Studies, and Black World Studies, and provides courses in history, humanities, foreign languages, and social sciences.

-- We offer a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package. Columbia College Chicago encourages female, GLTB, disabled, minority classified & international individuals to apply for all positions. We will begin reviewing applications on September 30, 2008. Please send letter of application, CV, statement of teaching philosophy, evidence of teaching excellence, graduate transcripts, writing sample of research/scholarship, and three letters of reference to: Carmelo Esterrich, PhD, Chair, Search Committee, Department of Liberal Education, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL 60605-1996 USA.