November 22, 2013
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R·I·T Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Liberal Arts FACULTY POSITION
CALL FOR PAPERS: "Revisiting Black History, Identities, Sexualities, and Popular Culture"

R�I�T Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Liberal Arts
FACULTY POSITION POSTING FORM �

Position Title: Instructional Faculty
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor
Faculty Type: Tenure Track
Department: English
PC# 2508 Requisition# 798BR

Application Deadline: November 30, 2013

Anticipated Start Date: August 13, 2014

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION:

Situated within a vibrant technological university committed to the Digital Humanities, the English Department seeks a teacher/scholar of digital media for a tenure-track position. The candidate will specialize in cultural analytics: the use of computational methods to analyze and visualize digital and/or literary media. Potential areas of focus include: literature, film, archival and image collections, born-digital artifacts, micromedia, social networking databases, digital activism, metatextual aesthetics, interactive art or media practices. The ideal candidate approaches his/her subject matter using cross-disciplinary and/or global perspectives. Teaching assignments might include courses in digital humanities, literature, comparative media, and general education courses offered by the English Department, with opportunities to develop courses in candidate's areas of specialization. The teaching load for new faculty is 2/3.

We are seeking an individual who has the ability and interest in contributing to a community committed to Student Centeredness; Professional Development and Scholarship; Integrity and Ethics; Respect, Diversity and Pluralism; Innovation and Flexibility; and Teamwork and Collaboration. Select to view links to RIT's core values, honor code, and diversity commitment.

THE UNIVERSITY AND ROCHESTER COMMUNITY:

RIT is a national leader in professional and career-oriented education. Talented, ambitious, and creative students of all cultures and backgrounds from all 50 states and more than 100 countries have chosen to attend RIT. Founded in 1829, Rochester Institute of Technology is a privately endowed, coeducational university with nine colleges and institutes emphasizing career education and experiential learning. With approximately 15,000 undergraduates and 3,000 graduate students, RIT is one of the largest private universities in the nation. RIT offers a rich array of degree programs in engineering, science, business, and the arts, and is home to the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. RIT has been honored by The Chronicle of Higher Education as a "Great Colleges to Work For" for four years. RIT is responsive to the needs of dual career couples by our membership in the Upstate NY HERC.

Rochester, located on Lake Ontario, is the 79th largest city in the United States and the third largest city in New York State. The Greater Rochester region, which is home to nearly one million people, is rich in cultural and ethnic diversity, with a population comprised of approximately 16% African and Latin Americans and another 7% of international origin. It is also home to the largest deaf community per capita in the U.S. Rochester ranks 3rd best metropolitan regions for Raising a Family" by Forbes Magazine; 6th among 379 metropolitan areas as "Best Places to Live in America" by Places Rated Almanac; 1st in Expansion Management Magazine's ranking of metropolitan areas having the best "Quality of Life in the Nation"; and is among Essence Magazine's "Top 10 Cities for Black Families."

REQUIRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Ph.D. in English or closely related field at time of appointment
  • Experience in college teaching related to digital humanities
  • Teaching and/or research approaches using cross-disciplinary and/or global perspectives
  • Research plan which includes a form of cultural analytics
  • Publication record of critical texts and/or portfolio of digital humanities projects
  • Experience with computational methods
  • Programming/scripting/technical proficiency
  • Potential to attract sponsored research funding
  • Ability to contribute in meaningful ways to the college's continuing commitment to cultural diversity, pluralism, and individual differences.
HOW TO APPLY:

Apply online at http://careers.rit.edu/faculty. Search: 798BR. Please submit your cover letter addressing the listed qualifications; a vita; brief statement of teaching philosophy; writing sample/portfolio; Contribution to Diversity Statement; and the names, addresses and phone numbers for three references.

You can contact the search committee with questions on the position at: Dr. Robert Glick, Chair, Search Committee, Department of English, Rochester Institute of Technology, 92 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623-5604, engsc1@rit.edu.

APPLICATION DEADLINE:

The application deadline is November 30th, 2013.

INTERVIEW SCHEDULE:

The committee will be conducting initial interviews at the MLA conference in January 2014.

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***Deadline Extension***

 

CALL FOR PAPERS: "Revisiting Black History, Identities, Sexualities, and Popular Culture"  

 

PAN-AFRICAN STUDIES DEPARTMENT

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY

PRESENTS ITS SECOND BI-ANNUAL

 

AFRICA AND THE GLOBAL ATLANTIC WORLD CONFERENCE

 

"Revisiting Black History, Identities, Sexualities, and Popular Culture"

 

APRIL 11-12, 2014

OSCAR RITCHIE HALL

 

The Department of Pan-African Studies at Kent State University invites papers for its second bi-annual Africa and the Atlantic World Conference. This year's conference aims at exploring new ways of studying the complex experiences of Africana people worldwide through the lenses of Black history, identities, sexualities, and popular culture. We are particularly interested in the interconnections between the experiences of blacks living in Africa and the Black Diaspora and the significance of these experiences in the formation of past and current identities in a global world. These experiences need to be discussed not only in relationship to the similar developments that occurred in Africa and the United States, but also in connection with parallel dynamics that evolved in other parts of the world such as the Caribbean, South America, Asia, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East. Our interests in these issues stem from the growing vision and dedication within critical Africana scholarships to study the important contributions of African and African-descended people in the humanities in both local and global contexts. In this vein, the conference invites submission from academic scholars, independent scholars, advanced graduate students, undergraduate students, artists, community leaders and activists on ways to reflect the strengths and diversity of people of African descent. We welcome artistic submissions and  have set aside gallery space and theatre space for such endeavors.

 

Topics and themes of papers/artistic work may include:

  • Theories and Africana Studies
  • Approaches to Africana Studies
  • The humanities and Africana Studies
  • Social Sciences and Africana Studies
  • The future of Africana Studies
  • Public Policy and Africana Studies
  • The role of arts in the development of Africana Studies
  • Geography and identity
  • Gender, sexuality, and the black body
  • Black popular culture
  • Diasporic economics and labor markets
  • Migration and identities of modern immigrants
  • Redefinition of the African American identity
  • Culture, representation and performance,
  • Obama Phenomena
  • Jobs for Africana graduates

 

GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION:

Please submit a working title and a brief abstract of 250 words, an abbreviated CV (1 page), your full name, institutional affiliation, phone number, and e-mail address. The new due date is now December 6, 2013.

 

Please send all materials electronically to: dpas@kent.edu

or by mail to Attention: Conference Committee, Department of Pan-African Studies, Kent State University, P.O. Box 5190, Kent, Ohio, USA, 44240. 

   
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