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        Date: 2019-08-28 04:52:09+00:00
        From: Alan Liu 
        Subject: Job posting for Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities and New Media Studies (UC Santa Barbara English Dept.)

Assistant Professor, Digital Humanities and New Media Studies,
Department of English (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)

https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF01535

The English Department is seeking a candidate for a Assistant Professor
(tenure track position) whose work draws "digital humanities" and "new
media studies" (related but often separately pursued fields) into
conjunction. Candidates should ideally be able to contribute to
profession-wide interests in theory, cultural criticism, public
humanities, and the contemporary practice of scholarship by bridging
between, or putting into dialogue, methods and topics commonly
associated, on the one hand, with "DH" (e.g., "distant reading,"
"cultural analytics," text analysis, text encoding, corpus construction,
GIS mapping, research and publishing infrastructures) and, on the other
hand, with new media studies (e.g., media archaeology, network or
platform critique, social media analysis, software studies, critique of
artificial intelligence, gaming studies, digital creative literature and
art, digital media and social justice). The ideal candidate’s range
would be broad enough to overlap with colleagues in other fields and
approaches, including those in our department’s distinctive research and
teaching centers (see http://www.english.ucsb.edu/research). Candidates
must be able to teach a range of English department courses.

Applicants are expected to have completed all requirements for a Ph.D.
in English (or a commensurable and appropriate field) except the
dissertation (or equivalent) at the time of application. (Shortlisted
candidates may be asked for available parts of their dissertation by the
search committee; the dissertation is expected to be completed at time
of appointment.)

To ensure full consideration, applicants should submit to
https://recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF01535 (a) a letter of application, (b) a
statement of research (recent and planned), (c) a CV, (d) arrange for
three letters of reference to be submitted, (e) and a writing sample
consisting of not more than 20 pages of material. The writing sample can
optionally also describe or refer to a candidate's digital project(s).
(Digital projects, data, code, etc., should be presented by means of
links in the writing sample along with specific suggestions for what
evaluators should look at.) Primary consideration will be given to
complete applications received by Oct. 11, 2019. The position will
remain open until filled. The appointment begins July 1, 2020. Inquiries
about the position may be directed to the Search Committee Chair,
Professor Alan Liu, ayliu@english.ucsb.edu .

The University is especially interested in candidates who can contribute
to the diversity and excellence of the academic community through
research, teaching and service.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status,
protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.


       REQUIREMENTS

Document requirements

-- Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
-- Cover Letter
-- Statement of Research
-- Writing Sample - Writing sample consisting of not more than 20 pages
     of material. The writing sample can optionally also describe or
     refer to a candidate's digital project(s). (Digital projects, data,
     code, etc., should be presented by means of links in the writing
     sample along with specific suggestions for what evaluators should
     look at.)

Reference requirements

-- 3 letters of reference required





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