Assistant Professor: Ethnographic Filmmaking/Visual
Department of
Cornell University
The Department of at Cornell University, in collaboration with the Department of Performing and Media Arts, invites applications for a tenure-track position in ethnographic filmmaking/visual anthropology at the rank of Assistant Professor.
We seek a colleague who is not only adept at bringing ethnographic insights to the critique of the contemporary media landscape, but who is also actively involved in film production. We anticipate hiring a scholar-practitioner who will be able both to teach students the practice of ethnographic filmmaking and to reflect upon how filmmaking leverages important insights into how media are deployed in the contemporary world.
While the anticipated tenure-home will be in , we seek a creative scholar-practitioner with a Ph.D. in anthropology who will develop new directions in teaching and research, contribute to a cross-university Making Media course and a new Media Studies minor, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary group of scholars to be hired across the university as part of the Provost’s task force on Arts and Humanities and its initiative in campus-wide Media Studies at Cornell (http://provost.cornell.edu/academic-initiatives/radical-collaboration/humanities-and-arts/).
Applications should include:
Applications should be submitted online at: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/12245
Review of applications will begin November 1, 2018 and continue until a candidate has been hired.
Cornell University is an inclusive dynamic, and innovative university located in Ithaca, NY. Cornell University is a recognized EEO/AA employer and educator. Applications from women and minorities are strongly encouraged.
