Film and Media Studies

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Job Postings, 2007-08 American U in Cairo (Film Historian/Theorist) Arizona State University (Film and Media Studies/media industries and production cultures) Anyone get acknowledgment? spoke with someone in the department who said review of materials would begin in early December Brandeis (Post-Doc, digital humanities) Bryn Mawr College (Film Studies, in English Department) Question: Has anyone heard from Bryn Mawr? Acknowledgment of receipt of app, perhaps? I have not. Just checking. A: I received an acknowledgment last week. AND ANOTHER QUESTION (!!): Has anyone heard more news, besides the acknowledgment, from Bryn Mawr? Thanks for any info. I haven't heard anything (12/7) No. My research tells me they have an excellent VAP though. Swarthmore hired their VAP last year. Not sure what that indicates, but one notices these things. I am sure Bryn Mawr will interview at MLA though, so someone should hear from them soon. California Baptist U (English & Film Studies, Open Rank) Carleton College, (documentary) ack rec'd what form did this take? Colby College (Assistant, Film & Literature) Columbia College (Chicago) Concordia University, Canada (Assistant, Film Studies) Q: Has the shortlist been made already? DePaul University Chicago (Assistant Media and Cinema Studies) Review was announced to begin Oct 8 anyone heard from the committee yet? East Tennessee SU (Assistant, Film Studies) Edinboro college Emerson Coll. (Asst. Media Studies) anyone hear anything other than snail-mail ack? Fairfield U (production and studies) Fitchburg (details?) 4-2 load Florida SU (Assistant, Film Studies Fordham (Visiting Assistant, Film and TV Studies) Fordham (Assistant, Critical Cultural Studies) (anyone receive an ack?) they go out soon George Mason (Cultural Studies, Visual Media) Has anyone heard more than an email? Georgia State (Moving Image Studies TT)(6 positions!) Georgia State (Film Studies Lecturer) Georgia Inst of Tech (Assistant, Film Studies) Georgetown, SFS (Culture and Politics) (deleted once - why?) Grinnell College (Assistant, Film History & Theory) ack rec'd Gustavus Adolphus College (Assistant, Film Studies) Harvard U (Assistant/Associate Professor of Film and Literary Studies) - Search Cancelled Hendrix College (Assistant, Film Studies) Hofstra (film studies) Has anyone rec'd anything other than snail mail ack? Indiana U (German Film) Indiana U (Digital) Ithaca College (Film Production) Lake Forest College (Media Studies) Lehigh University (Journalism and Communication: Global Communication) Macalester College (International Studies: film, media) Middlebury College (Film/Media Production) North Carolina SU (Assistant, Film Studies) Northwestern U (details?) New School - Eugene Lang College (Assistant Professor in Culture and Media)anyone heard a peep? Ohio U (Triple appointment! Sounds fun...) Pratt (details?) Princeton U (Assistant, Literature or Lit & Film of Africa) Rhodes College (Assistant, Film Studies) Rollins (1 year) Rutgers University (Media Studies, Department of English) Salem State, Massachusetts (Assistant, t-t, Communications: PR or media generalist) Southern Illinois (Visual Culture and Media) Texas A&M U (Gender & Film Studies) Texas Christian (TV Studies) Temple University (Broadcasting, Telecommunication, and Mass Media)(ack. rec'd by snail mail) Tulane University (Media Studies) UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles)(Digital Media, in English Department) UCLA (CMS, Open-rank Film History) University of Chicago (open-rank, Cinema and Media Studies) ack rec'd University of Colorado, Boulder (Digital Media, in English Department) U of Illinois, Chicago (Assistant, Dept of African American Studies, specializing in film and media studies, visual culture, music, historical, etc) (ack. rec'd 11.20) University of Georgia (film studies) adv. VAP job last year so may have internal candidate University of Iowa (European Cinema/ Film Theory TT) ack rec'd University of Mary Washington (Assist. Prof. New Media) University of New Hamsphire (Media Studies) 3-2 load Did UNH interview at NCA? University of Northern Colorado University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (technology) U of North Florida (Assistant, Film Studies) University of Rhode Island (film studies; visiting asst prof job was advertised last year so they may have internal candidate) University of California, San Diego (Television Studies) University of San Diego UC Santa Cruz (Critical Studies)- ack. rec'd via e-mail 11.20 U of Texas, Dallas (Assistant, Film Studies) - ack. rec'd via snail mail mid-november (2) U of Texas, Dallas (Assistant, Emerging Media) U of Toronto (Assistant, French-language Cinema) U of Virginia (Media Studies) - Has anyone heard anything? e-mailed dept for update, contact is out of office until 12/12 U of Washington (Assistant, South-Asian Cinema) U Wash Tacoma (Asst. Professor, Media studies & production) (Ack rec'd) UW Oshkosh (Mass-Com/Broadcast Studies) UW Milwaukee (film and new genres) UW Madison (Visual Culture-open rank) Ursinus College (Assistant Professor of Film Studies) rec'd snail mail ack Washington U, St. Louis (Film Studies) Wheaton College (World Cinema) Westminster College {Utah} (Film Studies) Wesleyan U (film and American Studies) York University (Cinema and Media Studies) ack rec'd

