We have a great job opening here at UofL. I’m on the search committee, so if you have questions about the position, please let me know.
Associate Professor, Digital Media, University of Louisville, Fall 2012.
The Department of English invites applications for an Associate Professor in Digital Media, to begin Fall 2012. Ph.D. and teaching experience required. Candidates should have a demonstrated commitment to pedagogy and the ability to do successful research. We are particularly interested in candidates with experience teaching digital production and expertise in one or more of the following areas of specialization: digital media and composition, new media studies, new literacies, digital humanities. Teaching load appropriate to a research institution; salary competitive. Course assignments range from
undergraduate writing, which all professorial faculty teach, to seminars in an established, successful doctoral program in Rhetoric and Composition.
Send letter, c.v., writing sample of no more than 25 pages, and teaching statement to Professor Debra Journet, Chair, Search Committee, Department of English, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292. Review of applications will begin November 15, 2011 and continue until position is filled.
All applicants must also apply online and attach a current version of their vita at http://www.louisville.edu/jobs. Please reference Job ID 27598. If you have trouble with the online application, please e-mail Steven Gonzales at: sbgonz01@louisville.edu, or phone 502-852-0504. The University of Louisville is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity, and Americans with Disabilities Employer.
The person taking up this appointment will join a department of over 35 professorial faculty. We support a strong English major and M.A. We also offer the Ph.D. in Rhetoric in Composition, one of the oldest such programs in the country. We admit a cohort of about 6-7 new Ph.D. students a year; recent graduates of our program have taken up professorial positions at universities such as Ohio State, University of Oklahoma, and Syracuse University. We have an active group of faculty in rhetoric and composition, in British and American literature, and in creative writing. There is enthusiastic interest both in the department and across the university in digital media. As part of this position,
the administration has pledged substantial start-up funds to allow the new hire to design a new technology classroom.
Through the Thomas R. Watson endowment, the UofL English Department offers a biennial international conference in a topic related to rhetoric and composition. (Recent conferences have focused on Narrative and Composition, Digital Media and Composition, Working English in Composition, and (in 2012) Economies of Writing. In alternate years, we host a visiting distinguished professor of rhetoric and composition; recent Watson Professors include Cynthia Selfe, Deborah Brandt, Keith Gilyard, Marilyn Cooper, Suresh Canagarajah, Brian Street, and Ralph Cintron. We also support the Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900, and the Anne and William Axton Creative Writing Reading Series.
Louisville is a vibrant city with a lively arts scene, beautiful neighborhoods, affordable housing and great restaurants. We welcome your interest in the department and would be happy to answer any questions about the position.
Digital Media Search Committee
Debra Journet, Chair
Bronwyn Williams
Alan Golding
Ryan Trauman
Bronwyn T. Williams 