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Posted: 02-May-23
Location: Chicago, IL
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 124673
During the autumn, winter, and spring quarters of the 2023-24 academic year the Humanities Collegiate Division and the Department of Cinema & Media Studies may have part-time teaching opportunities for courses that count toward the Media Arts and Design major and minor. We seek studio-oriented courses in areas that include experimental digital media production, augmented and virtual reality development, AI + Art, networked media creation, software art, game development (especially programming in Unity), and other areas of media arts and design practice. We also seek courses in areas that include comparative media studies (e.g., video games and music, television and cinema, etc.); history of computational and digital media; race, gender, and sexuality in gaming; television studies; and transnational media studies.
Further information about the Program on Media Arts and Design can be found in the University of Chicago's College Catalog, http://collegecatalog.uchicago.edu/thecollege/MediaArtsandDesign/
Responsibilities will include preparing lecture- and/or workshop-style classes, holding regularly scheduled office hours, and the preparation and grading of assignments and testing materials.
Qualifications are a BA/BFA, professional experience in a related field, and/or at least the equivalent of one year of experience teaching at the university or post-secondary level.
Depending on the curricular needs of the department, the successful candidate may teach between one and four courses per academic year. In 2023-24, the minimum per-course salary is $7,538. This position is not benefits eligible.
To apply for this position candidates must submit their application through the University of Chicago's Interfolio jobs board at https://apply.interfolio.com/124673
Applicants must upload a current curriculum vitae; a cover letter that addresses professional and teaching experience; and the names and contact information of three references whose recommendation letters may be solicited. Optionally, a sample syllabus (if available) may be uploaded.
In the event that a teaching opportunity becomes available, we will contact applicants with the appropriate academic training and experience. This posting will expire on March 31, 2024.
This position will be part of the Service Employees International Union.
This position is contingent upon budgetary approval. Only complete applications will be considered. For further questions about this position, please contact Riss Ballard, Media Arts and Design Program, ballardm@uchicago.edu
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We seek a diverse pool of applicants who wish to join an academic community that places the highest value on rigorous inquiry and encourages diverse perspectives, experiences, groups of individuals, and ideas to inform and stimulate intellectual challenge, engagement, and exchange. The University's Statements on Diversity are at https://provost.uchicago.edu/statements-diversity.
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