Rejections (please specify date) These #s in parentheses refer to the number of people using this wiki who have had a particular experience (requests, rejections, etc.) Bentley - letter dated Dec. 7 George Mason (Cultural Studies, Visual Media)via email 11/30 I checked status on this and was told I was never in the running as I applied online on the day after the deadline. Just FYI, in case anyone else uploaded on the 13th or later. Lake Forest 11/20 (2) Macalester College - International Studies position in Culture, Technology, Media and Information Flows - nice paper letter stating 170 people applied 11/19; (2), 11/19; (3), 11/21 U of Northern CO, via mail 12/04 (2) University of Colorado, Boulder (Digital Media, in English Department), via email 12/7 Ursinus College, via email 12/7 (2) UCSD Ethnic Studies

Requests for Additional Material (please specify date of request) George Mason (Cultural Studies, Visual Media) via email 10/19 (2) 11/20 (3) 11/20 Brandeis (Post-Doc, digital humanities) via email 10/30 Colby College (Film and Literature) via email 11/30 Can you share with us what they asked for? [It seems like so much was required in the initial application.] Thanks! Yes, they requested a writing sample. FSU via e-mail 11/5 - requested letters and dossier (2) Georgia State (Moving Image Studies TT) via email 11/27 (2) Gustavus Adolphus College, via email 11/20 (2) Lehigh University - requested phone conversation with reference 12/3 Macalester College -International Studies position in Culture, Technology, Media and Information Flows - Writing sample, sample syllabi and teaching dossier requested on 10/24. No word since then. Rhodes College, via email 11/15 (2) - What additional materials did they ask for? Rutgers University, via email 11/8, 11/9, 11/19 - which position? (2) Texas Christian, via email, 11/29 University of Mary Washington (Assist. Prof. New Media), via email 11/13 (2) 11/13 UCLA (Assist or Assoc Prof, New Media/English), via email 11/14 (2) UCSD-TV Studies via email 12/9 (2) University of Washington, Seattle, Assistant South Asian Cinema. Writing sample requested via e-mail around 11/10. University of North Florida, Film Studies. Teaching philosophy statement and writing sample requested via email 11/16 Ursinus College (Assistant Professor of Film Studies), via email 11/10 Westminster College {Utah} (Film Studies), via email 11/15

- Has anyone heard anything from Wesleyan's American Studies/Film studies job?? They asked for a SASE postcard and I haven't even gotten that back. Delivery confirmation tells me that they did receive materials but have heard nothing at all. (2)-I haven't gotten my SASE back either. (4), same situation, sent them an email last week, have heard nothing. their admin assistant is very nice about updates. A. Got an ack letter today: "The search committee expects to review the applications by the end of January 2008 and will contact you regarding our decision." For some reason, they didn't use the SASE I sent with my app. Huh. (arrived 12/8, dated 11/30) (2)

Request for Interview (please specify date and type: MLA, SCMS, phone, other) Bentley College (Media Studies) - phone interview 12/7 Colby College (MLA - 12/12) Columbia College, Chicago Called to set up phone interview 11/20 (2) DePaul University Chicago (Assistant Media and Cinema Studies) Phone interviews have taken place. (thanks!) Florida State - interview scheduled for MLA (12/5);(3) George Mason (Cultural Studies) - phone (12/7) Grinnell College (Assistant, Film History & Theory) (MLA, 12/10) (2) Hendrix College (for MLA - 12/4) Lake Forest College (at NCA) Lehigh University - phone interview on 12/5 Pratt Institute, phone interview set up via email for 12/ 7 Wow, fast committee response, less than two weeks after a deadline and those two weeks included a holiday. Rhodes College (Film Studies)- MLA (12/12) Texas A&M U (Gender & Film Studies) MLA (11/30) University of Colorado, Boulder (MLA, 12/10) University of San Diego (at NCA - 11/16) University of San Francisco University of Washington, Seattle, Assistant South Asian Cinema - interview scheduled for MLA (12/4) University of Wisconsin Osh Kosh (at NCA; phone interviews week of 12/10) What did you think of these folks. They were a bit negative about their students, but otherwise seemed nice. Westminster College (at MLA, 12/5) Wheaton College (World Cinema)- MLA (12/12) Brandeis Digital Humanities Postdoc, (MLA, 12/12)

Campus Visit Scheduled (please specify date) Columbia College, Chicago (week of Dec. 3) DePaul University Chicago - Finalists invited to campus. Lake Forest College - Invitation extended for January or February (2) Temple University (Broadcasting, Telecommunication, and Mass Media) - December and January campus visits scheduled U of Manitoba (Assistant, International/World Cinema) - Invitation extended for 3rd or 4th week of January University of New Hamsphire (Media Studies) - December campus visit scheduled  Position Offered